#rathbone

The Westlanders

Over ten generations of the MacDonald family had called the Hoarders Cove home. Their ancestors, hailing from Burdley, did not believe in such rumors as Dragons. However, no captain would sail near into the cove, so they traversed the mountains on their own. Once settled, they found the secrets of the valley and found ways to perpetuate the myth of the dragons by tricking other would-be settlers. These skills were passed down from generation to generation.

Gregory MacDonald and Georgia MacDonald continued that tradition with their parents until the Night of the Lights. Ever since a child though, Georgia became obsessed with nature, even for a farmer, and would become sickly without enough natural sunlight.

On that fateful night, Georgia woke up when the sky suddenly burst with light. She ran outside to investigate and bask in its rays. Gregory woke up to the door slamming. Noticing the strange tint in the sky and that his sister was missing, he went after her. He nearly tripped on her in the pumpkin field, as she was curled up against a pumpkin, suddenly leafy green.

The older MacDonald's were not far behind Gregory and when they saw his sister they started screaming about how they had failed their ancestors and the land was cursed. They begged Gregory to come with them and left for Dragon Harbor the next day. Gregory, however, decided to stay behind with his newly plant-sim sister.

When the DaSilva's arrived in Hoarders Cove, they had already lived numerous lives across history. Born in Dragon Harbor two centuries before, they invented not just a car, but the world's only time machine as teens. When their Hot Tub Machine took them back in time to ancient Sulani, it broke leaving them stranded there until it was fixed.

In Sulani, they met the merpeople and taught them of electricity. Empress D'Aqua, however, was a vicious woman who would mate with men and drown them after having their child. Daniel unfortunately fell for their charm. Thankfully, the young mermen of the Temple of the Moon went against their elder's orders and assisted the brothers in fixing their time machine, sending them back into the future just in time.

The men's calculations were slightly off however. They landed just south of their hometown, and two centuries in the future. Their time machine pierced the sky with a bright light and crashed into the hillside under an ancient castle. Once again it's capabilities were destroyed.

In the future, they quickly learned that their uncle stole credit for their invention of the car and destroyed any record of their time machine. To history, they officially died in a mountain slide while trying to hike to none-other-than the very valley they landed in.

The Westlanders

Beauregard, Douglas, and Fischer were all well-known names of the Dragon Coast. Remy Beauregard and Quentin Douglas-Fischer, however, were not. Their families preferred it that way.

The Beauregard name was synonymous with opulence and astute business acumen. Their merchant empire owned general stores across the New World.

Remy, however, forever lived in the shadow of his older brother who enjoyed painting him as an eccentric snake-oil salesman. Yes, he enjoyed life as a traveling salesman, but his business was legit and he was bound to prove it. Remy had an eye on Hoarders Valley: he knew settling there was his way to make a name for himself- Remyland, Remyton, Remyopolis.. he hadn't chosen a name yet, but the possibilities were endless. Well, they'd be endless once Remytopia was accessible.

Just out of high school, he hired his best friend Quentin Douglas-Fischer to carve tunnels in the mountain for a railroad. To avoid detection and prying eyes they started on the Cove's side of the mountain. Quentin Douglas-Fischer was a strong and popular young man in high school. To many, however, his attachment to Remy Beauregard would be his downfall. The Douglas-Fischer had long ago purchased the Dragon Harbor Quary after decades of infighting amongst the DaSilva family. They used it as a base of operations for their construction company, where Quentin worked after school.

After graduation, he followed his best friend - as he always did- to help him achieve his dream. To him, Remy was misunderstood and with his help, the two could build a truly astounding city.

Both of them were surprised when, as their explosions light the mountain in bright reds and orange, the sky suddenly became as bright as day for a brief moment. "Lo, a sign from the heavens! Excavate that tunnel faster!" Remy exclaimed.

Rathbone was an ancient family of merchants dating all the way back to the founding Patron's of Tartosa. Captain Shelby Anne was an accomplished sailor well on the way to garnering more fame than her grandfather. Skylar Bruce, on the other hand, was a bit of a Don Juan less interested in anything other than making love. Family reputation and brotherly love compelled Shelby Anne to agree to take her brother as first mate.

She knew that was a decision she would rue when she woke up to her brother shouting about lights in the middle of the night. The ship, she found, was neither on water nor in one piece. The RS Tartosa Dream had crashed.

Skylar Bruce told a story of lights of all colors drawing him to the cove. The crew, sputtering nonsense about dragons, had all jumped overboard. Then a bright green light shined over the ship. Scared, Skylar Bruce ran to hide in the ship's hull. The next thing he knew, the ship cracked in two and landed on this mysterious shore.