PAINTERS & POETS // Plot with me?

AFWritings wrote:

In a world full of beauty and mystique, creatures more alluring than any other roamed the earth. Dragons were massive and graceful, more elegant than even the nimblest of elves. Their scales would glimmer under the light like iridescent stones, but they were as strong as any metal- stronger, actually. Bullets and knifes couldn't penetrate them, and dragons responded with lethal force, their speed and agility combining to make them a deadly foe. Their claws could rip their flesh and earth alike, and their molten breath burned cities to the ground.

Humans waged war on them, tearing their nests and pods apart with fire and blood. The dragons defended themselves, turning from once docile creatures to snarling beasts equipped for war.

Their island, once a place of magic and grandeur, was attacked, and eggs were stolen, broken, destroyed. Dragons raged from the loss of a generation, for they were hard to breed- they lived long, but reproduced slowly. The island burned as the fire inside them did, and it changed, burning rather than glowing with their former beauty. The mountains erupted, lava flowed freely, and the forests burned. Dragons had more eggs, but as they hatched the beasts were feral, destroying humans and their homes as they saw fit.

People took refuge, and humans shielded themselves from attacks, and the war went cold. Years passed, and tensions died down, but people still feared the beasts.

Few dragons strayed from that of their species, but they had hatched from the eggs that had been stolen. Kingdoms commanded them, used them in war, and the beasts had grown loyal to humans, protecting them from others of their own kind.

Eggs became a black market item, and as nations grew stronger, it became an occupation to steal more.

From this the Riders were created, a group of fearless warriors ready to defend the dragons and their young, even if it cost them their lives. They were born with the qualities, magic running through their their veins and dancing across their skin. They could control the fiercest of beasts, claim them as their own mounts, and battle together like brothers of war.

These Riders were feared among the armies of the kingdoms, for their gifts were well known, and their hostility in battle struck terror in their enemies. They stole eggs and returned them to the island, and freed the beasts humans managed to capture.

Riders were born human, but as they grew older they changed, and the Rider Clans adopted these special few. They took on Elvish appearances, and naturally mimicked their beauty and strength. They could fight the best of any beast, and outsmart any trickster with their wit.

Riders were dreaded for good reason, because their abilities went beyond that of any other. A single man could kill fleets of others with ease, and they didn't stray from their duties.

A bond was formed between man and dragon as these Riders came together, and from this the Dragon Riders were born.

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dude that's awesome!

& hello

tracking :0

YEE I DID

I'm better, actually! Thanks for asking, friend. I'm still sick but I'm not hurling my insides up so that's a plus lmao

Being sick ew so am I

That'd be awesome if you made a map of the island, Maleth!

hMM. I'm not really sure? I'm really out of it today though, so my mind honestly isn't working. I'll add anything I come up with! My apologies

also Maleth, I thought you'd like to know I bought Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World (novel edition.) YES there's Jurassic Park books! Only two though, sadly. Super excited to read them :'D

I can give it a go at drawing also? I’m still practicing and trying to get better so I can’t promise much but I wil def give it a go. (Also can do anything digital only by paper)

Drekarys

Traditional is all I know I would love to adventure into digital territory but I gotta improve first and actually get the money for a tablet XD

Also I’m better at drawing animals and the like(I’m good with dragon headshots)