Dragonsouls-The sorrow of Tarasque (It Starts! Limited LSU's only)

A mighty roar shook the earth and shattered the silence of the volcanoes around Tarasque’s lair.

~Gone!~ She howled ~He’s gone!~

And the fires burned brighter...


The riddle of the Fire-Children goes as such:

Dominatus Tarasque
Gemellus absque Chiono
Privatio per privatio
Infans ignigena
Accedo ubivis insum.

Passed down throughout the centuries, the riddle has been translated from its original Latin form into modern-day English.

The translation reads:

The power of Tarasque
Twinned with Chiono
Released through release
To the child of fire
It will belong.

It is suspected, however that vital aspects of the riddle have been lost in translation...


First born was Beowulf of the Earth, and the Earth was created upon his arrival. Next came Tiamat of the Air, and the sky above was created. Third was Sigurd of the Seas, fourth Marduk of the Storms, then Eurythion was born. Darkest of all, of the Darkness he came and the Darkness of our world did he create. For balance, Indra of the Light was born and her purity did compliment the Darkness of Eurythion. Last came Tarasque of the Fire, and Sastrugen of the Snow. Twins. Bonded, unlike the rest through their souls. This bond is unbreakable by normal means and powerful beyond all belief. Direct opposites are Tarasque and Sastrugen. Together they cannot be, but apart they cannot live.

Upon the births of the Dragons, a group of humans were created at various points in time to live with them.-The Wind Riders they are named. They share a telepathic bond with their Dragon and they are created with aspects of their Dragon’s natures. They are mostly permanent companions for the Dragons. The Wind Riders live in places easily reachable by their Dragons that corresponds with their element.

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Oo-kay...basically dudes, you can be one of three lots of characters; Fire-Children, Dragons, or Wind Riders, it’s your choice! I also could do with a player wanting to be someone important…if you want this part, then just say and I’ll tell you the details. One person only, though!
Sooo...here come the Dragon descriptions and feel free to use your creative licence, but try to use colours that correspond with the Dragon’s elements, ok? I’m not gonna go into too much detail on their appearances, it’s up to the player what they want them to look like!
Each Dragon can transform into an animal as camouflage from Human eyes. Suggestions for the animals are with the Dragon descriptions, creative licence is allowed but try to keep appropriate to the Dragon’s element. The animal is the Dragon’s choice. Each Dragon also has a gem which the Wind Riders can summon their Dragon forms with. Most of the time the Dragons stay in their animal forms, unless they are somewhere out of sight.

Dragon Descriptions.

Beowulf of the Earth-First born.

He commands the Earth. (As in rocks etc.)
He has a calm and steadfast nature and he is rather slow-thinking. Beowulf has a small wingspan, as he rarely leaves the ground. He is quite stocky and exceptionally hard to budge.
Animal suggestion-Wolf, naturally, chameleon, mole, etc.
Gem-Amber.

Tiamat of the Air-Second born.

She commands the air and the winds.
She is light-hearted, she has a kindly nature and she is extremely quick-thinking. The total opposite of her brother, Beowulf. She is fast and she has slender wings.
Animal suggestion-Bird, duh!
Gem-Sapphire.

Sigurd of the Seas-Third born.

She commands water.
She has a changeable nature, being sometimes calm and other times rough.
Animal suggestion-Marine animal of some sort, preferably land capable. Eg: seal, otter etc.
Gem-Aquamarine.

Marduk of the Storms-Fourth born.

He commands thunder and lightning.
He is tempestuous with a stormy temper and he is heavy but very fast in flight.
Animal suggestion-Bear, possibly. It fits with Marduk’s personality, anyway.
Gem-Obsidian.

Eurythion of the Darkness-Fifth born.

He has breath of pure darkness.
He has a huge wingspan with slender, sharp claws like black daggers. He is cruel and unpredictable and quite vengeful when it suits him.
Animal suggestion-er, something black? Possibly a panther...other ideas welcome.
Gem-Jet.

Indra of the Light-Sixth born.

She controls light.
She is small and lithe, very agile in flight with feathered wings and opal eyes. She is calm and loving with a peaceful nature.
Animal suggestion-Snowy owl.
Gem-Opal.

Tarasque of the Fire-Seventh born.

She controls fire.
She is fiery tempered but she has a warm heart.
Animal suggestion-Red fox.
Gem-Ruby.

Sastrugen of the Snow-Seventh born.

He controls ice and snow.
He has cold mannerisms and a quiet nature and he likes to live in seclusion.
He is sometimes known as Chiono.
(Tarasque and Sastrugen are twins, hence they are both Seventh born!)
Animal suggestion-Arctic fox, as he and Tarasque are twins, try to keep the animals similar, like different types of fox etc.
Gem-Diamond.

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The sect of the Fire-Children are worshippers of Tarasque of the Fire, and they follow a riddle passed down through generations. The riddle concerns the soul-bond between Tarasque and Chiono and its breaking. They believe that the severance of this bond will result in the Child of Fire, or the Fire-Children, obtaining ultimate power over humanity.
The Fire-Children sect is broken down into four different classes. These being; Bard, Warrior, Monk and Sorcerer. Each has it’s own abilities and specialities, weaknesses and strengths.
All of the members have an affinity with fire and certain abilities that are there because of this affinity, however there are also some so-called ‘rejects’ who haven’t any skill with the conjuring of fire, instead, they have a negative effect upon it. They act as sort of…fire extinguishers for want of a better word!

These are the class descriptions for the Fire-Children:

Bard.

Creates fire attacks when they play their music. Intensity and power varies upon talent, music type and threat. Because of this, all bards need an instrument, either a physical one or they can use their voices. The bards act as the recorders in the sect. They teach the Riddle to new members and record new information in the archives. The first bard of the Fire-Children is said to be the one who first recorded the Riddle.
For the ‘reject’ type characters, the bard can extinguish fire when they play. They have the opposite effect on it!

Warrior.

Has limited magic use, this being fire or other related magicks. Warriors rely upon their physical strength in battle and they tend to use various types of sword, axe or exotic weapon. They are extremely skilled in the usage of their chosen weapon. Usually having a fair few years of practice under their belts. The warriors carry out all the Fire-Childrens' various jobs or ‘dirty work’.

Monk.

Uses healing magic rather that offensive. Their healing is fire-based and they tend to dislike fighting, preferring to stay on the sidelines and looking after the wounded. The monks act as the seers of the sect, most of them having some form of psychic power which is usually used to obtain information which is of use to the sect.
Monk ‘rejects’ tend to use other means of healing besides fire, having no skill with it.

Sorcerer.

Uses all offensive, fire-based magicks and they have only limited healing powers.-Usually one spell, if that. The sorcerers form lines behind the warriors in battle, firing spells over their heads at the enemy.
There are very few ‘reject’ sorcerers, as their class means that they have to be powerful and proficient in their use of the fire magic.

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The Wind Riders are the soul mates of the Dragons. They aren’t with their Dragon from the beginning, however. Instead, they are born at various points in time, unpredictable in where and when, however, but the Dragons know when they have been born and they find them as soon as they can. When the Wind Riders have been Found by their Dragon, they undertake training by the Dragon in battle, lore, and various dangers of being a Wind Rider. The newly Found Wind Riders are given weapons which suit their abilities and the affinities of their Dragon.
The Wind Riders share a telepathic bond with their Dragons which allows then to communicate without the use of words.

Now, as there's only one Dragon left, I'll only post the Dragon form...Any takers for Sigurd?

Dragon form.

Name:
Sex: (Beowulf, Marduk, Eurythion and Sastrugen are male and Tiamat, Indra, Sigurd and Tarasque are female.)
Appearance: (See descriptions and use own ideas)
Personality: (Keep to character traits and use own ideas)
Element: (Beowulf-Earth
Tiamat-Air
Sigurd-Seas
Marduk-Storms
Eurythion-Darkness
Indra-Light
Tarasque-Fire
Sastrugen-Snow.)
Animal form:
Powers: (3 powers each, ratio of offensive:defensive
2:1
1:2
[3:0]-For the more, er, violent character.
[0:3]-For the more peaceful character. These two are for if you feel strongly one way or another!)
Gem: (Beowulf-Amber
Tiamat-Sapphire
Sigurd-Aquamarine
Marduk-Obsidian
Eurythion-Jet
Indra-Opal
Tarasque-Ruby
Sastrugen-Diamond.)
Other:


Fire-Children form.

Name:
Sex:
Age:
Class: (Choose from Bard, Warrior, Monk, or Sorcerer. Alter due to preference with one base rule for each class; Bard-Needs an instrument, whether voice or physical.
Warrior-Needs a weapon.
Monk-No offensive magicks at all.
Sorcerer-Needs staff, wand, implement for performing magic.)
Appearance:
Personality:
Weapon(s): (If any, must have a ruby incorporated somewhere, must be class-applicable)
Speciality: (Offensive or defensive. Also must state if the character is a ‘reject’.)
Powers: (If any, must be fire-based, class-applicable only. Include ‘reject’ powers.)
Relationships:
Other:

Character list.

Dragons: Sastrugen - Weasel Overlord
Tarasque - Bulbasaur4
Indra - Sakura12
Marduk - Bamm
Eurythion - Nabooru23
Beowulf - Emotional Faun chiko-sai
Tiamat - Ciaobat
Sigurd - Open...Anyone?

Wind Riders: Yxe (Sastrugen) - Weasel Overlord
Kalani O'Morain (Tiamat) - MarshmallowEgg
Seiryn Kerne Dashun (Indra) - Sakura12
Akingara Zamouto (Marduk) - Bamm
Siyann Eerie Tierney (Sigurd) - Vulpix.ck87
Stephan (Eurythion) - Nabooru23
Athanasius Pound (Beowulf) - Emotional Faun Chiko-sai
Minh Rho (Tarasque) - Ciaobat

Fire Children: Sairi Fiero (High Mage/Sorcerer) - Bulbasaur4
Malic (Warrior) - Weasel Overlord
Anoma (Warrior) - tiger_2007
Ignis Trucido (Sorcerer/Reject) - Djinn
Cen Meraera (Bard) - MarshmallowEgg
Oriyen (Bard) - Amdir Mallorn
-What! No monks? Whyever not?!?

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Dragon.

Name: Sastrugen of the snow. Sometimes known as Chiono.
Sex: Male.
Appearance: Sastrugen has pure white scales and a creamy underbelly. He's got silver talons at his elbows, at the back of his legs, and on the tips of his wings.
His wings are medium-sized and the membrane is a translucent silver colour. There is a line of silver spines all along his wing ridges which follows the line of his wing muscles and then down his back to the tip of his tail. His ail ends with two spiralling horns that twist around each other. These horns are very sharp and coated with small (and I mean tiny) triangular spines that lay overlapping across them. (Think like a monkey-puzzle tree). The scales on his body are the same apart from a space between his wings and head that is completely smooth for Yxe to sit on.
Sastrugen is quite a small dragon in comparison to his siblings, but he is no less fierce.
Personality: Sastrugen is cold in manner and he tends to dislike the company of anyone but Yxe. The only one of his siblings that he actually gets along with is Tiamat, who acts as the mother of the family. Obviously, he loves Tarasque but that goes without question as they are soul-twinned.
Sastrugen loves the peace of the snowy plains of his home and he hates being away from them, unless he is with Yxe.
He can get very angry and vicious when something he loves is threatened, such as Tarasque or Yxe, stopping at nothing until the threat is removed.
The only person he tends to talk to is Yxe, not because he’s anti-social, just because there’s not usually anyone else for him to talk to. None of his siblings enjoy staying in his lands, mainly because they are a little on the chilly side!
Element: Snow.
Animal form: Snow leopard.
Powers: Ice shield- Icicles stab up thorough the ground, surrounding Sastrugen like a shield. They are clear and anything that touches them is frozen instantly.
Blizzard touch- An icy wind surrounds Sastrugen’s claws, freezing on contact with an enemy.
Frostbite- A layer of ice and frost covers Sastrugen’s teeth and mouth, allowing him to breathe icicles and when he bites, his enemy becomes frozen, making the wounds heal a lot slower, if at all.
Ratio of offensive: defensive: 2:1
Gem: Diamond.
Other: He speaks telepathically with Yxe.
His snow-leopard form has white fur with dark brown leopard spots. His tail has a dark brown tip and he has blue eyes.

Wind Rider.

Name: Yxe.
Sex: Male.
Age: 18.
Steed: Sastrugen of the Snow.
Affinity: Snow arrow-The arrowheads frost over during flight, thus making the resulting wound heal much slower.
Ice blade-The blades of his throwing knives resemble icicles and are much harder for the wounded to remove.
Appearance: He has medium-length hair in a rich chestnut brown colour. Yxe usually has his fringe swept to one side, the left, and his hair is quite messy at the back. He has one long plait behind his ear that reaches to his shoulder, twined with pure white ribbons and feathers at the bottom. The ribbon is plaited in with his hair and he wears a single silver bead just above the feathers, holding them in place.
His eyes are a pale, frosty blue colour, mostly devoid of emotion unless he is in the company of his beloved Sastrugen.
Most of the time, Yxe wears simple riding gear in pure white-linen pants and a simple tunic, tied at the waist with a silver belt. The belt is lined with a set of throwing knives, all with identical diamond pommels and bleached bone, hiltless handles. Over his shoulder he carries a longbow and at his waist, attached to his belt is a quiver of arrows.
His clothes are fur-lined because of Sastrugen’s cold and he wears white, fur-topped riding boots.
Personality: Yxe doesn't really resemble Sastrugen in personality, in that he is slightly warmer in the company of others. He actually quite likes company, as long as people don't intrude upon Sastrugen's privacy. He loves the cold of his home and if he is anywhere else he feels too warm and quite ill at ease.
He is gentle but absolutely ferocious when roused. If anything threatens his Sastrugen the transformation is sudden and he gives no mercy.
He rarely laughs, but when he finds something funny, you can't shut him up. He has quite a strange sense of humour and he has a tendency of finding things funny which other people wouldn't even think of as being so.
He is very soft-spoken when he decides to talk, which isn’t often. Most of the time he is happy with his telepathic conversations with Sastrugen.
Weapon(s): Piercing throwing knives with diamond pommels and bleached bone handles. These knives are very sharp and quite long, in fact, they are almost dirks but for an inch of so. They have excellent balance and Yxe rarely misses with them.
Piercing longbow and arrows.
In addition to his knives, Yxe also carries a longbow. It is white carved ash, very supple and extremely well-strung. His arrows are long with white feathered fletching and diamond-tipped arrowheads. The diamond only covers a fraction of the arrowheads but it is enough to make them deadly. Yxe is highly accurate, even with a moving target, as he trained as a Deepwood Sniper as a child. He never usually misses his targets with both longbow and knife.
Relationships: Yxe is in love with Tarasque’s Wind Rider-it’s something to do with the soul-twin thing. They aren’t related, just the Dragons are. Don’t worry, it’s nothing sick...
Other: He grew up with Deepwood Snipers and learned all of their skills before being Found by Sastrugen. The Snipers, finding him alone and orphaned, took him in, gave him one of their names and accepted him into their order of the Elite after seeing his innate skills with a longbow.

Fire-Child.

Name: Malic.
Sex: Female.
Age: 17.
Class: Warrior.
Appearance: Malic has long red hair which she wears in plaits tied back with a dark, purpley-red bandanna. The front half of her hair (inc, fringe) is left loose and it flops over her bandanna and partially covers her right eye.
She has golden-green eyes and bold facial features with a long, white scar running from the centre of her forehead to the tip of her nose.
She wears a long, patchwork red skirt with bells on the waist ties. Surprisingly, this doesn’t interfere with her fighting at all, instead making her more graceful. She goes bare-footed and wears a Japanese-style top, which is red with gold embroidery, fitted at the waist with broad, short sleeves.
Malic is tall and graceful and a deadly warrior.
Personality: Malic has a fiery temper and an extremely stubborn nature. Once she has decided something, she is highly unlikely to change her mind afterwards, no matter how persuasive the argument. She likes the sound of bells and so she constantly wears some about her person. She is especially fond of her bangles, gold with tiny, tinkling bells dangling off them. In some parts, she is known as the Musical Warrior, as she is constantly tinkling during battle.
Weapon(s): Edged broadsword.
She carries a huge broadsword, completely unexpectedly. Malic is slight and the weapon looks exceedingly heavy but she wields it with incredible grace and skill. Her combat skills are unmatched. The sword has a ruby set into the pommel, round and smooth, it makes a good club when the sword is turned around.
Speciality: Offensive, physical.
Powers: Flame blade-A raging fire surrounds Malic’s broadsword and sears anything it comes into contact with.
Relationships: She doesn’t form close friendships usually, but she can have a relationship with another Fire-Child if there’s any offers?
Other: She has tiny bells in the ends of her plaits.
Malic acquired her scar due to an encounter with the Wind Rider Yxe and his steed, Chiono. She has sworn to slay the pair, hence her alliance with the Fire-Children.

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~He's Gone!~ The cry in the night. A plea for help to all who will listen...to the Sorrow of Tarasque.


~The Forests of Russia~


Yxe drew his longbow, a diamond-tipped arrow resting against his cheek, sighted on a far away bear. From his perch in a snow-topped fir, Yxe could not be detected by his unwary prey. He checked the tension of the bowstring, once, and then twice, and pulled back the arrow until the longbow creaked under the strain.
"Argh!" Yxe felt a blast of surprise and pain pulse through his brain as he jerked his arm upwards in defense. The arrow whipped off into the undergrowth, passing the bear on it's wayward path.
"Sastrugen!" He cried, slinging his longbow over his left shoulder and scrambling down the fir in an ungainly manner. He set off at a sprint towards the cave he was currently residing in. In the direction of Sastrugen's cry.

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~Sastrugen of the Snow~

Sastrugen, in his full dragon form, stretched out on the snow-capped plains of Russia. His wings spread out, he rested his great head on his foreleg and drifted into a peaceful mind-sleep. He exhaled, feeling content and safe in his surroundings.
Strange. He felt particularly sleepy this night - almost too sleepy.
Suddenly, the air was full of red mist and then people. Swarming all over him, subduing him with their fiery bonds.
Sastrugen had time to send a message through his mind-link with his Wind Rider, and his Soul Twin. Then he was gone, the air slightly warmer.