Thread: Strange magic & Dark Dreams (Arctic Fox & Mike the Bloodwolf)

Naya hid behind a large white marble pillar of the palace throne room. An arrow notched in her bow. Up on the dais and throne was her brother Nadir. Anger flashing in her crystal blue elven eyes. Her brother was mad. Not only mad, but power mad as well. She had left to go winter wolf hunting that morning. While gone he started a palace coup. Only learning upon returning to the ice elven city of Nova-Ulla. She managed to sneak in, releasing a few loyalists along the way. Through them she learned that the kings master-at-arms had thrown support to her brother. Most killed or thrown into the dungeons. Her brother personally beheaded the king and queen, their parents. As it was several guardsmen were restrained and upon their knees, swords at their backs. A priest in dark robes was dragged before Nadir and a book forced into his hands. Her sharp elven ears heard him command him to read the coronation passage. A snarl on her lips as she realized her fathers best friend, the palace seneschal was still loyal and on his knees. Words were being read the others struggled. Finally her fathers crown was placed on her brothers head. The priest was decapitated as were most of the other loyalists. Unable to contain her anger she fired her arrow. By spell or her shaking anger she missed her brothers heart, but it did remove the crown. Even breaking it a bit as the arrow imbedded solidly into the throne. Chaos began to ensue. Others apparently also hiding in rafters began attacking. The seneschal managed to evade limberly and out a side door. Still the forces were overwhelming. She made a strategic with drawl. Lighting down the halls and corridors, her platinum hair streaming behind her. Eluding them she nearly reached an exit of the palace when she came upon the seneschal, now released from his bonds. Oh, dear child he began and hugged her I have bad news.. She stopped him I know. The true king and queen are dead. Right now we need to take out my brother. No..He is to powerful, and he wants you dragged before him to be killed as well He forced a few items into her hands. Take these and flee, south. Ask for sanctuary in a neighboring kingdom. I will organize a resistance. When the time comes I will send for you. Now ride Princess, ride hard and fast She nodded she understood what he was saying. Live and fight another day or stay and be killed. She opened the door and there were several large winter deer being held by a page. Grabbing one she mounted up. I will return she said spurring the animal into motion. Her brothers forces spotted her and gave chase. Over the immediate surrounding tundra and the cold taiga forests she urged the animal on. It was for days later they stopped. Rather one stopped with guile and hunting tricks she managed to pick off her pursuers. Finally, she had time to breathe. Finally she checked the items the seneschal had given her. Several gems, and a few items she found. Her fathers signet ring among them. She tried it on and it immediately shrank to fit her. She thought of her next move. She needed supplies, food and a change of clothes at least. The cavern, she thought, a large hidden grotto cavern. Out hunting she remembered, from years ago, finding the large grotto cavern. She could go there at least for a bit, she left supplies there. Mostly for when she was out hunting more than a few days. Her brother might not know of it since his idea of fun was reading the mystic tomes in the library. After a light breakfast she began to head for the cavern. Long ago, Dragons had ruled the land and the kingdoms paid tribute to them. Each of the dragons had been different and powerful in an element but every 1000 years, a dragon would be born with the ability to learn every element and had access to a powerful ability known only as the blue flames. Nayas kingdom had long held a dragon with the control of the element of nature, who hide in a large Cavern hidden in the woods. No one had known about that until one night a young princess of the kingdom had found it and began to use it as her base when she was out hunting. What Naya had not known was that her base, was actually the home of the new Dragon of Nature though this young dragon also had the blue flames. His parents had died long ago and he had noticed that the kingdom no longer had offer tribute. He had heard the new of the death of the king and queen from his many friends within the forest and of the fleeing princess. He had chosen to wait for her to come though he had to be smart, many people would be frightened of a dragon just appearing in front of them so he instead choose a more human form, of a human hunter though he had to wear a black and green hooded cloak to hide his dragon features of glowing eyes, wings and a tail.