Flamesworn Oathkeeper

Flamesworn killing the warlock who turned them into the monster they are now. (Artwork by twitter.com/SuperbooDraws)

## Physical description

### Species

Bee (Dragon/Skunk Hybrid via Transmutation)

### Gender

Female (She/Her)

The Flamesworn Oathkeeper was at one point just a nameless giant honeybee drone, gathering pollen for his Queens hive.

One day the bee wandered far away to find new sources of pollen. He gathered up as much pollen be could collect and began heading back to the hive. When he came closer he was horrified to see a plume of smoke rising from the forest his hive was located.

Rushing home to assist in putting out the fire, the drone came face to face with a humanoid Warlock attempting to summon something from a burning ritual circle. Rushing in to attack the Warlock, the drone hovered over the burning ritual circle at the exact moment the Warlock completed his chanting.

The drone was engulfed in burning flames, as a beam of fiery magic blasted him against the stomach, seeping into his very being. The power swelled inside him, as he started to transform into a monstrous new form. Parts of himself painfully shifted and changed while the Warlock laughed maniacally, pleased to see his work succeed.

The drone writhed in pain for several minutes as he shifted and transformed. The pain suddenly stopped, and was instead replaced with anger. The creature stood up on its two new monstrous paws, looming over the Warlock as he spoke in a unfamiliar language, prostrating himself as some form of worship to the chimera.

The anger suddenly stopped and turned into seething hatred. The monstrous drone picked up the Warlock, looked him dead in the eyes, opened his toothy maw, and tore his head clean off. The Warlock struggled, then went limp. The drone spat out the head in a sudden realization. He let out a vicious, pained roar as he realized that he had turned into a monster.

Suddenly he remembered his responsibility.

He rushed towards the direction of his hive and began attempting to breach into the collapsed nest. Ripping apart the hive was a simple task with his newfound strength and form, and quickly made his way inside the rapidly filling with smoke chamber of his Queen. There she lay, crushed under wood and burning debris, she looked at the chimera and spoke to him.

"You... You are one of my children?" She asked in a pained voice. "Yes, but..." before he could say more the Queen interrupted him. "Good. Take this, and rebuild." As she pointed behind her. A small pool of the Queen's own Royal Jelly. "Drink." She says. Without question or another word he does. Lapping up Royal Jelly, the Queen explains. "This will allow you to rebuild. You will understand in time." He finishes, and when he turns to look back at his Queen, she had already passed on.

Examining his surroundings he begins to escape from the rapidly burning nest. He attempts to fly using his newly formed wings, and ascends above the forest. The entire forest burnt down that day, but drone felt he, no, she had new purpose. She knew the Queen had set the drone on the path to remaking the colony.

As the years went by he began to revitalize the incinerated forest. Over the years he would slowly transition into a female as a result of the Royal Jelly.

Many poachers and hunters are told to stay far away from the Chimera's Forest. Many of them do not listen to warnings, and instead opt to face it. These irresponsible humans would become prime examples for the Queen, Flamesworn Oathkeeper.