Mimarithsoz

**Mimarithsoz** was the founder of the House of Razuklano. As a punishment for defiling a sacred pool during his wedding night, he and his children were cursed to become dragons. Beautiful, beautiful and blessed dragons!

## History

Mimarithsoz was a rich Kuelgon from the planet of the same name who fled from a great war.

### Wedding Gifts?

Every night, he always worried that the "lizards" will come and catch him, and one of his recurring dreams was seeing his eggs hatch into hideous reptiles. He told his wife about his recurring nightmares, but his wife thought that those were a good omen: he will be blessed with happy children, blessed by Heaven. But the sight of seeing them being born as lizards and not grifajes like himself disgusted him, to the point that he kept praying to Odin to make his children normal.

On the night of his wedding, he threw a party by a pool that suspiciously appeared. Little did he know was that it was the site of an old temple to Makravalas, the god of the sea and dragons. In Rukthaneh superstition, pool parties and swimming were to be avoided on the day of a wedding, for doing so will bring the resulting children to the influence of the sea god. Therefore, by vandalising the pool with his dirty feet and his alcohol, he doomed his future offspring by dedicating them to Makravalas.

On the next morning, he wore a black robe on his way to a clinic to see if his wife was pregnant with their children's eggs. A friend passed by and handed him an old book with an eye on its cover and a mirror, as he was late for work. Then, as the couple went out with the results, he accidentally spilled some pepper on the table: the pepper formed the shape of a bird in flight. At midnight, he accidentally woke up and saw the full moon shining down on him. His blurry eyes perceived the branches obscuring the moon to make it look like an eye watching over him, and he was unable to sleep that night.

On the third day, a clock fell down in front of him, startling him as he woke up. He started to put together what happened from his wedding, and he became more afraid: the pool, the book and mirror, and the broken clock, all represent the Three High Kings: Makravalas, Odin, and Lumbariz. All of them were upset at him for his sacrilege, and now he would become a plaything of their latest punishment - or that would be their most amusing gift to the would-be heroes of Rukthan!

As the days slipped by, he started to grow scales on his hands and his legs. Every day, he begged the gods for their forgiveness, but the scales kept appearing. One evening before he slept, his face briefly became that of a reptile, and he cried for the whole night. His wife found him asleep in his bathroom, and brought him to their eggs, who were about to hatch. To his relief, their sons were born as normal grifajes, and he hugged them.

### Makravalas Is Very Happy

Nine months later, they started to occasionally develop green scales on their blue skin. His father warned them not to go near the sea's water, and they obeyed him. But on their ninth birthday, Mimarithsoz and his family were sailing to another island to the east, where a lost starship allegedly crashed. The ship's engines malfunctioned, causing it to sink. As afraid as he was to even see himself and his family touch the waves, he hugged his children and plunged into the depths.

All five of them lost consciousness as their bodies descended into the cold deep, until they started to squirm. On their backs, wings sprouted, and their whole skin was covered by scales. Moments later, they rose from the waters as lizards. Seeing himself becoming the very thing he feared, Mimarithsoz howled in horror and flew east, and he never returned. His wife and their sons landed on a pier, where they instant reverted back to themselves.

They saw three men standing before them, explaining to them about their newfound powers as dragons. It was originally a curse from Makravalas, but being the mischievous buffoon that he was, the sea god also intended it to be a gift to them, and the best of all gifts. In addition, the supposed "curses" that Mimarithsoz suffered while the sons were in their mother's womb were meant to consecrate the children to the other two gods, so they will become a great blessing that will one day save Rukthan.

### Legacy

The sons became very popular among their fellow townsfolk for their ability to become dragons - it aided them in defeating a demon lord. Ever since that onwards, the early heirs of Mimarithsoz venerated Makravalas as their patron deity.

Each of the sons was dedicated to a different god: Athalraivjoz was dedicated to Makravalas, so he permanently became a dragon after his fortieth birthday.

Intharjuloz was dedicated to Odin, so he was gifted with an unusually high intellect. On his ninetieth birthday, he was taken by a flock of ravens, and was never seen again.

Mailothaivrol was dedicated to Lumbariz, so he made many wonderful machines in the remaining hundred years after his sixtieth birthday. As the full moon shined after his birthday, he saw a birthday cake with candles in the sky, and every ninth day he grew a golden cog in his palm. He started becoming younger until he remained a thirty-year old adult at ninety years of age. Seven decades later, and his body became more like a golden machine. On his final day, he threw a great birthday party, and he stood on a fountain under an eye-shaped chandelier. As the guests counted down, he started to glow, and at the stroke of midnight, under the full moon's glow, he disappeared.

Only Mailothaivrol and Intharjuloz were gone, while Athalraivjoz was occasionally seen every fifty years, weeks, or days paying homage at a temple to the Three Kings. More legends claim that he and his father reconciled, as he helped his father overcome his fear of dragons and embrace his blessed new self.

It was Athalraivjoz who became Elbonja's ancestor, and that of Chandaelje and her little sisters. That was why Elbonja called his daughters, "my little dragons", before he sent them away on their first undead hunt: they eventually took their father's lessons to become dragons who destroy the undead under the city. In them, the light of the Gods shines once again, as it did with their ancestors against the forces of Hell!