Drehukom the Dragon Girl

It's not entirely understood who or what Drehukom was in their past life, but the animal is a fire dragon that was born of sparks and magma in a volcano, eons of friction caused scales to form, and the flow of the lava became the beating heart of a beast.

Through means unknown, it appeared on a beach and was captured by Eldham merchants. It was sent to Rathnir and people caught word of the beast. A certain king, king Michael, became the father of the dragon.

He ordered many people to try and bring the beast, some he ordered to kill the beast to see that if it was able to be killed it wouldn't be worthy of his court.

Eventually when it was brought back by a man known as Gunther Venator, a mercenary working for a mob boss known as Aceradiy, and they were thusly awarded a very large sum.

Drehukom disappears from time to time, and people have reported sightings of a woman walking the streets which seemed neither human nor beast, neither god nor mortal, nobody knows for sure, but many attribute this to the fire dragon known as Drehukom, as Drehukom and the woman have never been sighted together, and the dragon has often disappeared when the woman appeared.

## General Origin

Drehukom ['drɛhu.kʰom] is an old form of the word "dragon" which roughly translates to "beast, monster, unknown being". The language it is from is unknown. It was probably a loan word from the original language and not in native vocabulary as it doesn't match known sound changes. People use the old name "Drehukom" to refer to the dragon but both the word dragon and Drehukom are technically the same word.

Historically the sound changes occurred as such: ['drɛhu.kʰom] -> ['drɛu.kʰon] -> ['dræ:.kʰon] -> ['dræ.gon] or ['drægn̩]

## Weapons and Gifts

Assigned to Drehukom by the court was a blade known as the Blade of Thaelwyn. It was crafted by rebels and was won by the defending armies. It ended up in the hands of King Michael through various trades; it had been swapped between big-time merchants for many years, and the circulation finally ended once a young up-and-coming merchant sold it for around ten million to fund his merchant business, it was also likely a family heirloom. Someone from the court, likely the treasurer, had bought it and brought it for the king as a gift. The Blade of Thaelwyn has been known to be sighted being with the mysterious woman, hence more evidence for the Dragon-Girl theory. It's a netherite sword, and not much else is known about it. It is said to have impossible and wicked enchantments. The king originally gave it to Drehukom as a welcoming gift, but she is now the guardian and the user of the blade.

## Military Experience

The king was taken prisoner once during a skirmish--an average rebellion of no more than two hundred salarymen, and it was assured that the king wouldn't be killed, but instead used as leverage for a certain deal. Taken to a run-down fort, a few hundred soldiers, under the command of a well known general, were sent to find the king. When they found him, a small party of about forty were killed, the rest fleeing back. Drehukom was ridden by the general to the fort and set it ablaze. The king perished in the fire, not from being scorched but by being poisoned by the rebels. The kingdom's army won in the end, and the rebellion instantly disappeared. The former members which supported it fell into obscurity and moved away. The king had an heir, a healthy son, named Michael II, and currently rules in his place. Drehukom's thoughts on this experience aren't known. Drehukom has never been ridden since this occurrence.