Radiant Dragon

**The Radiant Dragon** was the guardian of the Radiant Forest in Northern Qethos during the Age of the Gods. For whatever reason, it protected the Sword of Tenebraum, which had been placed in the forest. When a member of the House of Tenebraum arrived to retrieve the Sword, the Radiant Dragon appeared to protect it, but ultimately fell to her and her companions. With the removal of the sword, the land's essence shifted, causing it to transform into a VOID Site.

## Description

### Appearance

The Radiant Dragon's appearance is unknown. It is most likely a metallic dragon, which were closely aligned with DIV during the Age of the Gods.

### Personality

Not much is known about the Radiant Dragon's personality as it appeared to only have one objective; protect the Sword of Tenbraum and the Radiant Forest at all costs.

## History

### Background

The Radiant Dragon's past is a mystery. It was stationed at the Radiant Forest in Northern Qethos, an area imbued with the Radiance of the god DIV. At some point, the Sword of Tenebraum, a prestigious Radiant lineage, was placed in the Forest and the dragon began to guard it from any that would take it.

### Defending the Sword

When the heir to the Tenebraum family, Ven, arrived in the Radiant Forest with her allies, she recognized the Sword as having her family's sigil upon it. She drew it from the plinth to claim the blade as her own. Once she did so, the Radiant Dragon appeared and immediately went on the offensive. The dragon clashed with her and her party, very nearly defeating them. However, Dokke Doldus took the opportunity to untie Bronn Luxprin, who had been restrained over a scuffle with the party's wizard. Bronn was able to heal his allies and the group was successful in vanquishing the dragon.

### Legacy

Whether by the death of the dragon or the removal of the sword, the Radiance of the forest began to dwindle, and VOID rushed in in its place. The forest became a VOID Site, which would be later used in a ritual by the Wise One Ghaspar to resurrect a Voidstar. Some time after the Voidstar Incident, a group of Radiant Priests attempted to reverse the process with the willing sacrifice of elderly and sick devotees, but it is unknown if they were successful. The killing of the sacred dragon was also an important moment for Bronn Luxprin. He felt that violence committed on anything Radiant was morally unjustifiable, simply because of their association to DIV. As such, his party's actions that day were a key factor in his later betrayal of the party in favor of DIV.

## Story

### In Memory

In the Year 735, during their travels in the Labyrinth Veil, a wayward group of wizards and adventurers joined forces to seek a way out. One of the adventurers was Bronn Luxprin, under the alias of Abel Avlys. Three of the others in their group, Elenora, Tremmer and Kua, also possessed Memories of Ven, Cronovan and Oswin respectively, who had fought against the Radiant Dragon before. Reacting to the memories, the Veil conjured up a crystalline duplicate of the Radiant Dragon, which barred the party's escape. Upon defeating the dragon, a crystal emerged, bearing the memory of the events of when Ven claimed the Sword of Tenebraum. This briefly drew the attention of the party, but they were distracted by the abrupt appearance of their exit. Bronn walked upon to the crystal, placed a hand on it in silent reflection, and then left the Veil to continue his journey.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Draconic Power**: As a dragon, the Radiant Dragon likely had access to all manner of abilities associated with dragons, including flight, a breath weapon and spellcasting.

## Trivia

* The Radiant Dragon was the first dragon fought in the World of Io setting and the first boss fight for the Friday Group of the *Voidstar* campaigns.