Derek

Captain Derek in chapter 1

### Status

Deceased (Killed by shadow-warriors) in Legend of Amber, Alive in Flames’ Temptation

## Appearances

### Comics

Flames' TemptationLegend of Amber

Derek is a character in the Legend of Dragons-comic series. He was the captain of the royal guard during king Don and queen Caipirinha’s reign.

## Appearance

Red scales, yellow underbelly, grey horns with dark-blue stripe on both of them, a grey tail-end, dark-blue spikes on his head and light-blue eyes. Like all the guards, Derek wears an armour and a helmet.

## Personality and character

Derek is brave and always willing to do his duty as a royal guard, even with a cost of his own life. He is also loyal to his fellow guards, who follow his command.

## Backstory

##### In Flames’ Temptation

Derek was born and raised in the dragon kingdom city. He attended the temple school and was mentored by Flarion. After graduation, Derek became an acolite so he can become a royal guard. After his training was complete, Derek served as a royal guard for many years and after captain Lorenzo retired, he named Derek his suggessor.

##### In Legend of Amber

Three years ago, Flames was banished from the kingdom for murdering king Max. One day, someone saw Flames near by the dragon kingdom city and Derek was send to make sure that Flames wasn’t near anymore. He had taken two other guards with him, Tommy and Chiro. After searching for hours, He decided it was time to return back but then something happenned. Tommy was attacked by Flames, who killed him. Chiro tried to attack him but Flames pushed him back. Derek moved closer to him to make sure his friend was alright. Flames told them he will let them live, if they join him but Derek and Chiro declined his offer. Flames attacked them and Derek’s helmet flew off and part of his armor broke near his wing. Derek and Chiro both knew they had to warn the king and queen about Flames, but he knew what they we’re planning and soon before they knew it, they we’re surrounded by a group of black scaled dragons with glowing red eyes. Flames told them that they we’re shadow-warriors, his mindless followers who followed his every command. With a nod, the shadow-warriors attacked Derek and Chiro. They fought them off the best they could, but there we’re too many. Chiro told Derek to go warn the king and queen, but he didn’t want to leave his friend. Then, Chiro pushed him and Derek knew he had to go. He ran towards the city unknown that Flames had send shadow-warriors after him. I didn’t take long until Derek realized he was being followed and ran faster towards the city. He ran as fast as he could throught the city and soon he parched inside the palace throne-room. King Don asked what was wrong and Derek told them that Flames and the shadow-warriors we’re on they’re way before he collapsed out of excaustion.

After a while, Derek woke up again and realized the king and queen we’re gone. He heard a scream and rushed to see where it had come from. He found queen Caipirinha on the ground being attacked by a shadow-warrior. With a rush, Derek ran to her aid and pushed the shadow-warrior away from her. Derek told Caiprinha to run, while he hold the shadow-warrior off. As Caipirinha got away, Derek saw that more shadow-warriors we’re coming and he knew that he might not survive. Praying that the king and queen will survive, he attacked and fought until he was killed.

## Kin

Umbra (Father)

Blaze (Mother)

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