In the country of Daraccia it has always been so that the Eldest son of the king, be it bastard or rightborn, is to inherit the throne. When the late king Arwul died Prince Erwind declared himself Crown-prince and started preparations for his crowning. But then merely a few days before the crowning a young man came to the castle claiming to be a bastard son of the late king and claimant to the throne! He even had proof to back it up!
There was one thing, however, who made even Erwinds fiercest enemies shift. The man was half black dragon.
Erwind had the man beaten and exiled to the swamplands in the western parts of the realm, and was crowned king a week later.
Rumors of what had happened spread and many men and women of stature thought that what the King had done was wrong. and that the half-dragon should be king regardless of his ... black half. The king would have none of this and made all talk about it illegal.
three years later a medium sized army or goblins, orcs, hobgoblins and humans attacked the castle Korag-Urut.
Many people rallied to Gyradan's banner. Young Knights with ideals of honour and justice, people who simply didnt like Erwind, People which held the law above all else and people who was considered monsters by humanity and was promised better lives by Gyradan. as time passed he also got the assistance of the Drow pirates, the Kobolds and even a few tieflings! the halflings still remain neutral.
On the other side of the war, King Erwind and his followers knew that the relam could never be given to a half-dragon. a half BLACK dragon! he would make the realm a living hell for humans and invade the neighboring countries! And gods know what evils he would unleash upon the world.
Many shared the views of their king, and even some beyond his borders. The dwarfs and the elves of S'az-kaz, the cervidals, the centaurs and even the Thri-keen who lived south-east of Daraccia came to help.
the halflings remains neutral.
Now, both Gyradan and King Erwind is each organizing their own group of elite commandos to sabotage their enemy and subtly break them down!
They would accept only the best of the best and YOU have answered the summons. gold, glory, justice, honour or whatever other reason you might have, YOU will fight to the bitter end for your king!
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You are being led through the Castle of Crag-kar by Gyradans Sheildbearer, a huge purple skinned ogre like creature, clad in chainmail and steel plates and brandishing a huge greatsword. He leads you to a huge door where a knight waits. "continue in. he's impatient." he says to you. You look at him with wonder, for he bears the mark of the silver lion on his chest, but it has two long gashes, as if someone sliced it on the middle. "very well. in yeh go." the giant rumbles and opens the massive doors.
You enter and the door is closed behind you. In front of you is a large stone throne, where Gyradan the half dragon himself sits. on his left side is a female Drow, and on the right a tired looking human male. both have steel armour, but the drows armour appear to be made with style in mind and not efficiency.
"Ah, yes... my elite team..." Gyradan sighs "Zazalemal, you have allready a reputation here... Ahuhi, who's mind is mightier than the sword... Cadolin, who's fists can bring down a fully armed knight... And Adrius! Our exotic assassin"
"ninja." the tired looking human corrects.
"whatever. i must confess that i am QUITE eager to put you all to use." he hisses gleefully, and picks his teeth with the long claw-like weapon that is built into his gauntlets. "How do you feel about doing some harassment?"