Kingdoms: Throne of the Elder Dragon

Kingdoms: Main Page -> Kingdoms: Throne of the Elder Dragon

Dreamform: Throne of the Elder Dragon

Prince Aerus was eleven when he realised the truth - that the Game of Succession was a farce, and that the millennial cycle could be broken. What Arcadia needed was a Seelie King that was great enough in power to deny the imperative to be sacrificed, and thus rule forever.

Prince Aerus knew that he was not that King, but he also knew that such a King could exist. He gathered to himself sages and masters of dreaming, and philosophers who could be persuaded to his vision. He employed his own dreaming to visualise a pleasant land filled with universities and centres of learning, and a people dedicated to researching his goal. As he neared his eighteenth birthday, he conceptualised a seed of an idea - that the Everlasting King went by the name of Elder Dragon and could be dreamed into being.

Of course, as his eighteenth birthday rolled around, so began the war of succession, and Aerus found himself with a Kingdom that could win neither a short war nor a protracted one. He knew that he had twelve years to achieve his goal, or else his dream would end with his existence. Nonetheless, he is sure it is possible

The Dominant Actors of the Court

KING: Aerus, the Dragon's Regent

Aerus is not the White King, nor does he appreciate it when his followers address him by the titles of royalty. As far as he is concerned, he is just the Regent, keeping the throne warm for the true ruler to come.

He doesn't really look the part of a king anyway... He's just an eighteen year old human boy, with blonde hair, freckles and spectacles to correct his poor vision. He truly believes that imagination is mightier than any weapon, and so he has never trained in the arts of war, command or intrigue. He's either a visionary, or a fool.

• Suggested Boons: Effective Management; Empowered Dreaming;
• Suggested Drawbacks: Physically weak; Politically inept;
• Suggested Traits: Alternative Victory Condition;

KNIGHT: Old Man Tomson, the Minister for Defence

Old Man Tomson isn't a warrior, but rather an academic. Fortunately for Aerus, it so happens that Thompson's area of expertise is the practice of war and the use of military force. While he might not seem the most inspiring of leaders (surveying the field in his professor's robes, and needing a walking stick to move far) he is a veritable genius when it comes to tactics and strategy, which more than compensates for his physical frailties.

• Suggested Boons: Grand Strategist; Tactician;
• Suggested Drawbacks: Weak fighter; Uncharismatic;
• Suggested Traits: None;

BISHOP: Anson, the Orator

Anson is a young man with a talent for debating, and something of a celebrity amongst the academics of the kingdom. He is especially skilled in rhetoric and public speaking, and was instrumental in convincing the masses that the King's eccentric plans were the best way forward.

• Suggested Boons: Master Propagandist;
• Suggested Drawbacks: High Public Profile;
• Suggested Traits: None;

ROOK:

• Suggested Boons:
• Suggested Drawbacks:
• Suggested Traits:

The Shadow Actors of the Court

QUEEN: Jade Lotus, the Flamebearer

Most Kings would have been grateful for a queen like Jade Lotus.

She has the perfect skin and slight proportions typical of the royalty of her oriental homeland, and her pyromancy is a potent weapon of war. She is beautiful, young, cunning, magically gifted and ambitious... all excellent qualities that make her an excellent match.

Of course, Aerus is not like most kings. He has adopted an agenda that Jade Lotus sees as ridiculous and self-destructive, and she has little desire to see him succeed. She doesn't want to nobly step aside for an everlasting King, she wants to rule by herself, as a Queen by her husbands side!

The only hope she sees is to let the Game of Succession run its course, and to make sure that her King is dominant at that time. Once the twelve years are up, the opportunity to pursue foolishness will have gone, and she hopes that her husband will settle into a more traditional role for a Monarch of Arcadia.

• Suggested Boons: Puissance; War-magus;
• Suggested Drawbacks: Loveless Match; Disloyal Motivation;
• Suggested Traits: Sorcery Style: Pyromancy;

KNIGHT:

• Suggested Boons:
• Suggested Drawbacks:
• Suggested Traits:

BISHOP: Torv, the Abductor

Torv was a thug and criminal, the sort of person that the King wished he hadn't dreamt into being. Torv was languishing in the cells when the King realised that his grand plan would need someone like him, and offered him release in exchange for service.

Torv, of course, isn't feeling too cooperative so has entrenched himself firmly in the Queen's camp, and is working to her agenda, not the King's.

• Suggested Boons: Master Kidnapper;
• Suggested Drawbacks: Callous;
• Suggested Traits: None;

ROOK:

• Suggested Boons:
• Suggested Drawbacks:
• Suggested Traits:

The Eight Armies

• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)
• Name - Fluff. (Descriptors)

Italic text above represents suggested Descriptors.