Centuries of prosperity corrupted the Dragon Empire. So when Emperor Elrood IX granted Sir Ravd a single dragon’s egg and *Baron Abulyrd's* settlement of Sikara, even village children knew: it was a trap. This “reward” for honorable service was an attempt to destroy Sir Ravd and his house for being too popular and too good. Annihilation by giants and orcs and winter, if not assassination. If Sir Ravd's house survives, it promises to embarrass the venal nobility by its shining example. Sikara also promises great wealth. Mines beneath nearby ruins are the last source of dragongems, necessary for incubating dragons’ eggs and, thus, the linchpin of the alliance between metallic dragons and the Emperor.
Sikara is under the first ‘o’ in ‘Colossus.’ See the full Dragon Empire map.
Sikara is in the Frost Range, in the westward shadow of the Northern Colossus, south of the Crystalknife Glacier, some 500 miles north of the imperial capital, Axis.
Travel time from Axis to Sikara...
Kin: Human, Dwarf, Dragonic, Dark Elf, High Elf, Wood Elf, Forgeborn, Gnome, Half-Elf, Half-Orc, Orc, Halfing, Holy One, Tiefling, Alleykin, Arcanite, Beastblooded, Spiritborn, Unholy One.
Classes: Barbarian, Bard, Chaos Mage, Cleric, Commander, Demonologist, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Necromancer, Occultist, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, and Wizard.
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You could have a background, "former sailor in the Imperial navy," but like Wade Rockett, this is what I love:
Former sailor on the Imperial frigate Intrepid*, which was sunk in battle against the* Revenant*, flagship of the Lich King’s Pale Fleet under the command of the lich admiral Vertinor*
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Great Gold Wyrm (Atreides)
The House of Sir Ravd, the Wyrm's last Knight of the Golden Order, is fighting for survival against the Crusader's Baron Abulyrd and his shadow-ally, the Emperor.