Take a piss, mark out your territory.

Paint self blue with blueberries.
Hang out with Blue Dragons.

>>22043089
kill self

Attack the hatchling, red dragons are known for their need to dominate all others, including their own kind. We are the top hatchling.

Since I'm a red dragon, and therefore arrogant to the extreme and greedy as fuck, I wait for that egg to hatch and establish dominance over my younger sibling so we make clear the pecking order.

become a cat

>>22043134
Become a lich

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>>22043143
>>22043150

They haven't finished hatching yet, you probably have several minutes before they free themselves. You decide to take advantage of this and prove who's in charge to the other hatchlings before they've even left their eggs. You take a step towards the nearest egg, feeling rather wobbly as you go. You have to concentrate on putting one leg in front of the other, unsurprising, considering you haven't actually used them before. You pause, should you attack now and take advantage of their inability to defend themselves, or take some a few minutes to get used to your body, then beat them when they've hatched?

>>22043286
Now, while they are helpless and weak to act, it is our right as first born to be alpha

>>22043347
second!

Roll a d10 (the lower the better).

Rolled 3

>>22043400
Oh, jeez.

>>22043089
Where's our mother?

>>22043447
What normal red dragon mothers do, watching.
Oh sure, we may fight with one another but I'm sure she'll step in if it becomes clear we're all going to slaughter one another.

You made me nostalgia pretty hard here, OP.

>>22043477
It's also possible she won't be here because she just laid the eggs and left.

Either way, it may affect our judgement.

How many ranks do we have in be a massive asshole? If Fiirkraag is any indication we should have quite a few.

>>22043520
We are a red dragon. I think we are always chaotic evil. So yes, we have maxed out our asshole rank.

Find white paint, or anything metallic.
We'z kunnin'.

Slash up your brothers and sisters, prove that you are the strongest!

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>>22043528
Well, technically all alignments (excepting for things that are literal embodiment of their alignment, like slaadi, demons, or modrons,) are guidelines, but yeah, we're probably going to be kind of dickish.


Choose the first to hatch, impress upon it that we are stronger, and then ally with it against the others. How many siblings do we have?

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>>22043535

Non fatally, though! How are you going to build a world spanning empire without any soldiers?

>>22043593
We could just mount them until they submit.

>>22043593
We can go with non-peers for soldiers.

I'd be okay with establishing a sort of loose padisha, though, with our lesser peers as our 'nobles'.

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>Don't worry, you're on easy mode for now.

Trotting forwards, you take a swipe at the exposed nose of your sibling. The blow connects surprisingly well and your...sister's egg, from the looks of it, tumbles over. The impact and sudden shift in weight is enough to break off a large piece of her egg, and she falls to the floor. Not giving her a chance to get her bearings, you jump on her and start biting. She yelps and attempts to push you off, failing to do so until you start maneuvering for a better grip. She scrabbles away from you and into the larger cavern. The other egg is closer to fully hatching, it's occupant seems too absorbed in escaping his shell to have noticed your fight. Your sister's egg is sitting there, if you're still hungry. She herself is still running away.

whatever happened to yellow dragon quest?

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>>22043645
Yellows don't have as many pictures.

Find Mother and demand her wealth.

>>22043645
Piss and ferns.

>>22043528
Dragons can be alignment, but they are dicks either way

Rolled 10

>>22043699
Nothing to see her, just me making myself seem less stupid.

>>22043642
Take on your next sibling, mount him/her in dominance display. Don't use lethal force, though.

>>22043699
That is a good way to end up dead.
OP can we be a different sort of Dragon? All of them are master wizards or so on; can we be psionic?

>>22043733
Screw you. We're too young to have any interest in that.

Just shred his/her wings. Painful and temporarily crippling. That's plenty.

You be any alignment, though chaotic evil tends to come naturally due to genetic memory.

And yes, this quest was inspired by Writer-dude's Dragon Quest.

>>22043645
What the fuck is..?

>>22043736
I think it might even be neat to play as like, a sci-fi setting. With Psionics and Mechas every where.

>>22043750
Mount in the dominant way, not let's make fucked up wyrm babies.

>>22043828
No, please no.

If we're going to be a different dragon, let's be a swag as fuck blue or bronze. Nothing else, and even that would require retcons from OP.

>>22043750
Dude what? There's nothing sexual going on, you know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy

>>22043642
Spring at our brother's egg

>>22043848
Mental note: make fucked up wyrm babies with your sister when you grow up.

>>22043871
No, I still want us to be a Red, just Psionic is all, and I think the sci-fi ness would be interesting? And different from the other dragon-quests. But I'm just spouting out pointless dribble.

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>>22043897
We are dominant...

OTOH, I think the really badass red dragons get dem red dragon milfs. Provided something's nubile, age really isn't an issue, as it only makes a dragon more badass, more powerful, more intelligent, etc. And since red dragons are both loathe to concede to another's dominance, and mildly sexually dimorphic in that females are on average a bit smaller and slightly weaker (as far as mining-machinery sized slabs of scale and muscle go,) awesome males tend to pair up with females a bit older than they are.


Of course, all of this is getting way too far ahead of ourselves here.

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>This isn't going to be scifi, but it won't be pseudo medieval either.

Deciding to press your advantage, you tear a large enough chunk off your brother's eggshell to deliver a hard blow to his face. While he's still stunned, you haul him out, making sure to slam his head into the ground on the way. Just to drive the point home, you sit on his head and bite down on the outermost alar phalange of one of his wings. This snaps him out his dazed state and he convulses in pain. His sudden motion unbalances you just enough that when he rears back, he is able to pull his head from under you. This doesn't deter you, and two more blows to the face and several bites to the wings later, he too is fleeing into the main cavern.

You Have thoroughly beaten two of your siblings, but the third egg shows no signs of life.

>>22044126
Eat the others eggshells. Just to spite them. Keep a lookout though, i wouldnt put it past our siblings to try and gang up on us.

>>22044126
Still no parents?

Keep an eye on the last egg, but until then, let's investigate where we are and what's going on.

>>22044126
Crack it open, if our third sibling is dead then we feed on him or her.

>>22044126
if the egg is alive he will be our favourite brother/sister, (s)he will be called sicky.

>>22044323
Yes. We can guarantee him/her a better position as our buddy than he/she'd be able to earn alone.


So, OP, dragons usually have some kind of racial memory. What do we know about the world?

>>22044126
>but the third egg shows no signs of life.
Yeah, weren't we *eating* that one when it showed signs of life?

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You've got readers, OP. Waiting on you.

Rolled 14

>>22044323
This sounds fine. Also if and when we start hunting I vote we try to do enough to feed all of our siblings. Few things drive the point of dominance home such as being the sole provider.

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As a last insult, you quickly consume your fleeing siblings egg shells, while keeping careful watch in case they come back, or the final egg starts to show signs of life. You need not have bothered, as you see your brother and sister stop down the far end of the cavern and decide that the way to deal with being beaten up and robbed is to find someone else to beat up - namely each other. Keeping one eye on them, you start examining the final egg. It doesn't seem to be alive, it's slightly greyer that the other three shells were and it isn't giving off as much heat as the other two, even while bathed in magical flames. Glancing back at your siblings, you see they've each managed to grab the others' neck in their jaws and are attempting to pull their opponent backwards, all they're succeeding in doing is looking slightly silly. Deciding to take a chance, you strike the egg. Your claws cut into it with surprising ease and you pull a chunk of the shell off. The occupant is dead, and considering they are only a third your length, likely has been for some time. Poking at the corpse you consider eating it, you are reasonably full of eggshells, but food is food.

Before you can decide whether or not to eat your dead sibling you hear a loud smack from the other end the cavern. Your brother and sister are both sprawled out several metres away from each other looking rather bloody, and very confused. A deep, rumbling chuckle fills the cavern.

"Well, I suppose that puts you at the top." The disembodied voice says, thick with fake sounding surprise. "I wonder how long you'll stay there," it says, sounding almost like it's considering a bet.

The air in the middle of the cavern shimmers slightly and you feel a sensation of *something* (an unfamiliar part of your mind tells you this is magic) giving way. Standing there is a huge red dragon, tall enough to almost reach the ceiling. She's flanked by two small reptilian figures - kobolds, that strange part of your mind tells you.

"As I hope you have figured out, I am your mother. I am Goltyrsyx. Now, follow me, you have a great deal to learn - you two especially," she glances back at your brother and sister.

Goltyrsyx leads you out of the cavern you were in to a more organised looking structure. It appears to have been carved straight out of rocks that make up the cave. Dozens of Kobolds scurry back and forth, many of them looking in the direction of you group with reverence and glee. Leading you further, she eventually a rough-hewn, downward sloping tunnel that leads out to a narrow cliff that overlooking a wide plain. The plain is dotted with copses of trees and ends
a few dozen kilometers away with a small series of hills.

"Tomorrow I will be taking you on a brief survey of the nearby landmarks out as far as the hills. I have little patience for failure so I suggest you don't engage in it. Practice flying until then, it shouldn't take you much more than an hour to get the hang of it. If you aren't able to keep up, then take care to memorise the way back." With that she turns and heads back into the lair.

Your brother and sister are alternating between glaring at you and each other, while trying to look supremely smug about something that must exist only in their imaginations.

>>22044809
Take off before either of them decides to fuck up your wings like you did to your brother.

>>22044809
Smack Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, go jump off the cliff.

Do what the giant ambulatory slab of scale, muscle, claws, and bad temper orders.

You haven't practiced flying yet, so trying to take off from a cliff wouldn't be wise.

become a lich

>>22044922
Come back in like, fifty threads.

>>22044911
Trial by fire! We learn like baby birds!

Well, do what she says. Stay ready to defend your dominance. Should our siblings challenge us, destroy their wings.

There is no room for insubordination in our cave.

Rolled 9

>>22044809
attempt to climb the walls and then glide a bit before attempting flight. In that time you should also watch your sibling in case they come up with something intelligent.

Rolled 1

>>22044945
Oh right, rolls.

>>22044922
only dying or stupid dragons try to become liches.

>>22044963
You. I like you.

Alright, don't try and take off ourselves. Let's see what happens when sister gets pushed off the edge.
We walk down to the narrow cliff, anticipating her inevitable attack, and try and swing her off.
Unless, you know, she doesn't attack, in which case she's a pansy and we'll never, ever have to worry about her.

>>22045036
I like this.

>>22044809
Well let's practice flying, put our wings to the test and see how well we glide first?

Rolled 5

>>22045036
Other guy had it right, gotta roll for actions.

>>22043570
WOTC succubus paladin says what?
On a more serious note have an explanation about the whole usually often always alignment thing:
Usually - meaning it's the most common alignment for that creature, but another alignment wouldn't be out of the ordinary, especially among named NPC's and PC's.
Often - meaning most creatures have this alignment, there are some that are one step away from it and anyone with a different alignment is usually named a NPC or PC.
Always - They almost always this alignment and being anything else is an enormous aberration. Anyone with a different alignment is either a named NPC or PC, or a dedicated follower thereof.

>>22045295
Could be.

I also happen to think that each alignment has enormous latitude on how you choose to play it.

So which course of action is it?

Practice gliding? Watch for plots (they don't look like they're planning on attacking you, they're glaring at each other just as much)? Just jump and see what happens?

Rolled 10

Glide practice, untill we get a good enough feel of wings and aircurrents to try true flight.

>>22045448
Jump and see what happens. Then attempt to glide from a small ledge. Then move on to actually attempting to fly.

>>22045036

This is both a good means of assessing threat from the sister and of seeing what kind of flight capacity instincts will provide to a even the lowest of the newly-hatched.

If she falls and dies, then yes, definitely gliding practice. If she somehow manages to just pick up flying in a panic, then what the hell, we can do it too.

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Little sister needs something...

>>22045448
I'd say Practice Gliding. We will be the best.

On a character note I think being hyper competitive and perfectionistic would be a good expression of our chaotic evilness. But we should also be (relatively) nice to those who we have beaten since we want to keep them around to watch become even more awesome.

>>22045515
We're probably too young to the point of being physically incapable. Just saying.

Rolled 1

>>22045515

Rolled 5

>>22045506

Damn rolls.

>>22045520
>watch us become even more awesome.
fixed

>>22045530

Ho ho ho, I see we have ourselves a little star~

Rolled 7

>>22045448
glide practice. Don't practice flight where our sibling could learn from us.

Retracting
>22045488
in favor of
>>22045506
>>22045036

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It doesn't take you long to decide that when a fourteen metre long armour plated killing machine tells you to do something, it's generally wise to do it. Keeping a careful eye on your siblings you approach the cliff, your sister immediately starts trotting ahead, getting there first.

"I guess I'll have to show you how it's done." She smirks.

>>22045487
She jumps off. She is immediately caught by an updraft that carries her up, flips her over, and slams her into the cliff face above you. Your brother bursts out laughing as she bounces back down and she immediately jumps on him. The two continue to fight, only pausing when they get precariously close to the cliff edge.

Deciding to be cautious about something that could kill you, you head back down to the cavern you hatched in. On the way you pass several small groups of Kobolds, each bows low and mutters "praise the high ones" as you pass. This pleases you. They also do the same to your brother and sister, who have stopped fighting and decided to see where you're going. You find this far less pleasing, but you can't have everything. Yet.

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Your first attempt at gliding does not go well. After jumping from a tall boulder, you start sliding sideways and hit the wall wing first. Leaving both your siblings snickering, but they do no better. Your second attempt is far more effective and you manage to glide across the cavern, before gently skidding to a stop. Further attempts see you getting accustomed to flapping in flight and you are soon confident enough to make a real attempt at flight. You head back to the cliff, groups of Kobolds bowing and praising you along the way. The updraft along the cliff edge makes you wobble for a moment, but you quickly pass through it reach the open air. You quickly lose track of time as the sensation of flight overtakes you, and after a few hours of practice you are too tired to continue. You pass your siblings on the way back, both having managed to take to the air. Landing immediately after an updraft proves tricky, but you manage it.

You head back down to the cavern, only to be told by an exceedingly polite Kobold that there is a sleeping chamber specially prepared for each of you, just off the main atrium. You head there and go to sleep.

The following day is relatively uneventful. Goltyrsyx shows you most of the local sites of interest and your siblings seem to more interested in the tour than in doing anything to you. You now have a reasonable idea of what is in the area.

>grey=mountain the lair is in
>brown=hills
>lighter green=plains
>darker green=forests
>blue=water

>>22046032
And black is obviously settlements.

I'm planning on speeding things along a bit, with only a few random encounters and a bit of exposition on the state of the world and its history until you're a bit older. Unless people really want to play a wyrmling for more than a few sessions?

Rolled 3

>>22046150
Sounds fine.

>>22046150

Speed it up, otherwise we'll never get philosophical with our little sister.

>>22046150
Totally fine, Maybe we could set some priorities or things to do and you could tell us how we do?

>>22046032
If we are planing to find a layer any time soon going up that river might be interesting.

OK, timeskip it is then. Vote on priorities to see what you do during it.

>>22046231
We sholud have went over fire-breathing before the skip

Fire breathing, hunting (if applicable) and any minor interactions with our siblings if needed, then skip i suppose.

One more scene then. Any preference for prey, or what to use you breath on?

>>22046231
We are in no Fun zone:
Priorities:
1. Training (physical and magical if applicable)
2. Basic necessities
3. Beating on siblings when they get uppity.
So basically we work out constantly, only pausing to eat, sleep and beat on our siblings when they are stupid enough to challenge us.

Rolled 10

>>22046231
Learn more about the kobold-things. Forge close ties with them, especially any tutors we may have, as they seem polite, respectable and most importantly loyal.

Keep an eye on our brother and sister; we're too young to really grasp politics on more than an instinctual level, but we should still make sure they continue to quarrel. Divided they are no threat. Together they could bring us down. They may be useful pawns or allies in the future.

Make sure to keep up with mother's lessons. It would be foolish of us not to.

Rolled 20

>>22046231
fire breathing, deer hunting and sibling dominancing. Wait that last bit didn't sound right. Rule them with a benevolent iron fist.

Rolled 2

>>22046307
Ponder how angry and/or pleased Goltyrsyx would be if we tested it on some of the Kobolds. Are Kobolds fire-resistant?

I mean, we can just find out. Either they die gloriously in the service of the young High Ones, or they just walk it off and nobody's worse for wear.

>>22046231
Top priority would be to make ourselves strong. (By what ever means we can)
Second priority would be to learn all we can (knowledge is power and we love power)
Third is to keep our brother and sister fighting so that they can't team up against us.
Fourth is to find a way out from under the domination of our mother.

For hunting how about Dire animals? We like our prey to give us a challenge. Also share our meals with our siblings to show how much of a better hunter we are.

>>22046231

Yeah, you're too young to go scouting at this point for your own digs; wyrmlings stick out like sore thumbs in the forest or skies, and you'll get ganked.

So training, mostly. I honestly don't see the value in antagonizing the siblings; just dish it out VIOLENTLY if they start something, but don't be the instigator as it (and they) a waste of energy and beneath you.

Also careful about the kobolds, they're Mom's. We need our own.

You know OP. I really hope this setting has princesses that we can kidnap. I wanna see how badly we go off the rails from the standard dragon-princess plot.

>>22046456

Also the other two siblings have already proven they want to beat the shit out of each other, so only goad them back into fighting each other when absolutely necessary. Become involved too often and they'll get wise.

>>22046456
I second this sentiment about not be the instigator.

>>22046191
>get philosophical
I'm sorry, where does that euphemism come from?

And she's more like our non-identical twin, isn't she?

>>22046519

Google "give her the".

>>22046419
>find a way out from under our mother's domination
I'm all for that in spirit, but I don't think we need to worry about it. AFAIK, at best, she'll keep us around long enough to enjoy having children and teach us what she thinks we need to know, and kick us out the moment we're remotely old enough to threaten her/trigger her territoriality/stain the carrying capacity of her territory.

Also, what do we know of our father?

Rolled 10

>>22046465
kidnap princesses.
Play the knight and the princess with her.
We play the princess.
When done we return her home as though nothing happened.
Never do this with the same princess twice.

>>22046561
I figured the same but I thought that it would be in character for us to try.

>>22046590
Fair enough.

>>22046542
Ah. Enlightenment. Thank you.

Another thing is trying to interact with someone from the settlements in a non-hostile (read: insidiously beneficial) manner. As a wyrmling, though, it's extremely dangerous, so we might need the time skip.

I'd like it if we could catch a child alone playing in the woods and pretend to be its 'friend' so we can hear what the other two-legs do every day without hearing a slanted account from our mother.

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>>22046573
So... we polymorph into a human and then polymorph the princess into a dragon?

>>22046573
I was more thinking
>get board
>go much on bandits
>bandits captured princess and knocked her out.
>Take her with us because why the hell not.
This story probably ends with the princess as our sorceress apprentice, the knight in shining armor in therapy, and us confused as fuck. With a fancy crown.

Rolled 3

>>22046637
Or better yet when she wakes up we pretend to be a knight in shining armor. No reason really but then return her to the king and get paid for it. The fact that we might have in shapeshifted form tipped off the bandits about the princesses location in the first place is unrelated.

>>22046625
yes, then an actual knight comes in and attacks the princess/now dragon.

I don't think Reds are innately gifted with shapeshifting, though, the way Silvers are, which is...a problem.

Reds are probably more likely to enchant someone into thinking they're X, rather than actually try to look like X.

OP, let us know if we're any good at extremely basic sorcery, like charm person.

>as requested, your first fire and first hunt.

The day following your trip around your mother territory, you spot a small herd of deer close to the edge of the eastern forest. Deciding some food is in order, you swoop in, now confident you will be able to perform the required maneuvering to bring one down.

Unfortunately, they see you coming and bolt. Try as you might, they each duck and jink out of your way each time you try and line up to tackle one. Growing increasingly frustrated, you line up for one more pass on the largest group. They bolt, as expected, but rather than trying to grab one you unleash your breath. One of the group is caught in the centre of the blast, and a second is badly wounded. Landing on the charred and dying animal, you begin to eat it. You can't help but feel considerable satisfaction at the thought you managed to kill it. You might have need to resort to your breath, rather than actually catching it, but it's the first thing you've ever killed yourself. You briefly savor the moment, then continue eating the still twitching deer.

>>>>>>>>

So the timeskip will involve practicing fighting (for now bears and fiercer prey will do, so you won't be helping your siblings), stop your siblings getting uppity, learn everything you can, maybe try and familiarise yourself with the locals, yes?

You don't have any skill at sorcery yet, that'll start during your later teens. You'll be able to get alternate form once you hit young adult (50 years from now - there will probably be more timeskips).

Roll a d5 to determine how many random events occur.

Update will be . . . later. It's currently 2:30am, so if some can keep this alive, or archive it I'll update at around midday (gmt) tomorrow.

Rolled 3

>>22046839

>>22046890

Wonder what the events will be. I'm sorta hoping one of them involves the settlements.

Hope this survives for the next few hours without OP.

Rolled 1

>>22046839

I also wonder if there's any hope for our little PC dragon to grow out of his alignment default. Doubt it, but maybe something happens to him...

>>22047028
Nothing wrong with chaotic e- Okay, I can't actually say that.

There's lots of room in an alignment. We can lean one way or another and still remain CE easily.

>>22047028
see >>22045295

>>22047229
We're a PC. We got this.

Shitwedon'thaveaname

Tethyrcanyx?

Short name would be Teth.

>>22047409
Good enough for me.

As we know having a name drastically increases survival rate. Our siblings don't have names, hue hue hue.

>>22047494
Obviously, we should wait to choose one until we have to. That way we'll have an ace in our sleeves whenever we need it.

Good point.

>>22047315
Cruise Elroy

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The next three years pass uneventfully. You learn of the history of the area and of the neighboring dragons and a little of the local humanoid languages. The two dragons you are most likely to encounter are an adult bronze your mother knows to live somewhere off the coast and a mature adult green named Imgodidartak living in the western forest. Neither are likely to attack you if encountered, for fear of retribution from Goltyrsyx, but it would still be unwise to leave yourself exposed. The villages and town near to the lair were once part of the human Temurian Empire, but it fell into civil war nearly two centuries and has since descended into petty fiefdoms constantly fighting each other. The town is called Bureth, Goltyrsyx never bothered learning the names of the villages. Ever since your display in the nest, your mother has taken to calling you 'Fekiw'. This roughly translates as greed, which has positive connotations in draconic. Your sister has been nicknamed 'Slathalin' or Slath for short and your brother is 'Duskin'. You'll have to choose proper, adult names when you leave to build your own lairs.

The town and villages are technically an independent state, but pay a large tithe to Goltyrsyx in exchange for not being slaughtered. At the moment, the tithe is around 70% of everything they make. It was as high as 85% in the past, but the town leaders convinced her that she'd get less money in the long run if she kept it that high as large numbers of people were starving to death. As it is, they're merely kept in abject poverty. Would be heroic dragonslayers occasionally arrive, but they are quickly dispatched - usually by kobold traps surrounding the mountain you live in. Peasants who attempt to flee are hunted down killed, often by the town guard, who don't want to risk Goltyrsyx's wrath. She is currently trying to figure out how to allow trade ships to dock without allowing anyone to stow away on them.

You and your siblings have started to put together small hoards. So far you are limited to well polished gemstones you've found near the river or in the hills, or the occasional silver coin or shiny object you managed to bully out of small groups of humanoids.

There is little of interest in the area as you are not yet big enough to risk an attack on the villages, and most merchant caravans have guards. You siblings remain suitably cowed and though they occasionally attempt to ambush you, they have yet to win and are taught a painful lesson every time thy try. They haven't tried ganging up on you either. You suspect they anticipate betrayal mid fight and don't want to risk it. All in all life is . . . safe, reliable, boring even.

It is in an attempt to alleviate this that you have been straying closer and closer to the green's territory to the west. Not close enough to even come close to actually entering his lands, but enough that it might be possible he'd try and chase you off. It is during one such trip you see the sharp glint of something highly reflective near the edge of the forest. Knowing you are still in your mothers lands (if only just) you head down to investigate, hoping to find treasure. After circling a few times you finally pin the location down to a small, very well hidden clearing. If you hadn't been trying to find somewhere to land you would have overlooked it. The trees dotted around the edge of the clearing are old and tall, their branches reach our far enough that it looks a like regular stretch of forest from the air. Looking closely you see signs of inhabitation - worn paths leading between mounds of earth, tools left lying about, seemingly abandoned. Whoever lives here left in a hurry, recently too.

Elves - the scent makes that obvious. What is less obvious is why they are here. You had thought they preferred living in the open forest to living in camouflaged mounds of earth. According to your mother, there aren't supposed to by any settlements in this area and the Green to the west has claimed dominion over the elves living in the forest, though he has ceded all villages to you mother. Technically this is a village and so should be part of your mothers territory, but it seems to be comprised of elves and is partway into the forest so the Imgodidartak will likely want to claim it as well. In other words, a fight is about to occur. So far neither had been willing to attack the other. Imgodidartak, because he'd lose and Goltyrsyx because she wants to know more about the bronze and his inclinations before risking weakening herself against.

You catch a fresh scent as the wind shifts and turn to face its source. A scarred elf peers at you from under a nearby log, terror growing on his face as he realises he's been seen. He appears to be unarmed. You can smell more elves nearby, and they are presumably aware you are here.

Elves are a good source of information, staying here will only cause problems, but if we can get ahold of one sometime in isolation we can probably get some info that isent from a massive draconic she-bitch that is our mother.

The elf you've seen looks like he's about to run away. You're probably large enough to carry him off if you want, though there are others nearby who might try and stop you.

It isn't likely you'll be able to catch one of the ones by themselves. You've flown past this area dozens of times and didn't notice any signs of activity. Lands in the forest itself would be extremely difficult as your wingspan is far to large to fit between the trees. Going after other elves would mean risking a trip into the green's lands.

>>22053598
This could be our first servants. A camouflaged village that no one knows about. They are probably being there because they are hiding from our mother and the green one. We could extort them, make them give us treasure for not ratting them out to our mother.

>>22053598
can we speak yet?

You can hold a conversation in the local trade tongue, though you're still far from fluent in it.

>>22053815
just pick him up and bring him back to the cave, somethings up

>>22053815
can we say: "Do you realize you are sitting right on the boundary of two dragons territory? Not the best place to be."

>>22053940
Yes, you could.

So do you want to grab him and run, try to start conversation, or just leave them alone for now?

>>22053815
lets just swoop down and pick him up, we can get information out of him and perhaps a meal

>>22053951
swoop down, grab him, then talk to him

>>22043089

>You force yourself out into the world
>burning the egg
>eating it

Wasn't this the introduction to another dragon quest on /tg/?

>>22053951
Transform yourself into a fair Elf maiden and seduce him.

>>22053951
Try to start a conversation.

this could be a setup, we'll talk to him... only after we got him somewhere his buddies ain't waiting

Rolled 6

>>22053951
Rolling for grab and run.

>>22053940
Seconding this.

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Not willing to let an easy chance for information about this curious arrangement pass you by, you swoop down under the canopy and grab the elf just as he starts to run. Dragging him into the air is surprisingly easy - he's lighter than you expected. You carry him back over the river, with him screaming in terror all the way. On the way, you have a chance to examine the elf. He's clearly been tortured. His ear tips have been cut off, he has a few knuckles missing on his left hand and his face has been scarred; from the looks of it, someone drew a knife across his cheeks, forehead and lips just to disfigure him. You land in a small dip on the eastern side of the river, half a kilometre away from it. He tries to scrabble away from you, but you knock him back down.

"You do realise your village is right between two rival dragon's territories, and is probably going to become hotly contested if they find out about it?"

He stares at you blankly for a moment, before replying in surprisingly good draconic. "I-I'm sorry I don't understand you." From the look on his face it seems he thinks this might be enough to earn him dismemberment.

>continued below

"Ah, good this will make things easier," you say in draconic. "As I said, you village is nestled between the lands of Imgodidartak and the lands of Goltyrsyx. Since the agreement they've come to concerning who owns what could be interpreted to mean either of them could claim it, it will almost certainly be destroyed in the fight that will ensue when they find out it exists."

Surprise registers on his face as he hears this "W-we did not know there was another dragon nearby, I swear it!" he cries out in a panic. You wait a moment and he seems to realize you aren't planning to kill him for being there (yet, anyway). "The poisonous hate - you called him Imgodidartak - said there was a great evil in the lands past the river and that it's servants would destroy us were it not for his protection." He pauses, as if he were about to continue but stops there.

What do you want to ask him?

>>22054174
>The poisonous hate - you called him Imgodidartak - said there was a great evil in the lands past the river and that it's servants would destroy us were it not for his protection." He pauses, as if he were about to continue but stops there.

that speaks volumes

I do suppose we should try to discover what happened to him, then perhaps bring him back to the cave

>>22054174
Why are they there were they scouting out our position? Did they just found the place becuz it was an ideal location?
Why has he been tortured?
Dragons want to know!

>>22054174
How does he feel re: anal?

>The poisonous hate - you called him Imgodidartak - said there was a great evil in the lands past the river and that it's servants would destroy us were it not for his protection." He pauses, as if he were about to continue but stops there.

make him elaborate

>>22054174
Why did they settle near this great evil ?
Do they intend to live here ?

How did he earn those scars ?

Have him describe the Green's territory. What are the features, what does he do of his days, what are his favorite places, how many elves are there, how many settlements, etc. What's at the other edge, too ? It might be useful later.

We could use a secret lair somewhere.

>>22054174
"Keep talking if you value your innards,"

>>22054317
Let's try to be friendly for the moment. He already knows we can kill him if we want to, so it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

>>22054349
then we should sweetly ask him to continue

>>22054349
As I said, transform and seduce, it never fails!

>>22054412
But we cant transform yet?

>>22054412
Wait... are we a boy or a girl?

>>22054427
Considering the comments about our sister, we're a boy.

By the way, which of our siblings is the more dominant, and which is the more talented ?

>>22054412
1. We can't transform until we are a young adult.
2. We are a guy.

>>22054449
>>22054427
Are you sure we are a guy?

>>22054449
Fine, let's then skip the whole transformation bit and just use our raw draconic magnetism to seduce the elf. He's a mammal, we're a reptile but at least we both have two holes.

>>22054449

Seduce him anyway. Maybe he's into that.

>>22054484
>>22054412
We could just Charm him

>>22054473
>>22054484
...We're like ten years old at best.

>>22054505
don't dragons take centuries to become mature?

>>22054473
Why seduce him ? He's already ready to tell us everything we want ?
Not that I mind transpecies relationships, but he is badly scarred.

>>22054500
see >>22046839
>You don't have any skill at sorcery yet, that'll start during your later teens

>>22054505
>>22054500
Maybe the elf is into shota dragons, you'll never know until you try.

>>22054517
is he still bleeding or wounded from it? we should do something about that

>>22054517
>>22054527
I vote no seducing. He will already tell us everything we want without seducing him.

>>22054517
>Nuzzle elf's neck and lick his scars lightly with the tip of your tongue
>Murmur reassuringly into his ears until he relaxes
>Put your paw on his chest and push him to the ground on his back gently but deliberately

NO SEDUCING! Wait until we are older, and we find someone interesting.

>>22054534
I don't mind being a CN or CG red dragon, but we just met this guy. Being civil is more than nice enough.

By the way, once we're done with him, we might have to carry him away from this place. If we give him back to his mates, they might give him up to the green dragon for him to interrogate about us.
It might be better to let them think we're just a dumb dragon who searched for a prey to devour.
Anyway, our current actions might also be the spark that will start the conflict over this settlement. We'll have to report to mom if it seems likely, so that she can prepare.

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"And?" you draw the word out, as if speaking to a child who is struggling to remember something. The elf looks at you in terror, not seeming to realise what you're referring to. "You were about to say something about Imgodidartak and evil on this side of the river. What was it?"

He seems to struggle with the idea of telling you for a second, before he seems to remember something and speaks. "The Poisonous Hate claims that he protects us from evil and destruction, but...I cannot imagine anything more evil that that Hate himself." He closes his eyes, grimacing at whatever he is remembering. "He claims that elfkind are vermin, that any who followed our old customs deserved a slow death. He does not hesitate to enforce this. Every day he inflicts new miseries on my clan. He has each of us disfigured, saying our beauty might make us think we're more than just animals. When he made my father his chief documentor - that is, the one who performs minor administration duties the Hate does not concern himself with - he said that an elf who spends so much time in his presence should have a permanent reminder of his position in the world." He starts to choke up. "So he had my father's feet cut off so he would be forced to crawl. He said this was a far more appropriate position for an elf. When another dragon visited - his sister, I think - he made my wife prepare a meal for her." He's openly crying at this point. "H-he made her cook and serve our newborn son." He stops for a moment to steady himself. "It was that that made us decide to run. I have seen what he does to those who flee, but I no longer care."

"So why are you still in the forest if he's so much trouble?" you say.

"We had stopped in the clearing to decide where to go, There is ocean to the north and west, mountains to the south and the plains to the west." The way he says 'plains' suggests the word has some deeper meaning. "Many of us wanted to try and cross the plains, to find somewhere new to live, but the younger ones are scared of the stories told about the monsters who dwell on them. They say there are beings on them that will eat your flesh while you are still alive and consume your soul. I told them it's probably just stories told by the Hate to stop us escaping, but they are still afraid. Fear is all many of them have known."

Enough whining about his silly little plight you decide. More important things are at stake, like the possibilities of loot. "How well defended is Imgodidartak's lair, enchantments, traps, guards, that sort of thing?"

The sudden change in track seems surprise him for a moment, but he quickly answers. "I do not know what enchantments there are, he does not tell us such things. I have seen the tree come to life and attack one group of fighters who tried to kill him in his lair. There are lots of traps. He makes my people prepare them. There are no guards, other than perhaps the trees."

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>>22054612
A little fire would fix the trees nice and easy

Yes, you are male. No, there will be no rping of seduction, this is not an erpg.

>>22054612
ask him about the loot

>>22054644
surly something valuable keeps old green there

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>>22054635
I love the smell of brimstone in the morning.

>>22054612
Well I think we have an oppertunity here my fellow whelps... I say we tell this elf to take his people and have them join our land we'll protect them for a tribute of 45% of the materialo goods once they have established a village and as they settle we ramp it up must tell him this because we are giving him such a low discount on the tribute so that their village has an economy built up enouhg to handle the stain of tribute.

This way we can have a American civil war situation where the slaves escape to the north (us) for freedom from the opressive south ( the green dragon)

Not to mention we gain our own servants.... And think about the cultural significence we gain if we are the savior of elvenkind!

>>22054612
A tormented people just waiting for a savior? If we free them we could rule over them with relative ease. Everything we do to them will be nothing compared to what the green did.

If we are nice to them we could even make them deathly loyal. I can just imagine it: the Fire-elves, a vicious clan of elves deathly loyal to their lord Dragon. Or something along those lines.

>>22054679
Sounds like a good idea. But I recommend we go talk to our mother first.

>>22054609
>>22054612
That poor elf, he's endured so much pain, we should help him.
>Rip open the front of his shirt with your teeth, then slowly and sensually lick your tongue over his slick, sweat-glistening skin.
>Roll around his taste in your mouth, then lean close and inhale deeply in his elven musk. Savor the moment for a while, then exhale letting your breath wander all over his body.
>Turn your attention to his pants

>>22054679
what would mother think? its not as though old green would not figure it out,

>>22054684
I guess all we would really need do is not eat them or disfigure them, simple enough

>>22054612
Hm.
Okay, here's what we're doing. I'm gonna bring you back to where I found, you're gonna tell your friends to pack their things and get going.
You destination is the mountain in the middle of the plains.
That's where my mother is. You guys are gonna tell us everything you know about the forest and the Hate. If it's satisfying, you might live on in less misery than you knew before.
Who knows, you might even get my help to leave the country.

I'll go ahead. You can try to flee back in the forest, but I don't think that's a good idea. The plains are her territory, some humans are there and they won't protect you from anyone.

Does Imgo know about your escape ?

>>22054684
YES! exactly!
>>22054695
Yeah probally tell the elf to wait here we MIGHT be willing to help but he must stay here or else we wont.

Rolled 36, 8 = 44

>>22054700
Congratulations on being a creeper.
In other news, gut him like a pig and eat his flesh.

These aren't all the elves in the green's lands. They're a band of about 30 out of several hundred, most of the green's slave remain in his service.

>>22054725
for now thats all we need

>>22054715
Care to explain how he is going to get to the mountain when it's covered in traps and guards?

>>22054710
We could still disfigure them for a bit from time to time, though. Just less than that green bastard.

>>22054735
why take the effort unless its punishment, its not as though we spend the day in the forest with our playthings like old green

>>22054735
That's fucking stupid. Fear is effective, yes, but it also inspires hatred.

As in, the second you think you have a remote chance of victory, you rebel.

>>22054725
In that case we tell him that we are willing to provide refuge for all the elves that have the courage to do what he and his band have done to fight and free themselves to reach us we might be even presuaded to raid the green to provide a distraction...for a price of course.

And he must ask for volunteers that wish to tell other elves of this oppurtunity for freedom and etc and etc

>>22054734
By the time they get there, we'll have talked with mom and will be able to send some kobolds to guide them past the traps.
Or if she doesn't want to hear what they have to say, we'll watch them get mauled and that's okay too.

>>22054710
Yeah, but that is a bare minimum for them to be loyal. Everything more we do will make them love us or similar.

>>22054751
I'm sure we could talk mum into it with the promise of information on where greenies hiding his loot, its not as though she likes him all that much

>>22054735
>>22054700
Are you trying to be That Guy ?

>>22054743
For shits and giggles?

>>22054768
No, just a red dragon.

>>22054720
Why stay there ? Every moment they do is another chance for Hate to catch them.

>>22054749
I wouldn't say that. That would mean that Green would hear about it, inevitably, and that would mean that we just wrote a check that our mother wouldn't want to sign.

>>22054781
Red dragons are chaotic evil (except for exceptions), not chaotic stupid.

>>22054782
No the elf we heh kidnapped that we dont have to chase him to get him to bring his merry band while we go talk to mom

>>22054757
set em in a nice glad and leave em be till tribute time, keep wander monsters and bandits at bay, then sweeten em up by bringing more elves to "freedom" considering their last deal it should be paradise, then after a while start recruiting a few to do more services and pay them well (what a dragon might consider generous+2 shillings)

>>22054791
all the more reason to see to mother before we make any deals, lets just bring the elf back to the cave until we have a better grasp on mothers feelings, and its not as if green will take to much notice of one elf being carried of

>>22054795
They also give no fucks whatsoever about their underlings' well-being, toy with them for fun like cats and generally speaking see other races so far beneath them that they aren't afraid of their slaves rebelling. Like, what are they gonna do to you?
Basically red dragons are high school bullies in a kindergarten.

>>22054799
Start up our own personal guard compromised of hardened elves wielding flame-weapons. Who says elves have to be nature aligned.

>>22054817
Let's get all the elves out of here. No need to promise them anything but the fact that we're the only monsters here and we're less cruel than the green dragon.
Bring back the elf to his band, tell them to go towards the mountain, then go speak with mom.

>>22054840
I don't want to play a high school bully. If we're evil, let's be a little classier than that.

>>22054860
its a simple matter of not taking pointless gambles, we get mothers nod and go ahead, for now we should not risk her ire, plus she might be very helpful if she got hold of some interesting tidbit of gossip, say? Old Greens Treasure Hoard and what guards it

>>22054875
Red dragons are selfish, callous jerks, is all.
Didn't you see how we treated our newborn siblings, for example?

>>22054890
its one short ride back home with an elf, if old green sees us he won't do shit, besides he's not terribly concerned with the fate of his slaves

>>22054903
And we are not allowed to deviate slightly from that norm?

>>22054890
Asking for mother's opinion is a sign of weakness, we need to show that we're capable of taking initiative on our own or she'll think less of us.
Order the sexy elf to show a way to his village, carry him there if it's necessary.

>>22054875
I see it as; We are in it for us and fuck all others, but that does not necessarily mean being a dick for being a dicks sake, just when it suits us

>>22054920
see
>>22045295

>>22054920
Why would we want to deviate from the norm? The entire point to being a red dragon is that you get to be a jerk without repercussions.

>>22054903
We ate because we were hungry, and we made a show of our dominance so they don't get to do it to us - and also to get mom's attention.
Scarring the elves is neither amusing not useful.

>>22054922
If that must be the case we cannot sign her protection aside from the promise that after certain geographic points old Green will not follow, and let him find his way back, it will less likely set old green wise to us

>>22054903
It's different when we're dealing with something that can actually threaten us. The elves already know their place.

>>22054890
It's not a gamble. The elves are certainly more useful on our territory than on his. At worst they're new prey.
If they stay here any longer, they might not be useful at all.

>>22054934
Why the fuck would it have no repercussions? There are ALWAYS repercussions for acting like a dick. And we need to be prepared for those which, at the age of a couple of years, we are not.

>>22054961
very well, we will take him to a certain point, but he must find his way back after that, no sense in tipping greenie off, tell him to bring his family and clan to our territory

>>22054940
>Scarring the elves is neither amusing not useful.
I beg to disagree, scarring the elves is the most fun you can have by yourself. Hell, turning your long-ear slaves into short-ears could be your signature thing, even!

>>22054983
>very well, we will take him to a certain point, but he must find his way back after that
Why ? Everyone knows our lair is on the big mountain. Just tell him to start marching towards there while we talk to mom.

>>22054978
Pfft, repercussions are for weaklings, we're a red dragon. Rawr!

>>22055014
So green doesn't flip his shit and start killing them all, he has a pretty damn good sense of his own terrain and at his age a damn good sense of smell

>>22055018
Cant we wait to act like a total dick till we get our fire-elf personal guard?

>>22055006
>I beg to disagree, scarring the elves is the most fun you can have by yourself.
No, that's flying around and hunting and burning stuff. Damaging helpless animals is not more fun than breaking rocks.

>>22055032
They're already next to our territory. He won't dare attack once they cross over.
Plus, he didn't get them yet, so he probably does not know where they are. To keep it that way, they better keep moving.

Look, Just tell them to move into Mom's territory and hide somewhere. We'll figure out what to do next.

>>22055110
this, in the meantime lets get elfie going then get back to the cave

So, consensus is to have them move over the river and hide, then go and see what your mother has to say about their potential use, yes? Do you want to bring one along? Will you carry them across the river one at a time or have them make their own way there?

>>22055110
Recommend to keep their new houses covered from being discovered from air, but give them some sort of way we can find them.

>>22055146
They can find their own way, but make sure we know where they are hidden. And bring the one we talked to back to our mom.

>>22055110
lets explain it to him nicely and promise safety when he gets to our territory, mom won't care too much, but he is going to be unsure and this is a huge gamble for him to take, so we need to be polite and reassuring, also time is of the essence with this so tell him to walk swiftly

>>22055146
they can find a way across the river, we will keep an eye on them and give aid if necessary, but for now lets make sure all is ready for our side

>>22055038
>burning stuff and elves, hear their cries and lamentations of their women
FTFY

>>22055146
Escort the elves to the river and make sure they lose their scent in the water so they can stay hidden for the meantime, and bring the scarred elf with us as proof - but make sure he knows his place, mother won't like him.

>>22055183
I am sure he is up to date in dealing with large angry dragons

>>22055159
Or we could just force their compliance by burning a couple of their huts, I'm pretty sure that the rest will get the right idea. Elves are supposed to be bright, after all.

Roll a d10 for mothers reaction (low is good).

>>22055196
We need to get them here, no need to reinforce old green being the protector in their eyes, and stop trying to be edgy

Rolled 61

>>22055197
HERE GOES FAILURE

>>22055146
The elves can find their own way across the river, we're not a ferry or anything. Taking a stinky mammal with us won't impress Mom, let's just tell her that we stole a bunch of slaves from the green.

Rolled 4

>>22055212
oh wait wrong dice

hurr

Rolled 7

>>22055197

>>22055193
He might start blubbering or something, he's there as proof and better act like the furniture he is.

Rolled 4

Rolling

>>22055215
that might work

>>22055211
Stop being such a wuss and try having some fun. Red dragons are made for wrecking shit and giving no fucks.

>>22055215
Let's tell her we found a bunch of escaping slaves, and told them to cross the river.

She probably won't take so kindly to us stealing directly from the green and letting her face the consequences.

bump for rp

>>22055239
That's bulettes. We're intelligent people.

>>22055239
Yes. Adult red dragons. We are what, a wyrmling? I don't like setting part of greeny boys territory on fire, he might just forget about the deal with mother and come and kick our face in.

>>22055317
tell her we'll take care of it, she won't have to do anything

Rolled 6

Theres fun..
then theres just being stupid.

Go with the stole slaves story. If you get all of them to settle in our land then it is technically true.

>>22055328
Are you serious? We have nothing on the green dragon, we need mom to handle him if he gets pissed. Btw, how old is mother?

>>22055371
only if there is a fight, a few elves is all we need for now, green won't give many shits about a few runaways when he has hundreds of slaves, if he notices at all, and if they just happen to wander into our territory his loss, we must not let him get wise to our scheme, as for mother as long as it does not become her problem she should be fine

>>22055397
>steal dragon's property
>assume it won't give a shit
Best case scenario as far as I can see is that we kite the green to fight with mom, and then we get to finish the weakend survivor. Everybody wins!

>>22055421
only if he figures out it was us who got his elves to run

>>22055357
>>22055417
Look, we need to be as blatant about stealing slaves since we *want* the green to aggro mom. There's loot to be had!

>>22055421
Then either our sister and brother or the bronze murders us. Plus, we aren't strong enough to hold onto this territory.

>>22055449
Yes, we want. But mom doesn't since she still hasn't got that bronze dragon out of her back. I imagine her displeasure about pulling her into a conflict she did not want would be... painful. We still need her.

>>22055449
No there's not. If any loot is had, it's for mom.
What we get is her attention, and maybe cooperative elven slaves. Better get the right kind of attention.

>>22055449
WE ARE LIKE SIX YEARS OLD! WE CAN'T FUCKING DO MAGIC AND WE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR AS STRONG AS YOU THINK WE ARE. WAIT UNTIL WE ARE A YOUNG ADULT BEFORE WE START TRYING TO CONQUER SHIT!

I see the end of this being we must find a new territory; Preferable near mum, but we can use some kobold families and the elves to build a new lair. Mom is going to kick us out one day soon we should start getting ready

all the more reason to talk now to mom, we tell her about the elves fleeing old green, then calm her down with sweet info from the elves family who works for green about his treasures, his territory, her stockpiles, then if need be tell her we will take the slaves out of the area

Rolled 6

>>22055467
Conflict was inevitable when the elves made their village in contested territory, we're in the process of solving that problem and possibly giving us an advantage over the green dragon large enough to justify upsetting the status quo.

>>22055486
We still be like six. Personally I think that as soon as this adventure is over we should time-skip to young adult because so many people seem to want to scheme far beyond are current powerlevel and the thread keeps getting slowed to a crawl when people point that out.

>>22055479
SO WHAT NAPOLEON WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE CONQUERED CORSICA ALL WE NEED IS AMBITION AND TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES.

>>22055534
Also, delicious horny teenager dragon shenanigans.

>>22055534
good thinking, we can still shape the elves to our desires so when we do make our own territory we will have workers ready

should we bring something for mother to eat, as an offering before we bring this to her? it might brighten her disposition

like an elk or cow or something

>>22055559
>elf

Only if you really want to clue her off that were trying to manipulate her.

>>22055577
point taken, lets head out then