Tale of a Dragonborn - Prologue
#1 of Tale of a Dragonborn
For the longest time, humans have fought with dragons. They fought for land, power, resources and even for sport. It was war. The war with the dragons was tearing apart the land and destroying the well being of humans and dragons alike. It was clear that it needed to end. Humans then made an alliance with the dragons. Dragons were treated with the same respect as humans. But that did not stop all of the fighting. Dragons were recruited into the human militaries and soon dragons were fighting with other dragons. This agnered the dragon race and soon another war between humans and dragons was waged.
This war was worse than the first as the deepest rage was brought out from the dragons. It was inevitable that the humans would loose and that the dragons would not stop until humans were wiped out. A few years later the alliance between the dragons and humans was renewed by the love between a human and a dragon. Many were angered by this, but even more were okay with it. But even then, war never leaves.
Years after the world was populated by dragon human half breeds. They went by many names, Half Dragons, Dragon Anthro, Halflings. But the one that was used the most was Dragonborn. Dragonborn became their racial name while the others became racist terms. Years and years past as the population of dragonborns increased and became %20 of the planets intelligent population. %30 being pure dragons and %50 being humans. Then war presented it's ugly face once again. A war between humans and dragonborn was waged. This war was shorter than any other, and ended when dragons dissappeared. The dragons were tired of all the fighting against them and their kind, so they took most of the dragonborn and dissapeared. Now seeing a dragonborn is a rarity.
Fourty Years Later...
The Kingdom of Altraz. If you are used to the stories of a peaceful kingdom then you might want to read another story. Altraz is a horrible place to be, especially if you are a dragonborn. Altraz is full of bandits, robbery and murder no matter where you are. And if you are a dragonborn, then you will most likely be attacked on sight. Dragonborn are looked down on in this kingdom. Many of the inhabitants believe that they are the reason that Altraz became such a horrible place. They believe that because dragonborn were conceived that the war was waged and in turn made Altraz what it is to this day. But this did not get rid of Raptor.
Raptor was a dark blue dragonborn. His color made him very good at sneaking during the night and thus he became a thief. He made a living off of stealing from unsuspecting passers by and robbing unprotected houses. It provided enough money to make a living and do a lot of travelling, and Altraz was Raptor's next destination.
Raptor had been watching Altraz get closer as the wagon ride he had paid for moved down the dirt path. Many of the other passengers had been staring at him for a while now. "What are you all staring at?!" Raptor yelled. "Never seen a dragonborn before?!" All of the passengers turned to look the other way. All except one. A human female. She had dark red long hair and leather armor with a sword at her waist. She had the look of a mercenary. "Look the other way before I take your eyes out and turn them for you." The woman smiled then turned her head the other away.
The wagon stopped in front of a large wooden gate in an even bigger stone wall. The gates slowly swung open and a few guards walked out and surrounded the wagon. The guards began inspecting the wagon and it's passengers. One of them caught sight of Raptor. "What the fuck..." He said in a deep voice. "What is a dirty halfling doing in this wagon?"
Raptor looked at the guard and said, "And what is a dirty no fang doing questioning me?"
"Would you two stop!" The wagon driver had a dagger in his hand and was looking at both Raptor and the Guard. "If you don't, then someone is getting a dagger stuck in their eye. And I don't care whoy ou are, expecially you Captain Withers."
The captain laughed. "You want to try to stick that dagger in my eye?" The driver suddenly dropped his tough guy act and looked away again. "Just get in the fucking city." The captain looked back at Raptor. "I'll let the muder craving halfling hating opium addicts take care of you." All of the guards including the captain walked back into the cities walls and the wagon was off again.
Raptor chuckled and then looked around. He was finally in Altraz.