Ranathax
History
Ranathax was the patron dragon of the city of Dragonfall. For multiple centuries her wisdom and insight had guided her people. People say that she was cursed by the Dragon Emperor, for a slight only understandable to the dragons themselves. In a fit of madness, Ranathax destroyed her mountain, killed her subjects and then died a lonely death.
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In an attempt to prepare a successor, he created his daughter Ranathax. Giving himself ample time to raise, form and train her to take over his duties. This proceeded for multiple centuries without issue until they both realized that as she was only created from him, she too carried the infection. An infection that had been growing from the first day, unnoticed until that day. Influencing a young mind, for centuries.
Ranathax could feel what was happening to her and how she herself was slipping into madness and subservience to the Darkness. Together with her father she managed to come up with a plan to rid herself of the Darkness, a plan that went under the radar until the very last moment in which she was discovered. The Darkness took over for an extended amount of time and so the events of Dragonfalll transpired.
The Darkness used this opportunity to even further its grip on Ranathax, creating over centuries a loyal puppet, beyond help and repair. Nothing remains of the wise and generous creature that once ruld the city, replaced by hate, malice and cruelty. Nothing but a conniving husk wearing the face of the true Ranathax.
Lineage and Purpose
Ranathax was an experiment by the Dragon Emperor. He had noticed early what was about to happen to him, through a mixture of future sight, divine intervention and his own experience he deduced that the Darkness itself had infected him and would be destroying him over the course of many centuries.In an attempt to prepare a successor, he created his daughter Ranathax. Giving himself ample time to raise, form and train her to take over his duties. This proceeded for multiple centuries without issue until they both realized that as she was only created from him, she too carried the infection. An infection that had been growing from the first day, unnoticed until that day. Influencing a young mind, for centuries.
Ranathax could feel what was happening to her and how she herself was slipping into madness and subservience to the Darkness. Together with her father she managed to come up with a plan to rid herself of the Darkness, a plan that went under the radar until the very last moment in which she was discovered. The Darkness took over for an extended amount of time and so the events of Dragonfalll transpired.
Current Status
Ranathax is still alive, at least what remains of her. People may think that she died on that fateful day, but in the decades after the incident, her broken body healed and slowly began to recover.The Darkness used this opportunity to even further its grip on Ranathax, creating over centuries a loyal puppet, beyond help and repair. Nothing remains of the wise and generous creature that once ruld the city, replaced by hate, malice and cruelty. Nothing but a conniving husk wearing the face of the true Ranathax.
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