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There were old wives’ tales of dragons shapeshifting and living amongst the humans, how they had adapted over time to survive. There were even stories about dragons swapping out human newborns with their own, in hopes that their offspring would have better lives than what they could offer them.
One such story, actually happened- even if it did seem like a myth at first.
Astraea Emberwood had been swapped with a human baby, only hours after she had been born. Luckily though, the dragon who had swapped the babe, had chose a house who was in close ties with the King of that nation. Astraea was now the daughter of the king’s right hand commander, and considered a noblewoman as she grew up. Her dragon mother figured it would better for her child as currently the dragon species were in the midst of a war, and a power struggle— and it was not safe at the time for hatchlings- as most of them would be dead by other dragons who sought to kill and eradicate any nesting behavior. The mother had already lost the rest of her brood, and wanted to at least try and save this one.
From there on, Astraea had grown up as a normal human child, and at the age of 26, she currently did not have a clue about her heritage- that she is a dragon in hiding.
And growing up practically in the palace of the king that she knew, there were some things she still wasn’t aware of.
There had been a time she had heard there was a dragon attack, and the king and his men had fought it, but for some reason when the king had returned after the battle, she noticed that he acted differently- and seemed to age much slower than normal. Not to mention that he had begun to wear gloves almost every day now, which was even more curious to her.
Of course, all of these things that she thought of— she didn’t exactly want to discuss with him, but sooner or later she figured she would eventually know what had happened.
For her and the king’s relationship was actually quite nice in her opinion- as he was very kind to her, and always seemed to want to share her company.
@Kkjib
One such story, actually happened- even if it did seem like a myth at first.
Astraea Emberwood had been swapped with a human baby, only hours after she had been born. Luckily though, the dragon who had swapped the babe, had chose a house who was in close ties with the King of that nation. Astraea was now the daughter of the king’s right hand commander, and considered a noblewoman as she grew up. Her dragon mother figured it would better for her child as currently the dragon species were in the midst of a war, and a power struggle— and it was not safe at the time for hatchlings- as most of them would be dead by other dragons who sought to kill and eradicate any nesting behavior. The mother had already lost the rest of her brood, and wanted to at least try and save this one.
From there on, Astraea had grown up as a normal human child, and at the age of 26, she currently did not have a clue about her heritage- that she is a dragon in hiding.
And growing up practically in the palace of the king that she knew, there were some things she still wasn’t aware of.
There had been a time she had heard there was a dragon attack, and the king and his men had fought it, but for some reason when the king had returned after the battle, she noticed that he acted differently- and seemed to age much slower than normal. Not to mention that he had begun to wear gloves almost every day now, which was even more curious to her.
Of course, all of these things that she thought of— she didn’t exactly want to discuss with him, but sooner or later she figured she would eventually know what had happened.
For her and the king’s relationship was actually quite nice in her opinion- as he was very kind to her, and always seemed to want to share her company.
@Kkjib