Simurgh/Stories
Quotes
- When Entering Dragon's Roost
- After Receiving a Gift
- After Bond Level Increase
- Idle After Bond Level 1
- Idle After Bond Level 10
- Idle After Bond Level 20
Dragon Story Episodes
Trading Favors
Once, many years ago,
a man became lost in a
dense and tangled forest.
He had ventured to gather food
for his wife, who was with child.
Determined to find aliment befitting
of his family, he drove
ever deeper into the woods.
After some time, he came
across a fearsome serpent
circling a small creature,
its fangs bared.
The prey was near the size of a
human child, its wings flecked
with brilliant color.
Urged by instinct, the man threw
himself over the young creature,
shielding it as if were his own child.
The serpent poised to strike--but
in that instant a dragon descended
from the sky, crashing through the
trees and blowing the serpent away.
It was Simurgh, mother to the
creature the man had protected
so selflessly. She had come to
save her youngling.
The dragon believed deeply in
repaying her debts, and carried the
man back to his village as thanks
for his efforts. Once there, she
offered him one of her feathers.
"This should ensure your wife a
healthy birth," she said, and turned
to leave--but the man stopped her.
"You have shown your thanks," the
man began, "now please, allow me
to show you mine. You spared my
wife and child immeasurable grief,
and now leave me with an extra gift."
"That is far from necessary.
I was merely repaying you
for protecting my child."
"By flying me home, yes. But with
this feather, I am now in YOUR debt."
Simurgh was taken aback.
She had never met anyone
as adamant as her when it
came to repaying kindnesses.
And so began a curious struggle--
one which did now involve the
trading of blows, but of favors.