Lindworm/Stories
Quotes
- When Entering Dragon's Roost
- Good day. What news, friend?
- Ah, Euden. You look as slightly-more-handsome- than-average as ever.
- Come to gaze upon my beauty, have you?
- After Receiving a Gift
- A present for me? How commendable.
- Take this. ...Go on, take it!
- After Bond Level Increase
- It seems you're finally coming to appreciate true beauty.
- I was right to forge a pact with you. My eye for beauty has never once failed me.
- Idle After Bond Level 1
- Hone your skills to their limit, and even brutal combat becomes art.
- If you are royal-born in truth, you'll put more effort into the appreciation of art.
- You're rough yet, but the foundation is there. With enough polishing, you may yet shine.
- Idle After Bond Level 10
- Is it so strange to wish to look only upon beautiful things? It seems perfectly natural to me.
- Beauty has many forms, be it poetry or music or art. Each has its unique charms.
- You've a decent eye for spotting talent. This castle is full of lovely specimens.
- Idle After Bond Level 20
- You're strange creatures, humans, but the sight of you toiling away for your brief lives is captivating.
- Take a good, long look. ...Go on!
- I can't imagine you have any task more pressing than spending time with me.
Dragon Story Episodes
A Tale of Beauty
Crests throughout the land have long
used the fearsome dragon as a motif.
While dragons vary wildly in
appearance, the classical image
that comes to people's minds was
created by a painter known as
"the Dragon's Brushman."
Throughout his life, the Brushman
painted but a single subject:
Lindworm the Lofty, a dragon he
chanced to encounter while
searching for artistic inspiration.
Lindworm was unsurpassed when
it came to beauty, and the moment
the artist saw her, he was enraptured
beyond words.
As tears streamed down the artist's
face, he said, "It is a terrible pity,
dragon, that you cannot experience
such unrivaled beauty for yourself."
For this was true: there were no glass
mirrors at the time, and metal mirrors
shone impure. As such, Lindworm
had never seen her own form for
what it truly was.
Still, Lindworm was amused by the
artist, and took a liking to him.
After a moment, she challenged him
to recreate her image that she might
see this beauty for herself.
The young artist's eyes went wide,
not knowing that Lindworm's casual
suggestion had just determined the
course of his entire career.
Lindworm's desire to know her true
beauty motivated the Dragon's
Brushman like nothing had before.
Each day, the artist created a new
painting of the dragon. And each
day she sent him away, disgusted
by what she considered to be his
meager efforts.
But he continued to return day after
day after day. His patrons soon
abandoned him. His friends and
family fell away. Yet still the
Brushman continued.
Destitute and exhausted, the artist
soon fell into ill health. And while
his paintings grew more and more
magnificent, they were never enough
to please either himself or Lindworm.
Finally, he stumbled into Lindworm's
lair with a painting and said, "It is a
shame I could not capture your
beauty." A moment later, the artist
fell down dead.
Lindworm looked at the aged and
withered corpse before her and
uttered a single word...
"Beautiful."
The Brushman had his recognition at
last, for in the passion and struggle
which consumed him, Lindworm had
finally seen a beauty unmatched in
her long, long life.