Simurgh/Stories
Quotes
- When Entering Dragon's Roost
- Welcome, Euden.
- Might I help you?
- I warm my egg at all times—yes, even now.
- After Receiving a Gift
- I hope you find this useful.
- What a good boy! Come here and get a sna—Oh. Excuse me, I...mistook you for a chick.
- After Bond Level Increase
- I can feel the love blooming within.
- Thank you. I am in your debt.
- Idle After Bond Level 1
- I loathe fighting—but I will not hesitate to smite those who would harm my egg.
- This castle is a wonderful place. I was right to move my nest here.
- As long as I am near you, I feel I can warm my egg without fear of danger.
- Idle After Bond Level 10
- My only wish is to see this egg hatch and grow into a healthy child.
- Oh! My egg moved! Quickly, place your hand here.
- This castle is filled with kind souls. That is a lovely thing indeed.
- Idle After Bond Level 20
- Are you feeling cold? Come; I shall warm you with my wings.
- My egg and I are in your care.
- I am eager to introduce my chick to you—once it is born, of course.
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.
Long ago, a man lost in the woods
rescued the child of Simurgh, a kind
and beautiful dragon. To repay the
man, Simurgh flew him home and
gifted him one of her feathers.
But the man felt HE had a debt
to repay. "Please, allow me to feed
both you and your child this night."
"You need not trouble yourself,"
said Simurgh, preparing to leave.
The man insisted, however, and
in the end Simurgh accepted his
hospitality. In return, the dragon
resolved to protect the man's village.
There were fiends in the surrounding
area, and the man worried for his
crops. So Simurgh made slaying
them here first act--and the man
enjoyed his greatest-ever yield.
"I am in your debt yet again,
great dragon," he said. And so
every year after, the man proffered
some of his produce to Simurgh.
The crops were raised with
love and care, and were thus
replete with nutrients. Simurgh
knew they would help her child
grow swift and strong.
"Once again I am indebted
this man," she thought. And so
the cycle of kindness continued,
seemingly without end.
But human lives are fleeting,
and after many years the man's
seemed set to flicker out.
His son, who had received the
blessings of Simurgh's feather,
went to the dragon with news of
the man's imminent death.
Simurgh had anticipated this day,
but still found herself cursing the
brevity of such a fine life as she
hastened to the village. Once there,
she heard the man's final words.
"Great Simurgh... It is thanks to you
that my family--no, my entire village
--has prospered so. I know not how
to repay a debt of this mangitude."
"So in lieu of that answer, I have
bade my son, and all my future
descendants, to serve you--and
they will no doubt be willing."
After the man's passing, his family
carried on as he had asked.
But the dragon did not understand
the nature of the relationship
between servant and master.
She thought on it for a time,
and realized the man's children
and people had become like
her own children--and from there,
the exchange of favors ceased.
For there is no need for requital
when one is helping their family,
and no expectations besides.