Legends of Kepler: The Dragon & The Woman

The precursor kingdom of the Initial Golden King was one of the most organized. It developed formidably until it headed towards the summit of the evolution of all lineages. The kingdom of dragons was a very profound reign, full of magic and harmony, but it was doomed to be constantly restarted. This was only known by the Golden King since, according to the stipulations of the demigod itself, the only way that the Kingdom of the Dragons could survive and evolve was through the reinstatement of itself.

But how would such a kingdom be renewed? Taking into consideration that these were one of the most powerful creatures in the history of the planet, organized by a divine dragon, created by nature itself. Born with the purest of essences. Essences fragmented from the most splendid corners of all the planet. In addition, the Golden King forged an empire along with seven burly supreme dragons. Without mentioning, the army of centenarians of dragons committed to the orders of all these before mentioned, which trained for all the spaces of time, protecting the world and becoming increasingly strong in their activities of defense. It was practically an unwavering offspring; perfect, indestructible.

The only way to renew the Kingdom was through self-destruction, and self-renewal. The Kingdom was to restart itself throughout the centuries and millennia. It was about forging an empire, consolidated and complying with protection, and then allowing its end to give way to the appearance of a new kingdom, a better one. Evolving and advancing in magic and energy.

Only the Initial Golden King knew this could be achieved through the replacement of the Golden King; a new King with new ideals, with new intentions. A King with the necessary forces to create a new and improved empire.

According to Elgoneth’s Law, in order to dismiss the Golden King, it needed to beget a new one. And for the initiation of a new reign to begin, a dragon must reveal itself on its own. A single dragon was to attack the entire empire, absorb the energy of all the dragons and, once finished, the Initial Golden King would integrate the Kingdom with him.

The spirits that lived within the Dragons were called Raēn. And these energies were really one. They were all connected, but physically scattered. So, in order to regenerate the Kingdom, the whole empire needed to transfer all their energy towards one Raēn. This rebel dragon must have enough courage and strength to annihilate thousands of dragons, devastate the entire army, defeat the Seven Supreme Dragons, fight against the Golden King, win, and finally absorb his energy. The Legend clarified that the New Golden King, needed to come from any descendant of the seven supreme sacred lineages; although secretly, some lineages were naturally more suitable for this position than others, and some characteristics favored more than others, to win and become the New King. In the end, everything really depended on the level of strength, attitude and purpose by which the rebel dragon was born.

Every time the defiant dragon pulverized a dragon in battle, it absorbed its energy. As it destroyed more dragons, it absorbed more of it, and the stronger the dragons he defeated, the stronger the energy this challenger received. In this way, when it came time to face the Golden King, an equitable duel persisted. If the challenger won, Elgoneth appeared to him and he would immediately become the New King. The deity would transform his physique into that of a Golden King, and this would give him the basis to create his Seven Supreme Dragons, and thus form a new Kingdom of Dragons. Only in this way, the law could be successfully completed. This was the Legend of Restitutio, and this was ruled in this way from the day of the creation of the Initial Golden King, by the Architect of Life.

The only ones allowed to know about the Legend of Restitutio were the Golden Kings. In theory, these were the only capable to know, since once, these had to enforced it. At some point in time, they had also been Challenger Dragons. They were living witnesses of this process.

Nevertheless, assuming this inevitable condition was a King’s charge, and a price to pay as one. These being the only experts of the Law; accepting the idea, that someday a dragon of his own kingdom would inevitably reveal himself and destroy the empire that they themselves had carefully built and consolidated over millennia.

The secret of the Law provided the opportunity for the revelation of a Challenger Dragon became a natural course, for Elgoneth feared that the disclosure of this could cause dragons with excessive ambitions to reach the divine throne. So, in reality, guarding this a secret was a fundamental commitment of the Golden King. It allowed him to step into a true renovation process.

The culture of the dragons was based on respect, admiration, and loyalty to the reign. The Golden King was considered a generous father, compassionate benefactor, and forerunner of the entire home that was created. Therefore, the dragon who had enough boldness to make the decision to challenge the kingdom and destroy it before his own peers, before his own King or father must come from a true mutant.

It was considered that, since the inescapable birth of this one, the transfiguration towards the New Kingdom began, and its confrontation was only a further manifestation of it. It was already written. And this Raēn must have an attitude and a posture superior enough to go against the stimuli, and rules within its environment. Only with these attributes, the desired transition could be achieved.

This Law, however violent it was, effectively endured for millennia. It was the only way these creatures had to evolve their race, and thus lay new reigns. It worked perfectly, and progress proliferated in the lands of these creatures. The evolution of the Dragon Kingdom was satisfactory, and the demigod was pleased with its creation. As new golden kings emerged, new and better kingdoms emerged as well.

Although this process had very positive results, the period in which it occurred was considered the wildest in the entire creation of Kepler. It was known among dragons as the Interval of Destruction; a divine task given to them when these were within its space.

It became a temporary state in which a whole generation of dragons was founded, and the transition from one reign to another occurred. It was the war that formed when the Legend of Restitutio was enforced. A stage of so much extermination and so much energetic interaction that Kepler’s spacetime was distorted; Mother Nature was forced to isolated the space where the great battle took place, and in this designated scenario, time stopped. One rimerian day, represented one hundred Rimerian years.

Usually, the Destruction Interval happened over a period of one hundred to two hundred years, which represented one or two regular days. So, in this war, dragons were temporarily in a different dimension.

Life generated this temporal isolation in this way, because dragons were the main protectors of the world; the main protectors of the terrestrials, a special race for Elgoneth’s purposes. They should not spend much time absent from the dragon surveillance.

“What do you think so far, kids?” exclaims the mother, stopping and pausing the reading.

“I love it mother!” exclaims one of the children.

“I don’t understand anything, mother!” says Timotheo. “But I really like Dragons, and I would love to have seen a battle between them and the Swamp Monsters!”

“What is that sound?” asks Erin.

Strange sounds rumbled in the place where they were. The walls vibrated, the vault trembled, and the children were frightening, for they had no idea what was happening. The woman didn’t know it either, or at least, she was calm enough, for they weren’t sounds to worry about.

“Calm down, kids” continues the woman, “as I have told you before, we are going to be here only for a while.” she ends in a confident and delicate voice.

“Although, we still have a good time” continued the woman. “I will continue telling the story, I already got excited! Now, where did we left? Ah, I see, the birth of the humans”