Orano was a peaceful realm for thousands of years until one day when the ancient dragons turned upon the continent wishing to become the supreme mythics. Many monsters and humans fell to their onslaught for they had incredible magical power from fire breathing capabilities to being able to become humanoid but still retaining their strength and speed. Kingdoms and clans tried many ways to hold back against the dragon armies but were barely gaining any ground until one day a miraculous species came into the fold who had the power to kill dragons and for that their species were titled dragon slayers. They were few in number, but they made up for it in sheer magical power.
The war between the dragons and the slayers was fierce until an unknown soldier faced the mighty dragon queen of the west in combat. Their battle was enough to be heard all over the earth from the unknown lands past Lozaria in the east to the iron halls of Darvon to the west. Mountains crumbled and rivers burned from each blow until it all ceased so suddenly that the animals in the entire region held their breath as they waited to see the outcome. Out of the crater that was burrowed into the ground by their fight came both the dragon queen and the soldier whose scales were damaged, and armor burned while they held hands. Something happened in that fight that caused them to fall so deeply in love that they went in enemies and came out lovers. The dragons ceased their hostilities and disappeared as if they had never existed except for the dragon queen who remained in her humanoid form and stayed to marry the soldier who then became the infamous dragon king of Lothara.
Many years passed and while cities were rebuilt, and the forestry returned the hatred never went away. Mythics and monsters became hated by humankind as they were hunted for their meat and enslaved for their service as they slowly became the lower race. Some species were able to form their own clans and kingdoms so they became powerful enough to fend off any humans who were to try hunting them but there were always still strays which is where lothara came in. it became a large nation under the protection of the dragon king where mythics of every race from orc to mermaid were welcomed into the kingdom as a safe haven and were free to live in peace and harmony alongside humans. By doing this lothara also became one of the most powerful and resourceful kingdoms thanks to stray dwarves, orcs, arachne, and other mythics who came to the kingdom and offered their services but it also led them to become one of the most isolated nations for no human kingdom wanted to offer an alliance and no mythic kingdom wished to stretch out their hands in friendship out of fear of becoming a target.
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More years passed and the world outside of lothara got darker and meaner, but the kingdom remained all the same under the protection of the dragon king. Nobody attacked the borders of lothara and the royal family ruled for many years without incident until one day. The 10-year-old prince of lothara awoke from a nightmare of a dark creature that tried to consume him. All he could see of it was a solidified shadow with blood red eyes and razor-sharp teeth as white as the moons in the sky. Prince Joran awoke with a start, sitting up from his bed panting heavily and covered with sweat before looking out the clear, glass door to his patio that overlooked the royal gardens to see it was the middle of the night with two moons hanging gracefully in the middle of the sky. He climbed out of bed and left his quarters to search for his mother as he usually would sleep with her and his father whenever he had a nightmare. He opened the king''s chambers to find his father, the dragon king, sleeping soundly with a snore that sounded like a storm, but his mother wasn''t there. He quietly closed the door and moved on down the hall passing a couple guards who just looked at him curiously and some maids who asked him what he was looking for to which he explained he was looking for his mother.
He was alone in one of the many halls in the castle when suddenly he heard a blood curdling scream coming from his mother''s studies. Joran''s blood began pumping and heart began banging against his chest as he started speeding for the room as he thought to himself, my mother is the queen of the western dragons…. There''s no way she can be hurt by anyone…. Right? There was another scream and suddenly silence just as the prince came to a stop right outside her studies. "Mother? M-mom are you ok?" he asked softly when he opened the door to see….