Vera and the Dragon

Your name is VERA.

You are a BRAVE AND STRONG KNIGHT!

Your kingdom has recently come under some DRAGON problems, and you have vowed to stop it!

What should you do?

Go find it!!!

Equip thyself!

>Inspect the nearby tree for clues.

Examine surroundings.

Take stock of equipment.

Search for clues.

Find some helpers.

Buy out the dragons; cause a ruction in their ranks as some of their number sell out and watch the whole species die out in petty gang warfare.

>Take stock of equipment.



You have your trusty SWORD and SHEILD. That's what every knight needs!

>Inspect the nearby tree for clues.



The only thing interesting to note is that the tree has some awful CLAW MARKS in the side.

Oh no!

Surely any manner of horrible beast could have made them, but you have a sneaking suspicion this must be the work of the DRAGON!

>Examine surroundings.



You are in a lovely field!

There is a town nearby. You aren't from there, but you visit from time to time. It's where the judge lives!

You recall there being a lake and mountains around here, in opposite directions.

> Enter town to have a chat with your local JUDGESTICE.

>Attempt to chop down tree.

>Head to town! Maybe somebody saw the dragon recently.

Are the claw marks just on the tree? Surely something like a dragon would've left more evidence? 'Specially if the claw marks are indicative of its size at all. Is there any evidence those marks were made recently?

Then again, if this is the a dragon's work, then someone must've seen something. Head to town and check for witnesses.

> Frolic

Vera: Look for signs of the dragon's trail. Be brave, but cautious.

>Don't worry it is your fate to kill the dragon. Clearly you cannot fail.

Dragon: Be called Alice.

>Are the claw marks just on the tree? Surely something like a dragon would've left more evidence. Head to town and check for witnesses.



The roofs! Was this an attack??

It's like a ghost town out here. You hope everyone's safe.



"Psst!"

Oh?

>Have a chat with your local JUDGESTICE.



"Vera! What are you doing over here?"

It's the judge!

He is rather stingy and can be pretty critical at times, but he's very smart and always knows what to do. He's taught you a lot!



"What happened?"

"What do you think? The dragon happened. He seemed to be heading for somewhere else but decided to pick on us along the way. Fortunate, yet horrible all the same."

>Which way did he go?

Oh, that's just what you needed to finish your adventuring garb!

> Take JUDGEHAT.

> Where is he headed now? Why is it fortunate? Barrage him with loads and loads of questions.

>Take JUDGEHAT.



"Vera. This is serious. Give that back."

>Which way did he go?



"He went south, toward the lake.
Probably off to terrorize that village too."



"I'm worried because it's the historical home of the Trial of Water.
The dragon knows what will defeat him, and he seeks to destroy it."

>The trial of water will kill him? Or someone who completes the trial of water will kill him? Either way, after that dragon!

> You have your first quest! Would you like t- Ignore the ensuing quest tutorial and get straight back to adventuring.

I see. Do you need me here, or should I attempt to stop it?

I see. Do you need me here, or should I attempt to stop it?

If he says anything like "it's much too dangerous" this just means it is YOUR DESTINY to stop it.

>The trial of water will kill him?



The judge sighs.

"I forget you're so young. You weren't around the last time we had a dragon attack."



"There are three Trials: the Trial of Water, the Trial of Air, and the Trial of Dust.
Completing these Trials gives one the ability to slay a dragon and proves that one is worthy of such a feat.
It's basically a security measure to make sure no one's stupid enough to charge headlong and get oneself killed. No one can take a dragon on one's own."

>Do you need me here, or should I attempt to stop it?



"Well, if you really want to try...I don't see why you can't. The elves in the lake village make sure no one dies during their Trial. It's just a matter of passing or failing.
And if they're in trouble...they could always use the help."

>To the lake village!