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<blockquote data-quote="Frosty" data-source="post: 263676" data-attributes="member: 5098">I liked the DL dragons too. I don't see the need for inflating the power of dragons all the time. A dragon is not a demi-god - a dragon is a monster. Have you heard about St George and the Dragon?As told by a young girl (my translation):In a town where a king lived with his only daughter, who was a princess, there also lived a dragon. Every day the dragon demanded two sheep to eat. Alas one day all the sheep had been eaten so the people had to draw straws to determine who would be eaten instead. One day the princess drew the shortest straw. The king offered the dragon gold, silver and half his kingdom in exchange for the princess. Only, the people of the town said: &quot;No, now it is your turn to sacrifice your child as we have done.&quot;When the princess stood by the lake St George came riding. &quot;Why are you standing heare all by yourself?&quot; St George asked. The princess replied &quot;Leave if you don't want to die!&quot; Yet, St George stayed. When the dragon arrived St George charged it and ran his sword through the beasts neck.St George lifted the princess onto his horse and dragged the slain dragon back to town and told everybody &quot;You don't need to be afraid anymore. I've slain the dragon so you don't have to sacrifice yourselves anymore.&quot; The king was overjoyed and offered to St George whatever he would ask for but St George said to give it to the poor instead.The princess asked &quot;Where do you come from?&quot; St George replied &quot;I come from my lord Jesus Christ, he sent me here. You will now believe in Jesus and be baptised.&quot; The king and the people became christians and St George kissed the princess and rode off.<img src="http://www.medieskolan.se/doc/it/im_prod/drama750/brunke/stgoran/bilder/stgoran.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The above is a dragon in folklore, the very template for fantasy adventures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frosty, post: 263676, member: 5098"] I liked the DL dragons too. I don't see the need for inflating the power of dragons all the time. A dragon is not a demi-god - a dragon is a monster. Have you heard about St George and the Dragon? As told by a young girl (my translation): In a town where a king lived with his only daughter, who was a princess, there also lived a dragon. Every day the dragon demanded two sheep to eat. Alas one day all the sheep had been eaten so the people had to draw straws to determine who would be eaten instead. One day the princess drew the shortest straw. The king offered the dragon gold, silver and half his kingdom in exchange for the princess. Only, the people of the town said: "No, now it is your turn to sacrifice your child as we have done." When the princess stood by the lake St George came riding. "Why are you standing heare all by yourself?" St George asked. The princess replied "Leave if you don't want to die!" Yet, St George stayed. When the dragon arrived St George charged it and ran his sword through the beasts neck. St George lifted the princess onto his horse and dragged the slain dragon back to town and told everybody "You don't need to be afraid anymore. I've slain the dragon so you don't have to sacrifice yourselves anymore." The king was overjoyed and offered to St George whatever he would ask for but St George said to give it to the poor instead. The princess asked "Where do you come from?" St George replied "I come from my lord Jesus Christ, he sent me here. You will now believe in Jesus and be baptised." The king and the people became christians and St George kissed the princess and rode off. [IMG]http://www.medieskolan.se/doc/it/im_prod/drama750/brunke/stgoran/bilder/stgoran.gif[/IMG] The above is a dragon in folklore, the very template for fantasy adventures. [/QUOTE]

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