Free Sorcery: An Alagaësian Roleplay
September 20th, Year 7999 AC:
A captured princess's last act as the egg-bearer is to send her charge to safety, but her magic isn't quite strong enough. The blue treasure lands in The Spine, where it will be found by a young human boy.
Elsewhere a human sorcerer flees from a small town in the middle of the Empire, running for his life. He is hunted by agents of the king for his knowledge of a dangerous secret, and to protect this secret, the sorcerer risks everything and loses. The agents find nothing helpful on his body and reluctantly return to the king empty handed.
October 10th, Year 7999 AC:
In the village of Carvahall, a blue stone cracks open, and a dragon reveals herself to her rider.
Further to the south, a small village known as Mashal lies on the western banks of the Ramr River. On the outskirts, the wards around an abandoned hut have failed, it's contents open for anyone to find. Sitting on a nearly bare desk is a letter;
I have found something incredible, and it will change everything in the Empire! The king was not so thorough as we thought, and his mistake will be his undoing. I need you to come to Mashal as soon as you can, I cannot protect this treasure alone. I fear my letter to the elves was intercepted, we don't have much time, if you don't arrive before the ninth month ends I will be forced to assume the worst and continue without you.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that you come. Know that what I have discovered here is too dangerous to put into words that might be found by the king's agents. You once told me you wanted to leave his service, this is that time.
Meet me outside the village, I do not wish to endanger the smallfolk by associating with them and drawing the king's ire.
The letter appears unfinished, and there is no name to identify who the receiver was meant to be, though near the bottom is a signed name of the writer.
OOC:
I had a few ideas kicking around for this, but in the end I decided to stick with what we know and love; the story of Eragon and Dragon Riders. The occupants of the made up town called Mashal, or a few of them at least, will discover the hut and the letter within. A curious exploration of the hut will reveal a wall that swings open like a door and a staircase that leads down a tunnel. Within the tunnel will be a secret cache of dragon eggs and a few notes from the rider that put them there. I didn't want to spoil even that much, but that's only the beginning and there's plenty more to the story than that planned.
The dates give us a timeline so we know what's happening where, up until the changes of our character's presence start influencing things anyway. I plan to keep up with the dates in the roleplay as well, so we can be sure of when we are.
There are plenty of resources online for the timeline, the ancient language, and magic, so it shouldn't be difficult to keep our facts straight. That said, this is a fan work and the canon isn't perfect or fully fleshed, so straying here and there, making up a few words for the ancient language or a town or something, that's all fine.
Character Sheet:
Keep this one in your back pocket, it's not needed right away seeing as we start pre-dragons.
