In humanoid
form, FeyMoon did visit, though she soon tired of the sidelong glances
and hurried avoidance of the other villagers who still feared as much
as respected her. Her visits grew farther and farther apart. Arogikur
took to stopping into her glade on a regular basis to save the
uncomfortable reactions of the truefolk. He even brought Sarisin to
FeyMoon's lair on occasion and left her in the shady glen while he
spent the day hunting in the forest. Nearly every day he would travel
to the glade to see the dragon, he realized that on the days he visited
FeyMoon his hunting was more successful and his luck was incredibly
better. Eventually it became everyday, not just for the added luck, but
because he enjoyed even the brief visits they had and looked forward to
updating his wife to the goings on of the wood in the evening.
The truefolk lifespan stretched two and a half centuries,
but the people of the settlement seemed to age at nearly half that
rate. Although one of the elders of the the town, which had grown into
a large center of trade, Arogikur was still in the prime of his life.
Arogikur's success had made him a rich man but he had invested his
wealth in the education of his three children and several friends. He
had also expanded his home and properties, but had changed little. He
remained dedicated to his wife and family and his community and visited
his friend the dragoness regularly.
FeyMoon had spent the years watching over the woods and
the new inhabitants as she had the original denizens. She did not
ignore the fey or their needs, but the new arrivals captured her
curiosity. The "elves", as the truefolk of the Elderwood named
themselves, were different from the ancient people of the rest of the
world. FeyMoon studied them and their evolution into creatures of the
forest with keen interest, but focused more attention on Arogikur and
Sarasin than any of the others.
The dragon had watched over Arogikur throughout his
woodland adventures and while keeping an eye out on his children, wife
and interests she had learned a great deal about the financial markets
of the town and advised his investments. She had even gone so far as to
add some of her own treasure to his investment capital on several deals
she had researched, which always went very favorably and expanded their
fortunes.
 His children were very interesting to her. The oldest,
Sarik, was much like his father skilled in the forest and at hunting.
The middle child was a lovely lady named Arakin who looked much like
her mother and tended the animals of the holdings, she was also
assigned a Training Magus to teach her as a Tract Magus. One of his
children in particular interested her a great deal. Sarasin's favorite
and youngest, her son Saranti, like many truefolk children several
generations before, he was born able to do minor spells. Only rarely
did that trait show itself in more recent times, but it was the mark of
a powerful wizard. So Arogikur petitioned the Tower Magi for a Training
Magus to be assigned to Saranti almost at birth. Due to the number of
people in the town and the level of power shown by the young boy, the
Tower Magi sent a missive to the Winged Tower for an Advanced level
Training Magi since he didn't have one availible when the boy was born.
FeyMoon and the Patron of the Winged Tower were broodmates
and still very close. So, when TreeHeart's Tower Magi sent the missive
WingedLord allowed FeyMoon to answer the call as a young Training Magus
named Parifsi, from the the Winged Tower. FeyMoon had spent many weeks
speaking with her brother who had adopted a settlement of his own and
had researched the people of the tower on his penninsula. She was able
to play the persona perfectly and knew the people and customs with
studied ease. She remained with the family and cared for the growing
boy for all the long century of his youth raising him as a powerful
wizard able to perform the most amazing feats of magic seen among the
truefolk in generations.
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He awed the
Tower Magi and Training Magus of TreeHeart, but seemed to scare the
rest of the truefolk of the still growing town.
Not long after arriving FeyMoon had been discovered by her
longtime friend, but Arogikur never revealed her secret. Often they
would talk long into the night while the rest of the house was resting.
She still advised his finances and his dealings among the elders. She
sometimes accompanied him to the meetings in the tower and told him
spoke truth and who sought to mislead him. Through her help he became
the most respected leader among the elders of the tower. TreeHeart had
become the capital of a huge nation. Due to her guidance, when a cry
arose for a single voice to lead the growing empire, Arogikur was the
almost unanimous choice. He was trusted as the most honest and worthy
of the leadership and was voted in as the King of Tell'Nath before
reaching his two hundred and fiftieth birthday.
FeyMoon's presence in the town was rumored as was her
identity, but no one save her student, who seemed to instinctively
know, and his father ever knew she was there, and neither ever said
anything to anyone. FeyMoon enjoyed her time as a truefolk and went on
walks through the town with her charge almost daily. They ussually went
in somekind of illusion due to the instant stir the powerful Prince and
his Training Magus caused wherever they went. She also took Saranti
into the woods to practice changing forms. Sometimes they would dance
as fey or fly as faerie. They would run as beasts or mystical
creatures. They played in the forest unafraid accepted by the natural
denizens as they weren't by the truefolk.
Once Saranti became an adult he moved away from TreeHeart
and his family holdings and into the glade of FeyMoon. There they would
continue their studies into the mysteries of magic and scry into the
secrets of the Elderwood settlements. FeyMoon loved her young charge as
he loved her. He had grown powerful enough in his magic to assume the
form of a dragon as his forefathers had centuries before. The first
steel dragon had been born a truefolk, Saranti was able shift forms at
will by the time he reached maturity and retain the form of a steel
dragon indefinitely.
FeyMoon knew the two of them couldn't stay together for
the long lifespan of a dragon but had grown to love the intelligent and
powerful youth so much to be without him for more than a few hours
caused her physical pain. The longing to be with him was so great it
was undenyable. She told him he needed to give himself a dragon name,
now that being a dragon was more comfortable than being an elf. He told
her no true dragon gave themself their own name, she must grant him his
name. So, she named him TowerFriend.
Though his son's decision to live with dragoness didn't
surprise him, Arogikur didn't like it much either. He had a close
relationship with each of his children and knew of the spectacular
changes going on with Saranti as well as the couples love for one
another. He feared it would grow too far and the differences in races
and lives would hinder their plans. He dared not mention anything of
the like, his thoughts mirrored FeyMoon's own.
The two dragons lived in the glade together visited often
by the Queen and Princess. Living happily in the forest with the faerie
and fey, they bore a brood of magically adept dragons able to blend
into the truefolk at will. Prince Sarik and even the King, when able to
slip away, visited the glade. For nearly two centuries peace and
prosperity ruled in Tell'Nath.
Not every elder in the elven nation had rejoiced at the
announcement of Arogikur's ascension. Several of his business
competitors and others in line for the throne had cursed his name at
the coronation and had plotted his removal from power. The King was not
so foolish as to believe he had no enemies. He had set a guard on his
gate and quarters early in his riegn and had skilled mages enspell and
entrap his rooms in the Tower.
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