RIP Frank Strom. Not only did he give us Monkey Khan, The Iron Queen and King, and many more from the Dragon Kingdom, but he created the groundwork for the expansion of lore and world building of the regions outside those our main characters primarily reside in. Even with only the small handful of issues he wrote for, he helped shape the identity of what Archie Sonic was. The series wouldn't be the same without you Frank, so thank you for everything.
I heard the dragon fly over the forest for the third time in the last half hour. Right now, I'm temporarily hiding in a cave, in my Wolf form, because yesterday one of the villagers from the village, The Great Orlando, saw me in my wolf form, and I guess ran to their king, The Great Dragon King Katsuki Bakugou. When the Red Dragon was out of sight I sneaked out of the cave, I looked around to see if there were any traces of the dragon.
3. Person POV:
You were looking so hard for any trace of the dragon that you didn't realize the giant bear trap, THAT DEFENTLY wasn't there yesterday morning. You walked into the trap, but only let out a little yelp because of the shock.
That was enough sound for the dragon and the dragon king to fly right towards the clearing, they had just flown over less than 2 minutes ago and landed, which shook the ground around them. The blonde, bare-chested dragon king jumped off the dragon, and the half-blooded Dragon transformed into his "human" form, a mixture of a dragon and a human.
You were trapped in the beartrap right in the shadow of the clearing, can they see me? you asked yourself more than anyone else. You shifted your attention to the bear trap that took almost your entire front leg. You start trying to bite into the iron that was the trap, suddenly you feel a hand on your back, the feeling of the hand scares the life out of you, and you freeze on the spot.
“don’t worry we ́re not going to hurt you, we´re only trying to help you,” a soft voice said, as another pair of hands came into view, and took a hold of the bear trap that has a close to a grip around your front leg.
“this is going to hurt” the gruff voice of the Dragon King was heard say before, you were wincing and whimpering in pain from him opening the bear trap. As soon as the trap was opened from around your leg, you stopped whimpering and went to growling at them in fear, while limping backward.
“Are you fucking kidding me, we just fucking help you”
“Bakugo calm down, they´re properly just scared”
A minute or two of you growling and limping backward, the half-blooded dragon pulled out a pouch out od his pocket, pulled a piece of dried pork out of the pouch. After trying to get you to come closer to them, only to get growled at more. He gave up and weakly trew it towards you.
“Come on, eat it, it´s food” he said while he leaned down to your eye level.
'Yeah, no shit' you thought to yourself.
After a while, you took the dried pork in your mouth, and turned your back to them.
“There you go,” he said in a praising voice.
After a few more pieces of dried pork, and your stomach was full. Suddenly you feel a pair of arms lift you up. It hurt a little bit because of your full stomach and you let out a little whimper
You were handed over into the kings arms, that held you like a baby. “here” the half-blood stuck a another piece of dried pork in front of your face. You slowly took the piece of pork in your mouth and ate it.
While you were distracted by the food, you didn't notice, that the half-blood wasn't in your lane of site anymore. What was out of your lane of site, was the half-blood transforming into a giant red dragon.
KYLE CROUSE: [reading question from ChaosSonic1] "At the time this question is written, Sonic Speed Simulator just put the Kunoichi Amy and while it is not canon as you said yourself many times, it is mentioned. This does get me thinking, what if instead of going to Knothole in pre-Super Genesis Wave of Archie what if Amy went to the Dragon Kingdom and was raised by any of the 4 clans, and how would each of the clans raise her and how would she be?"
IAN FLYNN: This is, number one, assuming that any of them would actually take her in, 'cause they were very isolationist in their own rights, but we'll ignore that for the sake of the question.
KYLE: Mhm.
IAN: Um, if she were to go into... let's say she got picked up by the Yagyu, became like, the right hand to the Bride of Rich Nights. Uh, number one, Iron King wouldn't have offed the Bride, that's for sure. And, I don't know, I could kinda see her becoming their greatest muscle in the group, like... the living embodiment of 'smash and grab.' This is assuming that the hammer comes with her, that it's like, a mystically-tied item, and uh... 'cause I think that's how we were going in pre-reboot, if I remember correctly. So, you know, the Yagyu thieves are out there pillaging the land, and if anybody tries to actually stop them, she comes in and stops them. Uh, Raiju Clan? Well, they're already war-like, so now you've got Amy with potentially lightning-channeled hammer in addition to everything else?
KYLE: [chuckles] That sounds awesome.
IAN: Now maybe her inherent compassion means that she doesn't finish off her opponents. She's just content with defeating them, but she is schooled in the ways of making lots of pain, lots of- really darn fast. Uh, the Gossamer Clan? [sigh] That's almost like saying 'Amy becomes a nun.'
KYLE: [snorts]
IAN: Y'know? Or... or she goes out into the world, following the Web of Fate, to ensure things play out a certain way. And maybe her fortune cards are a way of interpreting that, or there's a different version of them. Something that's more tied to the Web of Fate. Maybe instead of fortune cards, she does, like, uh... oh, what is it called when you do, like, the strings between your fingers to make Cat's Cradle and stuff? Like, very quick weavings to fortune-tell. That might be kind of a fun twist on things. Uh, and then for the Shinobi Clan, that would be worth it just for the long con. She's there in the narrative as she always was. You don't think it's any different, you think this is just standard Amy, but surprise! She's been Constant Vigil's sleeper agent in the Freedom Fighters this whole time!
KYLE: [laughs] Oh no!
IAN: The fangirling over- that fangirling over Sonic? That was just to keep tabs on him! Why is she paying so much attention to Sonic? "Oh, she's a fangirl. Don't worry about it." No, ninja spy!
KYLE: [laughs] Wow! You've explained everything, Ian! Perfect. You've solved it. You've figured it out, Ian. You've justified it. We've- you've done it. Man, this show is so productive!
[both laugh]
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To the Four Brides: Do samurai exist in the Dragon Kingdom like ninjas do? If so, have any of the ninja clans encountered any samurai at least once?
Conquering Storm: Samurai once existed, under the command of the Bride of the Four Houses. When the original Bride of the Four Houses fell, the Samurai fell as well. Some became sell-swords, some bandits, some exiles in their shame.
Groth from the graphic novel series Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly. February 2023.
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