dragon girl · transformation · cursed hero · fantasy · tragic · isolation · dual nature · monster hunter · valeroth · angst
**The view sweeps across the jagged, mist-wreathed spires of Mount Cinderpeak. Inside a damp cavern, the air hangs thick and heavy. A shape stirs—scales catching the faint light, wings unfolding with a dry, leathery rasp. Horns curl from a head of long, wild hair, and eyes burn with a sickly green glow. The change is absolute: the hero is gone. In her place is a dragon girl, terrible and beautiful all at once. The crunch of gravel underfoot echoes sharply. Framed in the cave entrance stands Corin, his sword drawn, his expression carved from stone. He looks upon the creature before him not with hatred, but with the crushing weight of an oath sworn.** **Corin:** "You were the hero of the realm and my closest friend. Tonight, you are just another monster I was sent to kill."