Dragonslayers - Fantasy Interest Check
The title of Dragonslayer is one that commands great respect. In ages past, they were the brave warriors and mages who ventured into the Lands Unknown to slay the greatest of all beasts. They were the greatest heroes the realms have ever known, the first and last line of defense against dragon attacks. When Scaltheraz the Cindered Calamity threatened to turn all of Ghor Undrel to naught but ash, it was Sir Sigurd who drove his blade into the flaming throat of the beast. When Ørrsgründ the Frost-Bitten Horror sought to cloak the realms in eternal winter, it was Lady Tariel who unwound the spell and turned it back on the White Wyrm of the North. When Filcodrius the Vengeful Hurricane rose from the depths of the Cerulean Sea, it was Captain Aléxandros who punctured the leviathan with the bow of his own trireme.
Now, the great dragons of legend are all gone, having disappeared with the heroes of old. Hopeful dragonslayers have had to branch out, hunting lesser monsters for coin and glory. When trolls threaten bridges, when sirens take up residence in shipping lanes, when gryphons begin stealing livestock, people call the dragonslayers. With less and less monsters causing problems and more and more troupes of amateur dragonslayers, times are getting tough for the professionals. Still, rumors persist of a hidden world of dragons, where the ancient wyrms still live, waiting for their chance to enact vengeance upon the mortal realms…
