Until the dragons came, it never even occurred to Queen Saliska, Empress of the Perl Seas and Bringer of the Dawn's Light, that her mighty Elcan civilisation would fall. From the golden throne in her glittering capital city, she ruled with firm resolve and a wisdom beyond her tender years.

But all civilisations fall.

Driven by an ancient hatred of the amphibious Elcans, and fortified by their natural instinct to dominate, the armies of the young dragon warlord, Prince Pyroclast, made war upon Queen Saliska's people. They were taken wholly by surprise and, despite fighting longer and harder than ever before in their civilisation's history, the dragons eventually overwhelmed them.

Not content with victory alone, the dragon prince ordered his armies to wipe the defeated amphibians from the face of the earth. One after the other, city and village fell beneath the great black serpents, inhabitants slaughtered or driven to flee. When the last of the Elcans made a final, desperate bid to escape by sea, their vulnerable ships made easy targets for the dragons, and they were sunk one-by-one, crackling and splintering while the ruthless reptiles flew overhead and poured still more dragonflame upon their buckling hulls.

The last of her people, Queen Saliska was spared by the conquering Prince Pyroclast so she could serve as his footrest while he accepts oaths of fealty from neighbouring kings. Now she spends her every day sprawled naked before her former throne, weighed down under the royal feet of the young dragon warlord while she remembers the glory of her fallen empire.


This was an Open Canvas session done with the awesome  ahastar

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