The  Dragon , hated and hateful thing that it is, occupies a place of power in the mind; it is the ultimate adversary, a challenge which dynasties have proven or ended themselves against. Some would seek to become like them, to consume the enemy and steal its strength- one of many bad ideas. A very long time ago, when there was no one king and many Wizard-Kings did as they saw fit, one of these tyrants got the bright idea to reinvent the dragon; a beast of the Thunder , loyal to its Wise One as the dragons were loyal to theirs, powerful and terrible yet unable to surpass its masters. A cocodril's egg, injected with the blood of a sylph and the semen of the Wizard-King in question, birthed the first of these creatures: the Beithir . Beithir Naturally, like anything ever made by a Wizard, they escaped into the wild. Not only could they breed true, Beithirs could think- and want . They exist in small populations scattered across the world, hidden in wild places or displayed in ...

Some things are valuable for their use. Others, for some unique facet of their very nature. Some are valuable because they are value made material. Here's twenty of them. Bonifacio Bembo Treasures Talents . Massive silver coins the size, shape, and thickness of a dinner plate. A handprint marks the center of the concave side, as if it was pressed into while still soft from the fire. These are said to have been given by the very first Wizard-King  to his favored servants, each one a mark of ascension through the ranks. To possess one of these so many centuries later is to borrow a piece of that original legitimacy.  200 SP  each, or 400 SP to a would-be Wizard-King . Sea-Gold . Pale electrum coins beaten crudely from small nuggets, worked cold; one face is engraved with numerous writhing sea creatures devouring each other, but the other is left blank. These rarely wash up on the shore, or are traded in isolated villages on the western coast; to carry these regularly marks ...