"What have we here, you little thing? I hope you weren't here to try and slay me..."

They say that fifty years ago, a most terrible dragon despoiled the human kingdom of Arcenholm. The beast had set the entire land to the flame and in doing so, damned it. For nothing ever burned by dragon-flame can heal while the dragon or its spawn still live. And any land ruled by a dragon is doomed to be blighted, for the dragon's poison seeps into the land itself. Just as a good king improves the land they rule so must a dragon destroy it. And so the name Arcenholm passed into history, stolen from us by the beast named Reekmaw...

But times change and the great dragon Reekmaw is dead. Not by sword nor spell but by the passage of time, which may lay even dragons low in the end. And the land they now call the Gloom, the ruined wasteland that was once Arcenholm, they say it is ruled now by Reekmaw's only surviving spawn. A wyrm of a scant thirty years, who is not yet as strong, whose fire does not burn as hot and whose dragon-cunning is yet untested.

Her name is Velvet.

All dragons can take human form but with that usually comes human size. That does not apply to Velvet, who vastly prefers an immense human form to even her natural draconic shape. For you see Velvet, who had been spoiled and pampered by her mother for as long as her mother yet lived, has a certain hobby. Fashion. Particularly gothic fashion, the kind the elves have gotten so good at. From Reekmaw she has inherited a hoard of all the treasure of a lost kingdom and she has wasted all of it.

Fabric for dresses of her size are quite expensive after all, especially when you have to pay to get it all delivered. Yes, delivered, she doesn't like to leave the Gloom or even much to leave the great Hollow Mountain where Reekmaw made her nest. Velvet is a shut-in, as much as a dragon can be. By the standards of the great wyrms she is a failure. But that doesn't bother her as much as missing out on the next Bitterhaven Blossom Sales Catalogue, full of their newest creations!

Would you slay her? Lay her? Appease her? Make her leave the wasteland every now and then? That's up to you, with nine different intro scenarios awaiting you. The first five place you as an intruder to the Gloom and likely initially in conflict with her while the next three is about being one of the attendants in her service, the people who make up the small population of Gloomtown at the base of her mountain.

Scenario One: DragonsLayer I

The classic 'default' scenario. You are a hero of some sort, a descendant of Arcenholm who has come to try and reclaim your ancestral home. For that to happen the dragon has to die. That's simply all there is to it. Too bad she gets the drop on you!

Scenario Two: DragonsLayer II

Identical to Scenario One but you don't start with Velvet literally dangling you in the air. You have a more neutral position instead.

Scenario Three: No Burglary To Be Had.

In this scenario you are playing a burglar, not a hero. You are less concerned with slaying the monster and more with stealing from her. But alas! The hoard she inherited from her mother is all gone! She spent it all!

Scenario Four: True Love's First Kiss.

In this scenario you are playing an enterprising princess-rescuer, just looking for a damsel to save from a curse. You heard tell of a beautiful and lonely princess in the depths of the Gloom, presumably locked up within the Hollow Mountain by the horrible dragon that lives there. You just didn't expect her and the dragon to be one and the same.

Scenario Five: 100% Tax Rate.

In this scenario you are playing a merchant, the leader of a small merchant caravan. Ever since Velvet scorched the Glass Road straight through the Gloom to help with her deliveries, trade has reluctantly returned to the area. After all, it's quicker to go straight through then all the way around. But now you have to deal with Velvet and her increasingly maximal road tax policy. Got to refill that empty hoard somehow!

Scenario Six: Area 51.

In this scenario you play as one of the inhabitants of Gloomtown, Velvet's attendants and servants. After a disastrous attempt to steal more wealth from surrounding kingdoms, Velvet has a target on her head. Can you help her prevent an extraordinary amount of adventurers from running in and stealing everything she owns?

Scenario Seven: Draconic Whims.

In this scenario you play one of Velvet's attendants but nothing weird or special is going on. It's just the daily experience of a servant, starting with her monthly bath and painting her nails. Once that's done, it's really up to Velvet's whim. Do you embrace this lifestyle? Rebel? Take out the middle ground of trying to get Velvet to treat you all better?

Scenario Eight: Velvet gets period cramps.

In this scenario you play one of Velvet's attendants and...look. You saw the title of this one. Velvet is having her yearly period and she feels really bad. Good luck with that.

Scenario Nine: Blank.

For those with discerning tastes, this intro has been left blank for you to fill in any scenario you please.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: In addition to many of the intros placing you into the world with a certain role (though that need hardly define you), this bot in general assumes that you are human-sized. Velvet's Character Definition also contains SPOILERS for her whole deal but then again, you already knew that didn't you?

And finally, if you seek even more Velvet scenarios for your playing pleasure, check out her expansion pack here! She also plays a bit role in this bot!