GRGR(11) - Scales and Claws and Footfalls

[Richard Romeo]

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>St. George and the Dragon
>
>It was the third century when George was battled the dragon outside of
>Silene (Libya).
>
>After growing up in eastern Turkey, in Cappadocia and becoming a soldier in
>the Roman army, George was converted to Christianity. He started travelling
>across the land spreading the word of the god. Upon arriving in Silene he
>came across a princess bound to a stake awaiting the arrival of the most
>feared creature in the land, the dragon.
>
>The dragon a huge, winged, tailed, olive-green scaled beast, had emerged
>from the swamps near Silene many months before. It had attacked the land
>with its poisonous breath, a poison so strong it killed everything it
>enveloped. Trying to stop the dragon the farmers in the area started 
>feeding
>it two sheep a day. This kept the dragon at bay until they had run out of
>sheep. To stop the dragon destroying the rest of the land, the king of
>Silene had decreed to sacrifice one child a day to the dragon, in the hope
>that someone or something would help his country defeat this almighty 
>beast.
>It was the morning on which the king had been forced to sacrifice his own
>child when George arrived.
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figures the knight shows up when the king's kid is up for sacrifice

rich

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