The Legend of Spyro: Rise of Arare
The Rise of Arare
The Origin of the purple dragons of legend
There are many types of dragons in this world, fire, water, energy, ice, earth, shadow, light, and, wind. As well the very rare purple dragon, but there is one that has been forgotten for a millennia. The twilight dragons. They were a powerful but peaceful race. They are only born on the hours of dawn or dusk. But the strongest are born at midnight. This is where we begin with the newly born twilight dragon Arare.
Much like Malefor in his young age, He was a prodigy mastering every element, including sub-elements. The more power he got, the more arrogant he became. Soon he challenged the dragon elders for control of the realms. They scoffed at him, thinking nothing of him. They angered him. He flew into a fury and killed the water dragon elder. The earth dragon elder tried to shatter his neck, but it went right though him. He spat fire at the earth elder blinding him. The others he killed with cosmic flare. He left the earth elder to wallow in shame for the rest of his life.
Then Arare began his conquest, he would come to base his operations in the ancient dragon capital of Algaune. After he casted down the high council, guardians, and elders of the city, as well killed emperor king Aganeir. For five years, Arare began a evil march over the dragons realms and soon declared war on any kingdom that resisted his rule, many kingdoms refused the twilight dragons rule. Even as powerful as he was, he was no match for the dragon empire as a whole, his powers were many, but his army was small, using his vast array of powers, he summoned army out of the very ground it's self, in order to overwhelm the enemy kingdoms. Within a year they all fell, not able to match his vast armies made of pure earth. Afterwards the remnants of the empire retreated to lands unknown out of Arare's reach. During the next three years he took many mates and had many offspring to satisfy his greed for power, but soon he wanted more and that more was to become an immortal. During the final year he began his exploration for immortality, and found it by using the dark arts. Sadly the dark arts always have a cost it took his greed, arrogance, and lust and turned it into a sick and twisted tyrannical want and power.
A hundred years later outside the reach of Arares evil and power. What was left of the dragon empire tried to forget about Arare and move on, but for many Arare's evil was always right around the corner, but soon that was the case, Arare's evil knew no borders as he found what was left of the empire, angered that they escaped his rule for all these years he sent a ruthless beast to eradicate them. This beast was a Unda Everto(water demon), and born from the few corrupted water dragons that served him, rewarded them with this new from for 'serving' him. As the beast rampaged, the people of the dragon empire once more felt the cold grip of Arare evil on their throats. Never wanting to feel his evil ever again, a group of purple dragons pleaded and prayed to the ancestors, for a way to defeat Arare. Soon the ancestors answered in a way no one thought they would, they asked the dragons to give up a youngling of their species. The purple dragons were hesitant as to why the ancestors would ask this, but soon came up with a young purple dragon called Nolune. Nolune was just a normal purple dragon like every other purple dragon, sadly an orphan though, that was until, he was called upon by the elder purple dragons of the population, and was brought to a temple of the ancestors, and before the ancestors themselves.
"Do you know why you are here young one?" An ancestor questioned him.
"You really think I would have an idea why I am here!" Nolune retorted, his life as an orphan caused him to be short with everyone.
"Stay your tongue dragon ling!" Another ancestor responded to Nolune's retort.
"Why should I?" He snapped back at the old spirit.
"SILENCE ALL OF YOU!" A demanding voice rang out from the oldest of the ancestors.
"Nolune, this is not the time for us to explain ourselves, simply answer this. What would you do if you had power that rivaled Arare's?" He was questioned.
"Hmm, well he is the bastard that untimely killed my parents, as is the reason I'm alone, and the reason everyone else in this world is miserable." Nolune said "but I guess if I had the chance, I would cast him down and try to fix what he has done." The young dragon finished and stood silent.
The ancestors glanced at each other. "Youngling Nolune, we have decided to bestow upon you the power, which can rival the evil one known as Arare. We give you this power and hope that you can create a better future for dragon kind, away from the grasp of evil. We warn you now young dragon, this power can easily corrupt you if you're not careful." The ancestor stated.
"But why, why do I differ from other purple dragons?" Nolune asked. "Especially ones that are my age?" He continued to question them.
"We will not lie to you young dragon, we have watched many dragons your age, over the course of the last few weeks looking for the perfect candidate to take up our power." An ancestor said. "But Nolune, we had chosen you above the others because we feel a hidden righteous zeal in you and that shall become a powerful weapon against Arare." The ancestors finished.
During the meeting a figured stood to the sidelines and listened to the ancestors speak to a young purple dragon he guessed. This was not just any dragon, this was the very earth elder that was left blinded in his left eye by Arare, as a reminder that he failed to protect the other guardians, council and high king. He didn't know what these purple dragons and the ancestors were planning, but he was supporting them this far and wanted to see the results. He was brought here because of his extensive knowledge of earth magic, to give the ancestor's temporally vessels to inhabit.
"Nolune know that after receiving this power, you can't just go battle Arare head on." Said another Elder.
"Ya ya, I'm not arrogant it will take years of blah blah blah." This commit managed to piss off the ancestors. "We do not have time for this! Nolune please stay still as we begin."
Nolune could only stand there as he felt a vast and insane amount of power flow into him, he felt a new type of awareness (just the new elements taking hold) he could feel new access to whole new worlds of elements. Sadly the influx of power made the purple dragon passed out as soon as the process ended.
The ancestors earthen form crumbled and became dust once more, and the ancestors themselves vanished as well back unto winch they came.
The earth guardian sighed, why was he the one to always clean up the messes. Over the next few decades the earth guardian would take Nolune and train him in his new found power. He made Nolune train in every element with every type of dragon he could find, Drakes the masters of magic, wyverns the masters of poison and wind, and just about any elemental dragon he could find.
Thirty years later
Soon, Nolune was thought ready to face Arare and face him he did, the two dragons, fought for what was almost a week, the two fought matching each other blow for blow.
"NO! This will not stand! No one will ever defeat me. I AM A GOD!" The twilight dragon screeched to the heavens.
"You're just an arrogant pretender, even if you are immortal!" Nolune yelled at Arare making the twilight dragon seethe with a new found rage. Arare launched a cosmic flare at the purple dragon striking him in the chest, and sending him spiraling toward the ground.
Getting up as fast as he could, Nolune let loose a volley of ice spikes straight at the twilight dragon. Arare was struck by all of the spikes, imbedding them deep in Arare's chest and tearing through his wings although not preventing him from flying like it should've. Blood flowed from where the spikes were stuck in and from the holes in his wings, grunting in pain and disgust from allowing himself to be struck by a lower breed of dragon; Arare through sheer force began to push out the spikes with his mind. Blood gushed out as the spikes left the holes they made as soon as the last piece of ice left his body the blood turned black and turned back in on itself and began closing all of Arare's wounds and mending his wings. Arare tried to turn his attention back to Nolune, and was quickly blindsided by energy charged head butt to his side, spiraling toward the ground Arare adjusted his wings allowing him to soar right back at Nolune with his own ram missing the purple dragon by mere feat.
"Hmm seems like your little quest to become a god has made you a feeble old elder Arare!" Nolune taunted the twilight dragon.
Arare veered around and dived right for the purple dragon, smashing into him and send the both of them toward the ground at unparalleled speeds and crashed into it, dust shot up from the ground where they made their landing. As the dust began to clear coughing was heard but not because of the dust no, it was because Arare had Nolune pinned down with claws pressing down on his throat.
"I will admit Nolune (panting) your quite strong, but now it's over!"
Arare raised his bladed tail and aimed right for Nolune's throat and plunged it forward.
Over the next few thousand years, Arare was at war with all the dragon realms. After he had supposedly 'killed' Nolune three more of these Dragons who had the same tenacity, as Nolune and same power that were on par with his. He defeated each one with an insane amount of effort on his part. Fearing the rise of anymore of this special type of purple dragon, Arare used blood he acquired from the four first purple dragons of legend, and bound the blood into a enchanted stone creating a sort of tracking stone that would allow him, to see and track every single living dragon. Though experimenting with the blood of the legendary dragons, Arare discovered that the power the dragons wielded came from and soon went on a spree of using their blood to create all sorts of artifacts from lances to armor and swords made from blood. Soon like everything else he did he became bored, turning back to his conquest he gave all his children the artifacts he made giving them immense power. He continued his conquest for another two thousand years.
Destroyed Dragon Palace of Darkthorn
The remaining elders gathered the last guardian's and leaders of the remaining races for one final attempt to kill Arare.
The room was filled with the leaders of every race involved with the war. As well the last dragon guardians, the room was filled with chatter among the leaders. The only elder left, the one blinded by Arare 5512 years ago entered the room. Silence fell on everyone, "My friends, allies," the elder began, "We have found a way to stop Arare."
He was about to continue when the Naga spoke out, "Oh, so you have found a plan now! Where was that plan 5,000 years ago?" Spoke the humanoid serpent.
"Clam down Shrill," Said a creature next to him.
The elder continued to speak, "The plan we have will kill us, but it will in case Arare forever in a stone prison." The elder stopped for a breath, "When we are done, build a temple around him to remind the future never to release him." Pausing then speaking in a low tone. "And to respect all who fell against him." None of the leaders had any objections to the plan. The room emptied of the leaders so they could plan one final and hopefully successful assault.
Warzone
Everything was going according to plan. The battle lasted several days until the last of Arares demons and kin were killed. The dragons had cornered Arare in a weakened state. But he was still too powerful for them. He was going to finish them off. But he felt himself freeze in place. He forced his eye over to the right to see Gaia, his daughter His heir, a once in a life time crystal dragon, restraining him with massive crystalline structures.
"Gaia! You traitor! You were to be my heir, why would you help these lower breeds. Let me go now and I might consider forgiving you!" Arare shouted out in anger.
"No father, you have caused more than enough damage to the realms and you will be punished for it!" She responded back at her tyrant father."
The other dragons took this chance to petrify Arare. Arare felt himself turning into stone. For her betrayal, he caught her in the spell as well. "I will not go down alone girl!" Gaia felt her flesh turning to stone and fear invaded her confidence. "Your version may be a weakened one, but you will be sealed long enough for you to forget everything." Fear now filled the dragoness's eyes at the revelation right before she turned to stone. Seeing that fear in his daughters eyes, Arare let out one more bellowing laugh as he turned to stone. The spell soon finished and every dragon in the room had finished the petrifaction process.
It took 12 years to make the temple of twilight. Many of the races in the realms came to pay respects to the fallen or to visit the tombs of their family. For years it was a place of respect, then a place of study for young dragons. Over the years its meaning changed. The stone dragon in the middle of the temple was forgotten and became nothing more than a myth. Arare was gone forever.
Although, for his daughter who was also hit by the magic of the spell, although wasn't enough to keep her frozen. The spell was going to come undone in 1988 years. The time after Spyro defeated Malefor would be the date.
List of powers and objects that appear in the chapter.
Earth solider: This is what Arare used for the bulk of his army, during the siege of the realms. It was later used by Malefor as a means for an everlasting army.
Tracker stone: An object made by Arare to prevent anymore purple dragons of legend from plaguing him. It has the ability to track any dragon that is alive or will soon be born.
Petrifaction spell: A spell requiring multiple sacrifices, then would allow the user to seal away anything, encasing the target in stone.
Artifacts of Arare: A vast array of items made by Arare imbued with the power of the ancestors and made from dragon blood.
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