A/N: I welcome you all to a new tale, one I've been gradually working on for a few months now. This story take place in the Forgotten Realms setting, uses 5E rules. While building characters this idea came to me: 'Is there any rule preventing Chromatic Dragons from being of good alignment?' (Simple answer: no, there's nothing in the rules that states a dragon's alignment is fixed). This story also utilizes All D&D 5E books I have, as well as a homebrew race (actual dragons as PCs) So, come along on this journey, join our unlikely hero on the adventure of his lifetime!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dungeons and Dragons. I only own my character ideas.


Crimson Scales, Heart of Gold

Prologue

What makes a hero? How does one define the true measure of one's deeds and actions against the weight of ages? Is true heroism standing up for what you believe in, even when not only your own people, but the entire world can only see what they think you should be like? To do what's right when you find yourself maligned and misaligned?

What is destiny? Do any in the world have free choice, or are we all following some predetermined path laid out for us long before we were even born? Do we choose what our nature is, be we Good or Evil, obey the rule of Law, of follow the Chaotic whims of our own heart?

Even in the long years of my life, the millennia I have lived, all the things I've seen and done, I still don't have the answers to these questions. I do know this: my path through life has been filled with hardships, joy and sorrows, friends and allies made, only to watch them vanish into the dust of ages. I took a path which put me at odds with what everyone, even the Gods, though I should be like. I am Valignatirisk, Red Dragon, and this is my story.


A/N: and there we go! Next time, the story truly begins.