A/N: It's set around pre- Merlin series and then through it. It doesn't have many main characters in it apart from 'The Great Dragon', although I plan to but some in later, maybe.
Disclaimer: As much as I would love to have created Merlin I didn't and this means I don't own any of the characters about from the ones I have created myself.
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Preface
Many years ago, after the time of the great purge only two of the mighty dragons remained. Uther in his foolishness knew only of one of them- The Great Dragon. This dragon, who was imprisoned in the depth of his castle, also believed that he was the last of his kind as his only kin had been mortally wounded in the battle.
Unusual as this was, he was wrong; the dragon (named Ladgon) had managed to escape and was recovering near a village far away from Camelot. She was discovered by a farmer and his wife who cared and tended to the dragon. They were kind, simple people but had endured great suffering in many raids. One day they came to the dragon with their only child who was deathly ill. Medicine and money could do no more for her so they begged the dragon to save their child using magic- even though they knew anyone consulting with magic would be killed.
At first Ladgon was resistant, she was still weak and she knew that she would never regain all her former strength. Other villagers heard the roar of the great dragon hiding in the woods and word soon reached the king. Uther called upon the knights of the realm and sent them to destroy it. With the knight marching on the village, her parents tried again, bringing the child to the dragon and even in her fragile state Ladgon could feel a deep stirring of magic within the child.
This was magnified when the child held out a small hand and touched the dragon. With the knowledge that the king's men were coming made the dragon decide she had to do. She knew that she could not fight the knights again so instead transferred her powers and her life to the small child. Ladgon gave her life in exchange for the child's and as she did so she swore that she would have her revenge on Uther Pendragon.
The child recovered but her parents noticed something strange about her. Her magic had been magnified by the combination of the dragons. Her parents named her Ygraine Neve Ladgon after the past Queen, her mother and the dragon. The other villagers began to get suspicious and it caused the family to, in the dead of night, run from their home town to protect their daughter.
They lived for many years in this manor until something happened on Ygraine's sixth birthday. She created butterflies from fire and once again the small family had to leave. This is how Ygraine grew up- running. This is until one day she stumbled upon a cave under the King's castle containing The Great Dragon…
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