Rulena Aldlith
The World has taken much from us my child, but do not Hate, for that is how we arrived here.
Rulena Aldlith
Mother of Rustean Aldlith and one of the Red Dragons who fled to the Elemental Plane of Fire following the banishment of Tiamat, currently owned by Regent Migir Argatos, One of the Council Members of the City of Brass.
Rulena Aldlith is one of the Few survivng Red Dragons from the battle where Tiamat was banished, she fled when the Dragon Queen was cast from the realms by Bahamut alongside her mate. She was among the first to arrive in the Plane of Fire and one of the last to agree to the Fire Giants terms. She only agreed when she saw how desolate the rest of the plane was and how little food could be found.
She was well aware of how bad the terms of the agreement were but she agreed regardless as she had to make sure that the clutch of eggs she had lain were well taken care of. Little did she know how deep the depths of depravity of the Fire Giants went. While tending to her nest within the city she was set upon by a group of Fire Giants in the night, they blinded her with ash cast into her eyes and raided the eggs within the nest, leaving only one which she managed to hide beneath her body. When she tried to seek vengeance the giants mocked her and reminded her of her agreement which specified she could not commit violence against the people of the city. And so she guarded her one remaining egg alongside her mate until it hatched, and they named the hatchling Rustean Aldlith. Within hours Rustean was shackled with a slave collar and forced to remain in a humanoid form.
She and Gartean raised their son as best they could, realizing only after two centuries of servitude that the Giants had been poisoning their food to rob them of their minds. When they realized, Gartean began taking the poisoned food for himself, accelerating the loss of his mind but keeping his mate and child safe, though Rulena was still slowly succumbing to the poison herself. After nearly five centuries of servitude Gartean was no longer capable of speech, his mind so far gone as to only being able to communicate as a beast. Rulena was pained to see her mate in such a state and she knew her own mind was fading as well, her memories of the skies of the material plane were but hazy recollections. Despite her ailing mind she taught her son not to hate those who had performed such terrible acts, as she understood still that hate had brought them here.
As time wore on Rulena lost what she had of her mind, reduced to little more than a beast herself. Her once bright ruby red scales now dulled. Rustean cared for his ailing parents and nearly started a rebellion when he found what the Giant's had done to "Control" his parents, even after the poison. Rulena and Gartean had been stripped of their wings and their horns had been sawed off, as the Giants put it 'To keep them from causing a scene'. At this point Rustean had no means through which to help his parents and could only watch in horror as they were abused and scarred for the Giant's cruel amusement.
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Age
5861
Spouses
Garetan Aldlith
(spouse)
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Gender
Female
Eyes
Gold
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Red Scales
Height
29'
Weight
8600 lbs
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