Sultana

In a place so dark that no light could shine through, we breathe. Plunge beneath the water and we will guide you, to our starry city suspended in the sky, where no living things dare to go but us. It is hidden. It is safe. But come here, and you may never escape.

[Enmity - an underground extension of the seer cave system? deep, deep, deep under the sea. potentially connected to cryshollow by a guarded opening. That and the Chasm shaft could be the only entrances? though the shaft isn't really an entrance its more of a death pit--
Some device that lets non-sea dragons breathe underwater?
a totally safe place. no one can find it unless they are guided there by a resident or guard. It's literally impossible to access otherwise)

dragons in this tab essentially a legion of guards to make sure nothing opens the door?

full of little bioluminesnt thingies

















@rubiekanary



Order type: Story

Lore outline/ideas:

Skyrra, unlike the other Apprentices of the Inn, was not a direct descendant of the Innkeepers of the Inn. Instead, her parents were but normal residents of the inn who found love for each other then left to pursue their own paths after having her, leaving Skyrra to spend the majority of her childhood on her lonesome in the Inn.

Well, that wasn’t exactly true. Skyrra, fortunately, was about the same age as the children of the Innkeepers when her parents left, so she grew up with an abundance of good company, and even if she had not been around the similar age as the other Apprentices, there was never a lack of hatchlings left by other couples under similar circumstances at the inn. She would have found plenty of playmates nonetheless.

Still, perhaps it was due to this specific circumstance that led Skyrra to become an Apprentice of the Inn whilst not sharing direct blood with any of the current Innkeepers themselves; Moony was the son of the poet Liam and the singer Mei. Finch was the daughter of Lord Maximus and Lady Canary, and the twins, Yuno and Juno, were the direct descendants of the Innkeeper Lana and the Provider Yukro themselves. In comparison, Skyrra’s bloodline seemed insignificant. Unworthy. Though her work and training usually provided her without enough distractions and challenges so her mind did not linger on such details.

Usually.

It was a well known fact among most of the inn’s residents that the twins wield a particular ability: Yuno’s divination allowed her to see aspects of the future, while Juno, the soothsayer, had the uncanny ability to know, with absolution, all and any aspects of a dragon’s past. Many were tempted by the twins’ powers and had attempted to bribe the twins into telling them details of either their past or future, for various reasons, even though the twins had turned down many of these requests for their own various reasons as well.

Skyrra normally couldn't care less of her future or her history… But today, she was tempted. She approached the twins, Yuno and Juno, and enquired them about her parents: Who they were, what they were like, why would they leave the inn without her, and if she should ever meet them in the future.

The twins fell silent for a while, before the elder, Juno, asked what had prompted this series of questions. When Skyrra didn’t have an answer, the younger, Yuno, assured her that, regardless of her bloodline, her place was in the inn, among her fellow Apprentices, training under the watchful eyes of the Innkeepers so that one day they may be fit to take their place and look after the inn in their stead. Skyrra’s past or future may be unknown to her, but in the present, she will always have a place at the inn.

Skyrra walked away from the encounter, uncertain of what to make of it, but in the end decided it was just a moment of weakness that compelled her to ask such trivial things before she left for another bout at the training grounds.

Word count: ~1000