Scathacha

Long ago, when Scathacha was chiefly known as the True Dragon Deirdre, the War against the Astrals raged. It was then that the royalty of the Irestill Kingdom on Alster Island formed an alliance with the dragon. Deirdre would protect the Kingdom and every three hundred years, the royalty would lend their magic to create a new body for her. Many generations later with the pact forgotten, King Connor would order Naoise to vanquish Deirdre in the hopes of securing his threatened position. Deirdre and Naoise engaged in a bloody battle that ultimately ended with the dragon speared to death. With Deirdre gone, monsters invaded and overwhelmed the Irestill Kingdom, reducing it to rubble. Deirdre was, however, not truly slain. The core within the dragon's body remained unharmed and she excised the rage at the betrayal with her magic, keeping her from devolving into a monster. Princess Heles of Irestill transferred her into a temporary Erune body in the hopes that she and her brother Seruel would right the wrongs their family committed against the dragon. Naoise would return with a skyfaring crew he had joined after an absence, meeting Deirdre once again. Treating his apology callously, Deirdre left the royal siblings' offer of reforging the pact hanging in the air as they made the preparations to transfer her to her new vessel. During the siblings travels around Alster island, she began exploring one of the towns she once protected with Naoise. Since her name would bring too much attention to her, Deirdre accepted the name "Scathacha" suggested by the knight. Scathacha's curiosity would take her all around the city, letting her come to understand and love what she was protecting. That was when the rage she had excised from her body returned in the form of a monstrous black dragon, Skadi. Troubled by the threat it and the monsters were posing to Alster, Scathacha agreed to reforging the pact and transferring to her new vessel as soon as possible Endless waves of monsters attack the city once the transferring ceremony commences. In the chaos, Skadi interrupts the ceremony and enters the new vessel with Scathacha. Left alone, Skadi would devour Scathacha within the new vessel so Naoise and the skyfarers engage in a fight with the rampaging beast. The battle is won but with the loss of the vessel. In order to make a new one before Scathacha succumbs, Seruel and Heles would have to sacrifice their lives. Naoise interferes with the process, meaning to sacrifice himself but survives because of the magic that lay dormant in him, granted by the blood Deidre shed on him in their previous fight. With a new body and a reforged pact, Scathacha returned to watching over Alster Island with a new appreciation for the people she protects.