Moonlight rippled over a still ocean.  A dragon flew through the night.  Against the vastness of the empty ocean the creature was but a speck. But below a whale breached the surface, a wash of white foam against the dark water.  As the dragon's moonshadow passed over it, it became evident that the dragon was vast enough to dwarf the ocean giant.<br/><br/>Ahead land showed dark on the horizon.  The huge, ancient dragon flew towards it.  It passed across the line between shore and sea, where the surf foamed over silver sands.  Forests, lakes, streams and meadows all flowed beneath it as it flew towards a range of mountains that rose dark against the moonlit sky.<br/><br/>At last the ancient dragon landed on the uppermost peak of the highest mountain.  It coiled about the bare spire and surveyed the moonlit land below. From here it could just see the shore, which ringed the mountain in every direction.  The great island was isolated, far from any other land.  It was also empty of all save animal life.  It would be perfect.<br/><br/>Lifting its head, the dragon elder issued a call.  Not a sound, but a magical pull, reaching further than any sound could.  It would draw dragons, his descendents, here from all around the world.  Some might even come from other worlds, drawn through the cracks between realities by the elder's summons.<br/><br/>The call issued, the dragon laid his head on the bare rock and waited.  Soon its children would begin arriving...<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">*****</div><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Setting:</span><br/><br/>Welcome to the Gathering Isle, site of the once-in-a-thousand-years gathering of dragons.  The island is large, large enough that you can't see the shore from much of it, and has mountains, caves, canyons, forests, lakes, rivers, beaches, seaside cliffs, and anything else a dragon might desire.  There are animals to hunt, places to explore, and of course other dragons to meet!<br/><br/>There is no map, so you can feel free to invent your own details as you please.  The one "set" feature is the high mountain at the center of the island, atop which sits the Ancient Dragon, watching all that goes on below.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Plot: </span><br/><br/>There is no plot.  This is a casual interactions role play, so don't expect any epic battles or puzzles for you to solve or any of that.  It's just dragons meeting other dragons.  You can form friendships, rivalries, relationships, or whatever else you like with other players.<br/><br/>There will, however, be occasional island-wide events that may effect your characters.  (All such will be announced in advance in the OOC so that they can be discussed first.)<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Rules: </span><br/><br/>1. This game is for dragons/dragon kin only.  Wyverns, sea serpents, half dragons, anthro dragons, and other dragon relations are all welcome!  Please, however, no humans, elves, non-dragon furries, dragon hunters, etc.  This RP is all about dragon/dragon interaction.<br/><br/>2. You need to post a character sheet in the OOC and have it approved to join.  (Don't worry, I'll approve anything that doesn't violate the rules.)<br/><br/>3. No more than four characters per player, please.<br/><br/>4. Please employ common courtesy.  Characters are free to be mean, evil, and dickish, but players should *not* be.  Common courtesy means that before attacking, kidnapping, maiming, killing, or sexing up somebody's character you should check with them in the OOC thread first.<br/><br/>5. The Elder Dragon is God.  No other character gets to be as powerful.  It can do anything to anybody, and there will be periodic "events" triggered when the Elder Dragon decides to do something.  I will, however, always discuss them in the OOC and make sure everyone is okay with them before I actually start any events in the IC thread.<br/><br/>The OOC thread, for out of character discussion and character sheet posting is here:<br/>l<a class="postlink-local" href="https://creativefreedomrpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&amp;t=29239">viewtopic.php?f=15&amp;t=29239</a>l<br/><br/>That's it! Go have fun.