Your first Public execution

A few weeks into running Candlestone and someone tried to assassinate you. They laid in wait for you to visit the town, you visited in dragon form to help move the stone from the quarry and to settle disputes. You had appointed a human council to help in day to day matters and collect taxes, some demanded by the crown and the rest was to run the town and villages. They would seek your approval and council as these were your lands and any major problems were compiled on a list for you to sort or bring to court on your monthly visit.

As you flew out of the mountain valley towards the walled town a ballista bolt whistled past your head. You spotted it and swooped down before you could consume the contraption in your firey breath another bolt passed through your left wing membrane drawing blood but not severely damaging it. You released your flame with a cry of pain. just catching the edge of the Balista. It was enough to disable it burning the string and limb of the right side. There was a man in heavy armour that had been manning it he had leapt aside after firing the second bolt over to a bunch of weapons.

"I will not allow some beast who can talk rule me or my people!" He shouted.

"It is by the request of your Princess that I do so and I am no beat but a Dragon, we are above you humans in all but craftmanship. It is only right that I should rule my territory. We Dragons are stronger, tougher and faster than humans; we equal your intelligence and live longer giving us more time to gain wisdom. You may learn faster and are able to build nice things but we have better control of magic and can fly, I have yet to see a human master the air." You rebuttal his insults.

"You are not subject to our rules, you have no right to enforce them." he retorted.

He had a fair point. Alisa had instructed you not to steal or murder and respect the humans or hunt their animals, those were human laws but there were probably many that did not apply to you or you got away with braking. "Alisa made me your Lord, I except that there are some of your laws that do not apply but I also respect the laws that do apply to me. If you want you could have brought your concerns to my council. Instead, you attacked me." You point out his hypocrisy. However, it is then you realise that he was mainly staling you until he had his next weapon ready.

The man charges you with a poleaxe swinging it towards your left foreleg. You feel the hit and there is a mighty crack as it brakes some of your scales bruising the flesh underneath badly.

"ARRRGH" You roar. You give the man no more chances and grasp him in your right talon and hold the damaged Batista in your back left talon. It was a bit painful to fly but you managed to get to the town. You drop them in the centre of town. "This man attacked me on my way here. He had valid points to discuss but instead of bringing it to the council or addressing me formally at court he decided to attack me. This is not acceptable. I present to you my injuries..." You show the gathered humans, including your council, your bleeding wing and broken scales. "...I present to you his weaponry. Do you see his guilt?" You ask.