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Dragon's Lace & the Dragon Glove
Jun. 20th, 2006 11:50 pmDragon's lace is not always a piece of lace, though it could be. It is used to subdue unruly dragons by their elders who wish not to use force. When applied to the skin, or held anywhere in the immediate vicinity of a dragon, it siphons off chi, magic, and physical strength, leaving the dragon(s) as weak as or weaker than an average human.
Dragon's lace is made by mixing several spells that suck in the energy of anything around it and casting it onto a piece of cloth or fabric as it is being made. The spells used are intricate and only known by dragon elders who pass on their knowledge only if death is imminent and if a suitable candidate for the knowledge has been chosen.
The spells put on fabric to make dragon's lace are indiscriminate as to whose energy they suck in. It's most effective on dragons, but still works against both elves and beasts, forcibly taking magic from elves and chi and strength from beasts. Because of this, to use dragon's lace, a dragon must put on what is called a 'Dragon Glove' which is also a spelled cloth that cancels the spells of the lace as long as it touches nothing else. As soon as it makes contact with the unwilling target, the dragon glove loses it's effect and the lace begins to feed it's endless hunger.
Despite the dragon's best efforts, there are a few instances of where humans and elves have gotten hold of pieces of dragon's lace. Until recently, humans had no knowledge of what it was they possessed and it changed hands and was cut and used as normal cloth, losing it's ability. Sometime around the time escree was discovered, so was dragon's lace. Now it is actively sought out for nefarious reasons. Elves return it, having no need for something they cannot control, suck away their magic, and cannot get information about since they cannot get close for a long enough period to study it without feeling sick. Beasts, if they have had contact with it, show no signs of ever experiencing the power stealing cloth, but recognize it due to stories they have heard about ir from their dragon kin.
Dragon's lace is made by mixing several spells that suck in the energy of anything around it and casting it onto a piece of cloth or fabric as it is being made. The spells used are intricate and only known by dragon elders who pass on their knowledge only if death is imminent and if a suitable candidate for the knowledge has been chosen.
The spells put on fabric to make dragon's lace are indiscriminate as to whose energy they suck in. It's most effective on dragons, but still works against both elves and beasts, forcibly taking magic from elves and chi and strength from beasts. Because of this, to use dragon's lace, a dragon must put on what is called a 'Dragon Glove' which is also a spelled cloth that cancels the spells of the lace as long as it touches nothing else. As soon as it makes contact with the unwilling target, the dragon glove loses it's effect and the lace begins to feed it's endless hunger.
Despite the dragon's best efforts, there are a few instances of where humans and elves have gotten hold of pieces of dragon's lace. Until recently, humans had no knowledge of what it was they possessed and it changed hands and was cut and used as normal cloth, losing it's ability. Sometime around the time escree was discovered, so was dragon's lace. Now it is actively sought out for nefarious reasons. Elves return it, having no need for something they cannot control, suck away their magic, and cannot get information about since they cannot get close for a long enough period to study it without feeling sick. Beasts, if they have had contact with it, show no signs of ever experiencing the power stealing cloth, but recognize it due to stories they have heard about ir from their dragon kin.
