Out of all Dragons around or frankly alive short of the gods Riikano was the oldest, wisest and the most revered. Even chromatic wyrms would listen when he spoke but as one of Io's servants he took no sides aside from the side of dragonkind and the betterment for his entire species. He held no grudges, and being well on the path to immortality no horde either. He had devoured it to prolong his life indefinitely. He was just a single small step short, of a god. So it's no wonder that he felt the presence of the humans upon his island and the shifting emotions of one of the younger charges.
Ranma, the formerly human dragon. A sweet and wise child who had been changed so utterly that if not for the fact that he had performed the ceremony of transformation Riikano would have never believed him to be human. He got along well with dragons of all colours and dispositions showing his elders respect and his youngers patience. Admirable traits for one so inexperienced.
Curious as to why humans would be so interested in the small (compared to him) dragon Riikano took off from his personal sleeping area under the lava itself and soared towards them with grace almost unheard of in creatures his size. He quickly formshifted into a falcon's shape and fluttered down nearby in time to hear Ranma breath a sigh of deepest relief. Riikano mentally smiled at this and formshifted again into a wizened elderly elf with fading golden hair and eyes.
'So they have come to claim the child... although two decades is but a moment to our kind humans come and go in that time.' he thought.
"Lord Riikano! I'm sorry if these... guests have disturbed you." Ranma quickly said as Chlorine hid behind him an instinctual fear of much more powerful creatures taking over. Riikano rolled his eyes at this but his gaze passed over the many present humans, they were humans but the oldest of their number resembled a long haired female gnome more then anything.
"No disturbance young one. Although I am quite curious as to why human's would come to our home. There is nothing here for them or theirs and none are suicidal enough to attack." he said.
"Apparently these people have a claim on me. She claims to be my mother but I am no longer human as such there is no blood relation and I have been raised by Aesthyr so... I am unsure as to what to make of their claim. It seems baseless but there is a ring of both conviction and truth within their tones." Ranma explained and Riikano stroked his chin.
"Puzzling, and this involves your adoptive mother intimately. I will contact her and we can debate as to what to do." he said and used a sending spell to quickly appraise Aesthyr of the situation. She was down in a flash, literally the speed she moved at and the fact that her scales gleamed made a huge silver flash appear. She was now glaring down at the humans that dared to claim her child as their own. Vrakarhesjing may not be hers by blood but she had raised him as dearly as any of her own hatchlings.
"Aesthyrondalaurai I understand that you are upset but intimidating them will not aid you. Furthermore it will only make them believe you used some form of subversion to get your way." Riikano said with patience and with a snap Aesthyr was a silver haired and eyed elf maiden impeccably dressed and yes still glaring at the NWC.
"Mommy you're scaring me." Chlorine whimpered trying to hide behind Ranma. This caused her to blink and calm down before kneeling nearby the tiny wyrmling and embracing her gently.
"I'm sorry my little leaf. I'm just worried that they may try to hurt or take your big brother away." she said.
"Well now then I will erect a zone of truth and everyone present may argue a case. The dragons currently watching us while formshifted or polymorphed will act as witnesses. I will not tolerate argument or hostility. If you indeed do have a reasonable, logical attachment to our young Lung Dragon then a two way portal will be erected allowing him to come and go as he pleases. If not then all of you including the two currently unconscious and the one running frantically about the island and setting off every other lair and horde ward shall be banished and never to return to this place short of the gods directly aiding you." Riikano ordered and there were numerous near explosions of power as numerous dragons let themselves transform to normal and dozens of powerful scaled beings appeared around them as a barriar erected around the area. One that everyone could sense would destroy all abilities to lie.
"Court is now in session." Riikano said smartly.
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