Flashback to 20 odd years ago when Damon was a newborn baby
Now as we peasants all knew the King had two sons and
twin daughters
spoiled rotten Alexander
spoiled rotten Brendan
and meek and mild mannered
Lady Elizabeth and Lady Monica
(sorry baby Damon,you're a commoner)
Well Alexander and Brendan partied and boozed and wenched and raced and gambled the Kingdoms treasury away
so amongst other things neither Lady Elizabeth or Monica were going to have a dowry to get married with.
The mean King was already taxing the aristocracy,the peasants and
the town merchants as much as he could and squeezing the overtaxed human populace
any more probably would have led to a riot
or worse a revolution to overthrow the Royal Brats Alexander and Brendan
So since Damons Dad was the Tax Collector the King
called him in to the Court Room
and squealed for more money.
There was only one source of taxes left
tax dragon hoards
Since dragons absolutely do not want to part with so much as one coin from their hoards
Damons Dad obviously had a problem,.
So whilst baby Damon bawled away in his tax collector parents house
Damons Dad started hammering up Royal Notices to trees near
dragon caves proclaiming that
Siegfried,Sigurd,Saint George,Beowulf and other dragon slayers the Kingdoms dragons were well aware of and feared
had offered to come to the Kingdom and slay dragons for their hoards
with the proceeds split 50/50 between
the King and the Dragon slayers
So cheap tight fisted miserly dragons got the message and slowly
dragons paid the tax collector
Damons Dad
the due amount on the new Hoard Tax.
In the case of Damon's future fairy dragon godparents they had no hoard to pay a tax with.
So Damons Dad and the two fairy dragons had dickered and finally
the two tight clawed miserly dragon fairies had given Damons Dad the two
magical Rings for his new born son Damon.
But since they were as cheap and miserly as any other dragon in the Kingdom
those Rings really didn't do much more then allow Damon to turn into a dragon
or dragoness for
nine minutes
( you'll notice I've chopped away at the 3hour power)
Back to current time,20 something Damon,son of the Tax Collector
So barely had Damon popped up in the Royal Forest in his
dragon shape when the nine minutes was up and
he was his commoner kid self agai
(and clothed)
There was the sound of hooves as the Royal Hunting Party burst onto the scene
Duke Alexander and Duke Brendan at the lead
Lady's Elizabeth and Monica somewhere behind
and lots of soldiers and spoiled aristocrats milling about
Quite sensibly Damon tried to hide,after all a commoner was not allowed in the Royal Forest on pain of death apon discovery
"Halt you filthy peasant" snarled Duke Alexander as he cut off Damons escape and raised his sword,ready to have fun with the comer before lopping of his head
"Oh Alex" said Lady Monica
"Don't be foolish.can't you see this is the simpleton
son of our father's retired Tax Collector Huey?"
Alexander took a closer look at the petrified Damon
"Why Monica,I believe you're right,its simple minded Damon"
"My mistake"