Dragon Rider RP (Closed)

"See, you get it. I can't exactly control creatures with free will," he muttered, "If it had been entirely my fault, I might accept my punishment."
Aurelius opened a second book and began skimming through. This one was an old, ragged journal written by someone who studied on the field. It was all hand-written and carefully illustrated. He flipped back to the cover to see what he could find out about when and where the observations took place. It was written fifty years ago in a province northeast of where they were.

"Yeah… this one is fascinating, but it's about drakes from another region, I think. I'll flip through all of the illustrations to see if I can find anything that looks like Riven, but if not, we might be back to the drawing board."
Aurelius flipped towards the end of his book. "Wait. There's one here that's unidentified. We should mark that. Says it's rarely spotted by humans, and there are only believed to be at most one hundred of them left in the wild, if they exist. This was written fifty years ago. There's no way to be sure yet, but this entry might be important."

"For a species that's being poached, it's enough time to be hunted to near extinction. Riven could be one of the last of his kind," Aurelius said sadly, "Unless Dragoncallers in the east have taken measures to save them, that is."

Aurelius laughed a little. "Maybe. It's very sad. I've always joked about wanting to go restart and build my own society for the people who truly care about saving dragons and dedicating their lives to study them, but it sure does sound nice. They may be strong, but humans build specialized weapons to pierce their scales and destroy their wings. If we don't do something, they're all going to die. I don't see the point in not coexisting with a species that has eons of wisdom to share."

Valkyrie looked over the paper and started to tell her what to write in the different sections. Most of it was simple things, such as name, age, and date of move-in.

"Yeah, I'd probably have died without Nox. She brought about a new appreciation for dragons from me. I always lived around them, but she helped me through the toughest things, and she sparked a bit more love and desire to help her and her brethren," Aurelius said.

Aurelius smiled. “I couldn’t be happier that you’re here though. You’ve brought a lot to this village. We’re lucky to have someone with your skill set and attitude around.”

Valkyrie thanked the man and followed Mara out, but it was too late. She had already taken off. Valkyrie started jogging towards the library, not wanting to bother Valhalla.

(Quincy and Aurelius are in the library. Val and Mara are headed there.)

Aurelius looked up. “Interesting is one word for it. I have a hunch, and things don’t exactly look good.”

“Only vague mentions of a drake hardly spotted by humans,” he explained, “I think that might be our ticket. But the deal is, their numbers are dwindling, or believed to be.”
Valkyrie finally walked in and asked what was happening. Aurelius explained again.

“Riven, come in,” Aurelius said, “There’s room.”
He stopped for a moment to think of how to tell Mara this.
“Well, I have my guesses as to why Riven’s species in particular might be highly targeted, but in general, dragons are seen as dangerous and hunted for sport and trade.”

“Well, as Farron said, they were used for racing in addition to being hunted. But you say Riven is very emotionally in tune with you. Empathy can be manipulated, and it may have made his species an easier target,” Aurelius guessed.

“This is all the more reason why we need to go out there. We have a region to go off of. That’s one valuable thing,” Aurelius continued.