𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤@andytiedye@sfba.social
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A Tale of Two Dragons
There once was a dragon named Fafnir. You may have heard of him. He was long on gold, and his idea of investing in the community was to breathe fire on it. One day someone got lucky with a ballista and that was the end of Fafnir. The ensuing war over his hoard is a story for another day.
There was another dragon, a baby basilisk, hatched by a lizard from a rooster's egg. It gaze was turning people to stone. Poor thing didn't even know it was a basilisk, it was just looking for its mommy. A milkmaid came along, having polished her pail to a shiny mirror finish, and reflected the basilisk gaze back at the basilisk. That didn't actually kill it, but it caused it to realize what its gaze was doing. They came to an arrangement. The basilisk grew up to become the protector and emblem of the city of Basel. Nobody has attacked the city (or indeed the country) in over 500 years. Is it any wonder that this dragon is revered and its likeness can be found all over the city?