Reversal of the Heart is a 2011 animated short film that tells a very Disney like story that opens when a prince kills a baby dragon for the glowing gem heart in its chest, as a gift for the princess he loves... not knowing that the mother of said baby dragon has put a curse on the gem that turns the princess into a dragon. Mistaking her for a dragon that has murdered his love, he tries to kill her, with the princess only nearly escaping.
Afterwards, she recruits a young, commoner, amateur wizard to help her go on a quest to undo the curse, as her former love tracks them down. In the end, the dragon princess and the wizard arrive at the dragon mountain, but the prince is waiting for them. In the ensuing scuffle, the princess is mortally wounded and her heart gem shatters, turning her human again. But through some disney magic stuff, she's brought back... and the prince realizes he tried to kill the woman he loved. But by this point, she's fallen in love with the wizard and he with her. And then the pissed off mother dragon confronts her babies killer, breaths fire on him, and when it clears there's a baby dragon where the prince stood. It's left ambiguous if she turned the prince into a baby dragon, or killed the prince to bring back her baby.
Offhand, if this were a D&D campaign, the PC's would probably get the Wizard's role and have to help a princess who's been turned into a dragon turn back. Ironically, I think Chromatic Dragons would probably work best for this story. Because the mother clearly wanted the prince to kill the princess... so he would suffer just as the mother suffered. And I doubt Bahamut would endorse a curse like this. Tiamat, on the other hand, probably would. Plus, turning someone into a baby dragon or killing someone to resurrect a baby dragon sounds like dark magic. So perhaps a theme is even Chromatic Dragons deserve justice and compensation when they are the victims of terrible crimes. Plus, their colors can affiliate with certain gems. What else could you add? By the way, here's the short. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHLwG3ioD4Y
Reversal of the Heart is a 2011 animated short film that tells a very Disney like story that opens when a prince kills a baby dragon for the glowing gem heart in its chest, as a gift for the princess he loves... not knowing that the mother of said baby dragon has put a curse on the gem that turns the princess into a dragon. Mistaking her for a dragon that has murdered his love, he tries to kill her, with the princess only nearly escaping.
Afterwards, she recruits a young, commoner, amateur wizard to help her go on a quest to undo the curse, as her former love tracks them down. In the end, the dragon princess and the wizard arrive at the dragon mountain, but the prince is waiting for them. In the ensuing scuffle, the princess is mortally wounded and her heart gem shatters, turning her human again. But through some disney magic stuff, she's brought back... and the prince realizes he tried to kill the woman he loved. But by this point, she's fallen in love with the wizard and he with her. And then the pissed off mother dragon confronts her babies killer, breaths fire on him, and when it clears there's a baby dragon where the prince stood. It's left ambiguous if she turned the prince into a baby dragon, or killed the prince to bring back her baby.
Offhand, if this were a D&D campaign, the PC's would probably get the Wizard's role and have to help a princess who's been turned into a dragon turn back. Ironically, I think Chromatic Dragons would probably work best for this story. Because the mother clearly wanted the prince to kill the princess... so he would suffer just as the mother suffered. And I doubt Bahamut would endorse a curse like this. Tiamat, on the other hand, probably would. Plus, turning someone into a baby dragon or killing someone to resurrect a baby dragon sounds like dark magic. So perhaps a theme is even Chromatic Dragons deserve justice and compensation when they are the victims of terrible crimes. Plus, their colors can affiliate with certain gems. What else could you add? By the way, here's the short. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHLwG3ioD4Y