Database and Lore

Vibria (NSFW)

Dragons are often everywhere in history. Cultures around the world all have their own variants of the serpentine-like creatures. Among one of the well-known dragons is that of Víbria de Barcelona, but who is she, and what was she known for? The story of her comes down to the famous story regarding that of Saint George and the Dragon. In the story, a dragon would come and pillage the local village of Silene in Libya. A man by the name of George of Lydda went to the town to find that the waters had been poisoned. The town was offering women and children to be devoured by the dragon (wyvern) in the area. George came up with a plan of tricking the dragon by using a woman as bait. When the dragon came out of the cave, George slew the creature with his spear and brought the corpse to the town to celebrate. This story is one of the older known stories told by Christian texts that deal with dragons. George would even be declared a Saint and later be called Saint George for his deeds in saving the town. To this day, a celebration is held that mimics this very event. Gaining the name Víbria de Barcelona, the festival recreates a similar play of the heroic deeds of Saint George as he fights a dragon. It is a time-honored tradition of an ancient event, and throughout Europe, similar plays recreate the famous event along with other stories of wyverns being wiped out by great heroes. Víbria is often associated with that of the wyvern, a winged serpent with wings instead of arms. In fact, the word Víbria can even mean the word Wyvern. Wyverns sometimes are considered to be non-dragons, but this a matter of perspective. All cultures have their ideas and concepts of what a dragon is and what they are capable of doing. In the case of Víbria, the dragon is often associated with that of a serpent with wings, a tail of a snake, and even having women’s breasts. In Tales of Heroes, dragons very much exist, and Víbria often tells of the famous story that occurred where she had to fight Saint George. Of course, the story isn’t exactly how it had happened. According to her, most of the event was an accident, and she felt bad for causing the mess, to begin with. Instead of having the ability to breathe fire, she has the ability to spit toxic/acidic venom at an attacker. Her breath was so toxic that when she sleeps near the rivers, she can actually end up poisoning it by accident. After the famous event, Vibria had wondered about the countryside trying to find peace and solitude. She did her best, but it seemed she had to avoid humanity as much as she could. Víbria, much like the other dragons, has the ability to take up three different forms. One is her human form, another is her in-between form (Seen above), and the other form is that of the great wyvern. Víbria would later meet and befriend (In her human form) the great Pier Gerlofs Donia, a known hero in what was Frisia that is now a part of the Netherlands and Germany. The pirate fought a war against the Black Band, a group that worked under the Duke of Saxony. The Black Band engaged in a bloody affair of killing the kinsfolks/friends and destroying property that belonged to Donia. Donia had known Víbria as a strong and powerful woman (whom she often disguised herself as a man) that fought alongside him. Embracing the concept of defending one’s home, the dragon had learned of her first calling of defending others. Donia was a powerful and strong man. In legend, he was said to wield not one, but two Zweihänders. These great swords are so large that they require two hands to hold them. Donia was able to hold a sword in each hand. Joining in his army, Víbria would continue to fight against the enemies of Donia until his eventual death. Despite his passing, he didn’t want to leave the dragon empty-handed. He gave his son and one his swords to her. To this day, only one of Donia’s swords is on display at the Fries Museum of Leeuwarden. Only the absolute few know where the other sword went…… It was here that Víbria de Barcelona, as she enjoyed calling herself, would meet the dragon Sárkány. The Hungarian Dragon had embraced a calling that he was to recreate the round table of King Arthur after finding the Clarent sword used by the famous king. What was considered a joke to some, had actually worked. The dragon had created the Dragon’s Circle that would gather dragons throughout Europe into a single entity devoted to protecting humanity against other known evils. Víbria had become the right-hand dragon to Sárkány using Donia’s sword as her preferred weapon. Reforging the sword, she would often use an all or nothing approach flying in and using both hands to swing the blade as hard as she could. Even though her wings are a part of her arms, she would fight to the last if need be in whatever form she used. Despite the loss of several mythics due to the destructive form known as Cataclysm, Víbria and a few of the dragons did manage to survive to continue the Dragon’s Circle in the Coalition of Deities. The dragon is often on call to search and engage in whatever missions that are required of her without question. Often some consider her the female version of Sárkány due to the way she talks with others and boasts to others of her past glory. Much like Sárkány, Víbria will be in her own world thinking of glory while another event is transpiring next to her. To this day, the dragon will never give up as she swings her favorite sword against the evils that come her way.