[Task 1, 2, 3] Dragonstone

[Brandon Stark]

Located in the north of the Mystic Isles, close to both Avalonia and Mitgardia, Dragonstone is a prosperous and thriving elven island. Led by the elven Lord Brandon Stark, the elves of Dragonstone founded the port city over 3,000 years ago. Even after the elves suffered major blows in their wars with the drow, Dragonstone continued to prosper. During the Hundred Kingdoms Period, the Kingdom of Dragonstone engaged in multiple wars with their neighbors. At its height, the Kingdom of Dragonstone stretched as far as the borders of Oros, but a multitude of rebellions and wars eventually drove the elves back to the coast, and in later years, back to their island. 

By the time Artorious Rex mysteriously arrived in Avalonia, the power and prestige of Dragonstone had greatly faded. The Kingdom faced many attacks from barbarian and evil Men from the mainland. After he defeated their enemies and restored them to a position of power once more, the elves of Dragonstone pledged their swords to Artorious Rex and the Guild of Avalonia, vowing to always defend it. Now, even with Artorious Rex gone, the Kingdom of Dragonstone still holds strong bonds with the Guild, and well still come to defend it when the time is right. Should Avalonia fall into darkness once more, the elves of Dragonstone will proudly stand by their human allies. 

Today, Dragonstone is medium sized island in the north of the Mystic Isles. House Stark rules from the castle of Dragonstone and the adjoining port city of the same name. Dragonstone is surrounded by many walls, built by the dwarves of Mitgardia to protect Dragonstone and instilled with a powerful ancient runic magic that makes it nearly impervious to siege weapons; the reason Dragonstone has never been taken by force. It is said 500 soldiers can hold the walls against 20,000. The walls stand as a symbol of the age-old friendship between the northern dwarves and the elves of Dragonstone. Through interactions with Men, the port of Dragonstone has a more Avalonian architecture than elven architecture, though that does not mean some aspects remain. 

The surrounding countryside of Dragonstone is covered in a large forest, where centuries of elven and some Druid magic have a profound effect on the land. Trees in the forest have small magical properties, and both elven and druid shrines dot the forest. Besides the forest, their are small patches of farmland. The local farmers know to respect the forest, refusing to clear land in there, and so farming is only a minor part of the economy in Dragonstone. In the middle of the island is a lone mountain, on which the castle of Dragonstone is located. Like the walls, the castle was also built by the dwarves and instilled with an ancient runic magic. 

Task 1 by Brandon Stark, on Flickr

The military of Dragonstone consists of around 500 well trained elven warriors. From left to right are the Elite Guard, the best of the soldiers whose job is to guard the Lord of Dragonstone and the castle. Next is the common soldiers, the backbone of the Dragonstone army. Then, there is the Dragonstone City Guard, who are the law enforcement of the city, yet can hold their own in a battle. Also, there is the archers, some armed with bows, others with crossbows. As elves are great archers, these soldiers are many times the deciding force in a battle. Lastly is the light cavalry. Unlike the rest of Avalonia, there is no heavy cavalry as the strategy of the army is to be quick. 

Task 2 by Brandon Stark, on Flickr

Although Lord Brandon Stark prefers to travel discreetly, avoiding detection, he will often travel with his two companions, Jason, the commander of the Elite Guard, and Kevan, the person who runs his spy network and also an adviser to him. Both are his oldest friends and have utter loyalty to him. 

[LegoEomer]

Good story and nice minifigures. However, I do suggest you add a map so others can reference the places you mentioned. 

[TitusV]

Neat figs!  

[soccerkid6]

Good use of the skirt pieces for the soldiers  Interesting back story as well

[Slegengr]

Your minifigs are really nice, especially the use of the skirt the same color as the shirt to show a surcoat!  Now I wish LEGO made the skirt in many plain colors!

[Umbra-Manis]

Nice assortment of figures!

[Brandon Stark]

On 12/18/2016 at 10:29 AM, LegoEomer said:

Good story and nice minifigures. However, I do suggest you add a map so others can reference the places you mentioned. 

Thank you! I have a map that I may add.

On 12/19/2016 at 1:52 AM, TitusV said:

Neat figs!  

Thanks!

12 hours ago, soccerkid6 said:

Good use of the skirt pieces for the soldiers  Interesting back story as well

Thank you! Due to the lack of minifigure prints on LDD, I tried to think of something to look like a surcoat. Glad you like it. 

10 hours ago, Slegengr said:

Your minifigs are really nice, especially the use of the skirt the same color as the shirt to show a surcoat!  Now I wish LEGO made the skirt in many plain colors!

Thank you! 

3 hours ago, Umbra-Manis said:

Nice assortment of figures!

Thanks!

[Grover]

I would like to be able to see a closer up picture and at least one flank of the first task picture.  It's a little hard to make out in the LDD drawing.  Other than that, I like the idea of having various troops for various tasks in the military.  I think it works well.  I especially like the green hoods.