The ancient oracle of Salan foretold that two girls born to royalty on a full moon and under a shooting star would be blessed by Elshira the Great Mother with strength only the gods had known before. In the kingdom of Yelure, five centuries later, that set of conditions came to pass, and there was great rejoicing. The king and queen named their daughters Patience and Charity, both proud and nervous about what the two girls may become.
As the twin princesses grew to womanhood they grew from short and skinny like their parents to great, hulking but incredibly beautiful women, slightly taller, wider and heavier than the elephants on the plains to the north, and with biceps larger around than pillars in the palace, and legs larger still. As they grew they began to go without clothing, eventually just doing everything in the nude, both because of how hard it was to make garments to fit them and how fast they outgrew them. When asked about it they would say that it would be a shame to cover bodies as impressive as theirs.
Shortly after the sisters came of age, a messenger from the kingdom’s neighbor to the east arrived at the palace. A group of miners had accidentally awakened one of the ancient dragons, and the beast was laying waste to the neighboring country, with no army their king sent against it able to stop it. Wanting to test their power, the twins offered to go instead of the king’s army. They traveled on foot, reaching their destination in a matter of hours, far faster than the messenger on horseback. They fought the dragon for five days and nights. At first neither side could harm the other. The twins could not penetrate the creatures’ armored hide and it could do no more than lightly singe their bulging, naked bodies. However, the godly blessing had more to it. As the battle wore on the princesses grew stronger, their muscles becoming denser and ever so slightly larger. On the dawn of the sixth day the dragon broke its teeth on Patience’s colossal bicep. In response, the hulking princess grabbed her enemy by the jaws, holding its mouth closed and its head in place. Charity took the opportunity to straddle the beast’s neck and crush it between her massive, powerful legs. Three days later, after a great festival in their honor, the giant princesses ran home, now even faster than before. The battle was over, but their legend was only beginning.
