Tale of the Weary

A story by Murky Muse created purely for the funny. Found here.

''Come now and listen to the Muse sing. Sing a song of tattered travelers, heroic and crude. A huntsman with a curse, a knightly prince, a sorceress who may not be sane, and a dragon who would prefer to eat them all; this is their tale, the Tale of the Weary.''

An Affectionate Parody on the Heroic Fantasy genre. The story follows four characters seeking the cure to a curse.
 * Forest, a huntsman with a curse. Can be either The Hero or The Lancer depending on point of view.
 * Prince Carloman Leopold Michael of Mercia, The Knighted and Titled Protector of the Peoples.
 * Mist, a gifted sorceress who is also very unique.
 * Pyrrhus, a dragon who is only helping the group because his grandfather told him to.

Tropes:

 * Blind Seer: Played with- Sibyl is deaf.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Carloman
 * Distressed Damsel: subverted-
 * The Fair Folk
 * Fourth Wall Observer: Sibyl and Mist
 * Fractured Fairy Tale
 * Functional Magic
 * Narrator: The writer acts as an narrator.
 * Interactive Narrator: Only with Mist.
 * Our Werewolves Are Different:
 * Shout Out: From Homer to Firefly
 * Shrouded in Myth: Mist
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: The dragons can shift into a human form.
 * You All Meet in An Inn: At least Carloman and Forest do.