VIII. Dragons, Wizards, and Other Perfectly Reasonable Medieval Problems
If you ask a child what the Middle Ages were like, they will say dragons, swords, and maybe one castle toilet hanging out over a moat.
Honestly, that is close enough.
Every town had at least one story about a dragon on the hill, a wizard in the woods, or a goose with truly demonic eyes.
The dragon was usually a large lizard in the telling and an accounting problem in reality.
A kingdom could survive famine, plague, and war, but a dragon sitting on the tax route was simply bad for revenue.
So heroes were sent forth, usually teenagers with hair too clean to be trusted.
They carried glowing swords, suspicious prophecy, and a total lack of long-term planning.
Sometimes they saved the day.
Sometimes they got roasted into legend-flavored charcoal.
Either way, a bard would absolutely turn it into a song with an unnecessary .