Chapter I – from the Book of Strength

Currid was born a gentleman. However, he had no wealth in land and was the son of a steward to a Dragon Lord. As a young man, Currid fell in love with the Dragon Lords daughters, Shasta, for her amazing beauty. He proposed marriage to her, but she rejected him on the basis that he is far below her in status. After making an oath at the temple of Kord to win the heart of the fair maiden, Currid decided to go out and make a name for himself through bravery and strength, in order that Shasta would accept him as a husband.
So began the adventures of Currid, as he armed himself and headed for vast world in search of opportunities to test his strength and bring honor the name of Kord. Currid soon encountered the maiden Dorinda who had been falsely imprisoned as part of a foul plot. Currid fought the three men who had lied in order to pace her in prison, and he killed two of them. The other one fled, and was struck down by Kord as a coward. However, while sailing away, Currid's ship encountered and was attacked by the ship own by the King of Knives, the mastermind behind the plot against Dorinda. Currid singlehandedly cut a path through his enemies, and they eventually gave up and retreated. Currid next visited Skalandar, where he entered a tournament of jousting and martial prowess. He bested all his competitors and as a reward for winning was promised the hand of Princess Sveetru. Currid remained true to his love for Shasta and gave up the opportunity to marry Sveetru, instead requesting she donate the amount of her dowery to the building of a shrine to Kord. Currid returned to his homeland with the riches that had been the remainder of his prize from the tournament. He once again proposed to Shasta, but she turned him down again. She was not overly impressed by the deeds that he had thus far performed, and said that she could not marry him until he carried out even greater feats of heroism.
In Dunsmore far from the city of his home, a dragon was terrorizing the countryside and killing any man who tried to stop it. This dragon was twelve feet high and twenty-nine feet long, and was destroying everything it saw. Currid heard reports of the beast, and went to try his luck. After a fierce battle he emerged victorious, the monster dead at his feet. The King of the Land was so thankful that he knighted Currid. Currid then traveled across the vast sea, to join the battle against a vast horde of orcs, and in doing so convinced the entire city to observer Kord as the cities patron god. Some time later upon his way back home, Currid and his servants were walking through the woods and he came upon sixteen ruffians assaulting a Lord and Lady. The ruffians did not stand a chance. Currid left the bound Lord and Lady in the care of his entourage and chased after the fleeing bandits, getting lost in the woods as a result. Continuing through the woods, Currid happened upon a battle between a lion and a griffon. He decided to watch the fight and aid whichever creature was losing. The lion was getting the worst of it and appeared to be almost finished. Currid stepped in and defeated the griffon. After the fight was over, the lion became his constant companion as a show of thanks. Together the lion and Currid managed after many adventures to escape the woods and return to Currids home. At the gates of the city the lion thanked Currid and left him to go his own way.
After all these acts of heroism, he returned home to Shasta. When he went to ask for her hand in marriage again he discovered that the Lord and Lady who had been set upon by the bandits in the forest were the Dragon Lord and his wife, thus Shasta finally agreed to marry him. In celebration of their marriage the Dragon Lord built a giant stadium dedicated to Kord, which still stands in the Capitol today.