Sir Tancred rode his horse down a winding road. The middle aged knight was dressed up in his whole armored regalia while his longsword stood fastened to his saddle. He knew it was unwise to be fully armored on a hot summers day like this but he had to be on guard. Ultimately, he reached a fork in the road. A sign there read “Bergmire bog” on the left and “castle town of Duke Edmund of Southlund” on the right. He sat there a few seconds before spotting a young farmer in a straw hat riding down the road in a horsedrawn cart. Tancred whistled at the man to secure his attention.

The man turned around and headed toward Tancred. He looked over the armored knight, “You're with the order correct?”

Tancred dismounted his horse and approached the farmer. “Yes sir, the order dispatched me.”

He sighed in relief. “God be praised that word of the foul dragon taking over our castle has reached their ears.”

Tancred nodded, “Yes we received word from a panicked tax collector about the dragon and his unholy forces occupying your castle. A bigger army is coming to slay the foul dragon. I'm merely here to assess the castle for information in preparation of their arrival.

The farmer nodded, “I see.”

“If it's at all possible sir, could you aid me in getting inside the castle walls.

“I believe I can do so.” The farmer brought a hand to his chin.

-----

The rattling of the farmer's cart filled Tancred's ears. He couldn't see much through the bales of hay he had hidden himself within, but it was tolerable. Thankfully the heat had begun to die down somewhat since Tancred shed his armor, donning nothing but a plain tunic. He felt the cart come to a halt and voices began talking.

“Who are you?” A gruff yet feminine voice asked.

“I'm a local Farmer miss.” The farmer said back.

“State your business; Empress Theadora has put strict limits on who's allowed in and out of the castle.”

Empress? Tancred thought. Whoever this dragoness was she clearly had a significant issue with pretension. He had little more time to dwell on this, though, as he felt the cart lurch forward again. Several minutes later the farmer's voice whispered to him.

“You can come out, we're in.” Tancred dug his way out of the bales of hay.

“Bless you sir.” Tancred dusted some stray hay from his cloak. “You will be rewarded for your contributions to helping us slay the dragon.”
Tancred departed and looked around the area. The enclosed bailey of the castle seemed to be working as if there was little wrong but Tancred could feel the tension in the air. The guards for the castle weren't noble guards like you'd expect instead everywhere he saw armed men in mismatched armor parts. That was unusual but what disturbed Tancred the most was the unusual concentration of dragon touched bearing arms and armor. Tancred was an experienced dragonslayer and already he could piece together the truth of the matter. A delusional dragoness had gotten it into her head that she had divine right to govern these lands. So she used her vast dragon's horde to buy herself an army to take over a relatively unimportant border castle of the kingdom.

If this dragoness fancied herself an empress than perhaps he could exploit her ego to slay her before the main force arrived. A single envenomed dagger was all he required. There were only two problems with his plan: how would he get close enough and does she possess magic? The answer to the second problem was straightforward. Tancred reached into his pocket and pulled out a jewel encrusted amulet. So long as he wore the amulet, the black magics of the dragon could not harm him. The order had learned from the last time they sent a knight into a fight with a dragoness without sacred protection. He promptly slid the amulet on; all that remained was getting close enough to kill the dragoness.

Tancred looked around the bailey in search of a way into the castle, almost immediately a man hauling butchered chickens towards the castle caught his eye.

“excuse me sir.” he shouted out the to the man.

“What do you want? I'm very busy, the empress wants these chickens for her and her men's lunch. If I don't deliver them soon, she'll be quite angry.” The man said before turning away.

“But sir don't you recognize your old friend.” Tancred flashed his left hand to show him a ring encrusted with the symbol of the dragonslayers. 

The man nodded, “Ah how could I forget about you old friend. I can spare a moment for you.”

“I've come visiting from afar, and would like a word with the lord of this castle.”

The man shook his head, “Sorry old friend but Theadora isn't seeing any visitors from afar today. Maybe you could come around back for a hot meal later?”

Tancred nodded. “Of course, thank you kind sir.” The man soon departed and Tancred made his way around the keep's tower. 

He circled that tower for a while before an armored man called to him from a wide-open door. “Hey peasant, you need a hot meal?”

Tancred nodded, “Yes sir I could use a hot meal. Would you let me in?”

The guard nodded and motioned for Tancred to enter. Tancred approached the door, and the guard led him through the corridors of the castle. Eventually, the two of them found themselves in the kitchen of the castle, everyone there was busy frantically cooking food. 

“It's ok sir; we're among friends. We can speak openly.” The guard said to Tancred. “So the order got word of the dragoness?”
Tancred nodded, “yes they did, they dispatched me to perform reconnaissance before a larger force arrives to deal with the dragon. That said, I'm an experienced dragonslayer and believe I can kill the dragoness before they arrive.”

“If you propose such a mission, I urge caution. This dragoness possesses powerful spell craft; I witnessed her disintegrate several guards before my very eyes. I.” The guard looked down in shame. “I surrendered like a coward and allowed her to take Duke Edmund hostage.” 

Tancred placed a hand on his shoulder. “Don't worry, I'll avenge your duke. For now though you can fulfill your oath to him by answering my questions.”

The guard smiled a bit, “Thank you sir. Ask anything I'll answer the best I can.”

“Is the dragoness touched or is she wild?”

“Touched,” the guard replied.

“When did all this happen and what happened specifically?”

“A few weeks ago the dragoness and her band of mercenaries came out of the bog and slaughtered most of the guards before taking the duke hostage.”

“Where is she in the castle?”

“The duke's private bed chambers.”

“How well is she guarded?”

“Two touched women stand watch at her door all hours of the day. Only the servants that deliver her food are allowed in.”

Tancred smiled. “Then perhaps I can bring this woman her lunch and some justice for your lord.” Tancred drew his envenomed dagger.

“I'd like that very much.” The guard smirked and put a hand on the Tancred's shoulder.

It didn't take long for the kitchen staff to give Tancred the dragoness's lunch. He went into the great hall of the castle and noted something unusual. Everywhere there were banners of an eagle's claw reaching for something unseen on a blue background. Why hadn't the dragoness torn down the castle's symbols yet? Surely a woman as egotistical as her wouldn't tolerate anything that detracted from her beauty. Tancred made his way up a spiral staircase towards the back of the great hall. As he was walking, he looked over the dragoness's meal consisting of a chicken breast and a drumstick. Why wasn't this meal more lavish? The more and more Tancred climbed the stairs the more and more things felt wrong. Something immense seemed wrong though, but Tancred couldn't quite figure out what. He had to stow these thoughts, though, as he finished climbing the stairs and saw two touched guards standing next to a wood door. 

“I'm here to bring her majesty lunch.” Tancred announced.
“Oh” The touched woman said loudly. “You may go in kind sir, just set the food on the table and be on your way.” She opened the door for Tancred. Tancred entered the room, and the door slammed shut behind him. The duke's master bed stood in the far corner and a simple wooden chair stood positioned facing outside a window. The chair was occupied by someone, but Tancred couldn't get a good view of the occupant from behind. All he could see were yellow claws brushing a tied up black ponytail. With the door shut and the dragoness's back turned this assassination would be easy... almost too easy. Irregardless the time had come. Tancred set the food on the ground and withdrew his envenomed dagger. He approached the dragoness's back but felt himself freeze in place half way. Too late he spotted the dragoness's free claw outstretched and glowing with a pale golden light.

“Did you seriously think you could catch me off guard?” The singsong voice of the dragoness began. Tancred struggled but only managed to shift his eyes to see himself encased in a similar glow as her hand. How was this possible? The amulet was supposed to defend him from dark magic. “3,000 years of life have made me quite an astute woman. Many have tried taking my life in the hope of avenging or regaining their positions... none have succeeded.”

Tancred knew this was a risky situation. He had seriously misread her personality; she was definitely more intelligent than he took her for. But one thing troubled him, the magic. How could she counter the holy amulet? Dragon magic is based in darkness and hatred. Holy magic could not be touched by the blackest of sorcery dragons could conjure. But then he saw it... her hand. The glow of her hand was not black, or blood red like you'd expect from a dragon mage but yellow. It was similar to the hue to the magic of a paladin he saw healing a comrade once. The more he took in her hand the more unusual things about it seemed to make themselves known. Tancred knew dragon scales looked like shiny scale mail of whatever color the dragon was. This dragoness's scales looked more akin to a bird's talons like he'd seen on the eagle talons in the great hall. The dragoness got up from her chair and walked toward Tancred.

Then it all made sense. The dragoness never was a dragoness at all but something he'd never laid eyes on before. Tancred took in her features. She had an eagle's head with large yet humanoid eyes instead of ordinary avian eyes. Her head had black feathers and her hair as he understood it was merely just a fluffy continuation of her feathery head. It was long but tied up into a ponytail by several golden bracers. Blue horse like ears swiveled on her head as it seemed like she was listening around for something. He couldn't get a proper look at her torso as she wore a crimson robe on her body concealing most of it. Although he could still see her avian like talons for hands and feline paws adorning the end of her legs. Tancred saw her tail swish which brought attention to her long leonine tail tipped in what looked like ebony hair. Tancred found himself staring at her breasts as they jiggled with her walking. Her breasts were pronounced, not the largest he'd seen on a touched woman but more than enough to squeeze.

“What,” Tancred stammered. “What in the name of saint George are you?”
She leaned down and brought her beak in close to Tancred. “I'm your better, human.” She rose “Guards.” She called as the touched women entered the room and squeezed the knife from his hands.

“Do you want him dead Theadora?” one of the touched dragonesses asked.

The creature who the touched dragonesses referred to as Theadora just shook her head. “No, I've got better plans in store for him. Her hand stopped glowing, releasing him from her spell. “Undress and bind him.” Tancred tried resisting but failed as the touched women ripped off his clothes and amulet before tying his arms and legs up with rope. “Set him on the bed I'd prefer he not freeze to death on the floor.” The touched complied and tossed him on the bed. “You may leave us now I'll deal with this man myself " She stroked his chest with her fingertip. The touched women nodded and left closing the door behind them. Theadora took Tancred's nude body in. “Quite a well-built man for a lowly assassin. Irregardless if you answer my questions I'll allow you live... if you lie to me well.” She leaned in and touched one of her claws to his jugular vein.

Tancred knew he was defeated and completely at her mercy. Years of training for slaying dragons were useless against whatever this monster was. He had to stall for time until he could be rescued. Therefore, he had to play along. “Who sent you? Was it one of the Scholars from the burning city perhaps?”

Tancred shook his head. “No, the order of dragonslayers dispatched me.”

Theadora tilted her head. “Dragonslayers... ah yes, one of my mercenaries told me about these dragon slayers. Some idiot must have seen all the dragon hybrids and assumed a mad dragon was taking over the castle. Now then are there any more dragonslayers coming?”

Tancred shook his head. “No just me.”

Theadora glared and her hand lit up. Tancred didn't catch much of her motion as he felt himself be hurled across the room and slam into the wall. “I warned you not to lie to me. I was hoping you'd be forthcoming if I was gentle. But it seems like we're gonna have to do this the hard way.” Her hand glowed again and Tancred felt himself float into the air. “Now let's try this again. Is there anyone else coming?”

“Yes.” Tancred blurted out. “a group of more dragonslayers are coming they're just a week's march away from the castle. I'm just here for reconnaissance... I I.”

Tancred felt himself float gently to the floor. “You thought you could dispatch me and take the lions share of the glory, didn't you? I commend your initiative... I might have use of you yet.” She floated him back over to the bed and set him down gently. “Since you were so forthcoming I may as well answer some lingering questions you might have. You see I knew someone would come sooner or later so I dispatched a man to pose as an ordinary farmer to look out for any potential threats. The second he smuggled you into the castle he told me who you were and why you were here. Then the guard who smuggled you into the castle informed me of your plot against my life. Unfortunately, for your gaggle of knights, a legion of my puppets is already en route from Gormuz to secure this region. I'm on the verge of seizing the burning city, so I figured that once that sacred sight fell than I may as well go for the northern realms. As for what I am, I am a gryphon part eagle part lion. Tancred's eyes dilated as he saw her take her robe off to reveal her attractive body . She was covered in a dark blue feathery down aside from her front which was white. Theadora got on the bed and pushed herself against Tancred's body. The proximity of this soft woman and her attitude was giving him an involuntary erection.
“You like my body don't you?” She started stroking his hair. “You've been ogling my breasts ever since I stood up... would you like to touch?” Tancred was flummoxed, his body wanted desperately to lay this woman but his mind recognized that to do so was likely heresy even if she wasn't a dragon. Tancred saw her hand starting to glow again as she touched him on the cheek. The glow spread over his body as Theadora stood up. With a snap of her fingers, the bindings were undone allowing Tancred to shoot up.

“What have you done witch?”

Theadora crossed her arms. “I'm granting your wish human. To touch gryphon breasts for as long as you desire.” A sinister heat fell over Tancred's body as he felt something push itself out of his body. He looked down just in time to see he had grown a coating of fluffy down similar to Theadora's only chestnut brown instead of blue and white. The skin on his forearms began hardening and shifting until he possessed yellow talons tipped in black, curved claws just like she had. His senses went mad as he experienced an intense heat overwhelm his head. When his senses returned to him, he looked down at his nose and saw it had grown into a long yellow beak. Tancred groaned as he felt his penis become fully erect but that didn't last long as his cock and balls withdraw up into his body. When his crotch finished shifting, his humanoid penis had been replaced by a fur covered feline vagina. He winced as he felt himself dwindle in size aside from his behind which grew larger and wider. Tancred placed his arms across his chest as he felt the skin there bubble and expand. When he withdrew his arms from his chest, he saw he had sprouted a pair of medium sized breasts tipped with jet black nipples. He fell to the ground as his feet shifted and changed from their previous humanoid shape to feline paws.

“What..” was all he could muster in his new more high-pitched pitched voice.

“See for yourself.” Theadora's hand glowed as a full-length mirror materialized in the room. Tancred's eyes went wide at the sight before him. He had become A brown gryphon woman with a golden eagle's top and dark brown leonine bottom to match. Tancred ran a claw over his or more accurately her current body. She groped her new boobs but quickly pulled away at how sensitive to touch they were.

“C..change me back...” Tancred impotently demanded.

Theadora just laughed. “Why would I? You're perfect the way you are.”

Tancred's eyes widened. “What?” He never got the chance to finish that sentence as Theadora's hand glowed again. Her body tingled, and she felt her body heat up. Her pussy started dribbling fluid of some kind as well. “What did you do to me?”

“I just sent you into estrus for the next phase. Goodbye human enjoy your new life.” Theadora waved her hand again and like a light Tancred was out.
---

When Tancred awoke, he found himself back in his room in the order's Barracks. “Thank god that the whole thing was a dream.” He stopped as he heard the feminine sound of his voice. Tancred threw the covers off and saw his body was still exactly the same as before he fell unconscious. “What?” She groped her boobs to make sure it was real, and they felt real. As soon as she touched herself, she became acutely aware of an intense heat surrounding her new pussy.

“What did that bitch do to me?”

“Nothing compared to what we're going to do to you.” A her own voice echoed all around her. With a flash, Tancred felt the room jerk away until he was on the ground in an unlimited field. “What's going on?”

Several gryphons began fading in around her. They shared her appearance aside from the fact they had fuzzy feline cocks and balls in place of pussies. As Tancred looked over these mysterious gryphons she also noticed their eyes were completely whited out. “We're here to bring you into the fold young gryphon.” Tancred blushed at the sight of all their cocks beginning to grow erect. “We're here to wash away the last remnants of your humanity. We're here to show you the pleasure of being a woman.”

Tancred's eyes went wide, that could only mean one thing and she didn't want to fuck these creatures. Her mind protested but her body betrayed her heating up even more at seeing the circle of pink barbed penises close in around her. One of the gryphons reached behind her and brought her to her feet. She wanted to protest but couldn't find the words as one of the gryphons started fondling her breasts from behind. Pleasure shot through her body as two other gryphons joined in on caressing the rest of her body. She turned her head and instantly saw a gryphon head right in front of her. She reached forward and brought Tancred into a sensual kiss. Tancred's mind started giving in. The pleasure was simply too much for her to bear. She almost squawked in surprise as one of the gryphons started caressing her pussy sending further pleasure through her being. Eventually, the gryphon kissing her stopped and pulled away; giving her a better look at the other gryphons. Three were gripping and fondling her body while the others jerked themselves off to the sight. “You're doing so well, These gryphons demand your attention.” Two of the gryphons brought their penises to Tancred. She was so wound up she felt herself purring like a common housecat. With two open talons she reached down and started jerking them off. She didn't get to do that for long before she grabbed by the waist and perched on the back of one of the gryphons. The two gryphons leaned down and Tancred went back to caressing their junks.

“There's more that require some service.” Tancred looked out to see one of the gryphons holding his penis up to her beak. Tentatively, she reached out with her tongue and started licking the tip of his penis. As the tangy taste danced over tongue she forgot why she was objecting to this, it tasted too good. Soon enough, the gryphon allowed her to take the whole thing down her throat. She swirled her tongue around the gryphon's tasty penis; however, she nearly choked on it as she felt a burst of pleasure surge through her body as something speared her in the pussy. Her body started heating up with desire and lust as she felt someone thrust a warm object in and out of her pussy. She got so lost in the all of the sensations of being rutted that she forgot to massage the gryphons to her left and right. Fortunately, they seemed content to just jerk themselves off at what they were witnessing. The gryphon in front and back both trusted into her more and more. Pleasure was all that was on her mind. Nothing else mattered like her name or any pesky other nonsense like that. Soon enough she felt trusting started to slow down. Her eyes widened in pleasure as every single gryph in the field came with her own climax; coating her in white gryphon jizz. Her pussy and mouth were so full of spunk; she felt some leak from her pussy and beak.

“Go now... and awaken cleansed of your si error six twenty-one. Please consult the codex three four six nine for further information.” She felt herself white out.
---
When she awoke, she felt the hard stone floor making her nipples erect.

“Hey, you're awake.” a voice said to her. Who was she anyways? All of her memories seemed elusive to her even her own name. All she remembered was she was a gryphoness so she decided to stick with calling herself Gryph until she could remember her real name. Gryph got up off the floor to see she was in a dark room and there was another gryphoness sitting on a makeshift metal bed. This gryphoness was primarily white aside from her grey falcon like head. Gryph looked at her breasts and felt a tinge of jealousy at their more considerable size. She smiled internally, though, when she noticed the strange gryphoness shooting a quick glare at her larger behind.

“Who are you?” Gryph asked. 

The other woman crossed her legs, “I don't know. I woke up in here a few days ago. I don't recall anything about whom I was before then.” 

Gryph stood up and sat next to this woman. “Me neither...”

“You made quite a mess stranger, when the guards brought you down here you were moaning in pleasure and spraying your juices all over the floor.” Gryph noted the dampness on her thighs and blushed. The other gryphoness only giggled. “Don't feel too bad. I woke up covered in my own fluids too.”

Gryph looked around at the dank dreary room they were in. Only a little light ever filtered into the room from the torches outside in the hallway which was barred off by huge iron bars. “Where are we?”

The other gryphon shrugged. “No idea. The guards say this is the dungeon.”

“Dungeon?! Did we do something wrong?” Gryph frowned.

“I hope not.” 

Gryph fell to the floor crying. “Whatever it is I did, I'm sorry for it.” Before long the sound of metal hitting the floor permeated the room,“I think they're going to feed us now.”

“I hope.” Gryph rubbed her stomach. “I'm pretty hungry.” to both of their surprises, however; the door opened to reveal another gryphon woman wearing yellow plated armor and a pointed helmet. Standing next to her were what seemed like strong female gryphons in suits of armor. But the more Gryph scrutinized them, the more she realized these women were in fact literally made out of clay.
“I hope you two are doing well? I am Empress Theadora. Do either of you recall who you are?”

In unison, both of them sighed. “No”

“It's a good thing I found you then. Those unpleasant knights beat you girls up pretty bad. I remember who you are, though.”

“Really,” The other gryphoness's eyes lit up.

Theadora nodded. “Yes, your name is Edwina and you're the governor of this province. You've wanted to serve me ever since you were a chick. Last month, I granted you governorship of this new province as a reward for your years of service to me.”

Edwina stood up. “I'm honored to serve you empress, but I don't remember anything. How can I properly govern this province?”

“Worry not, only your memories of your life is gone your skills remain you'll know what to do.”

“What about me?” Gryph asked.

“Your name is Tamia and You're one of my military commanders, you've always dreamed of serving in my army since you fled into my empire. You were born in this land, and fled to Kazmadah when your comrades in the order of dragonslayers betrayed you. Your presence here is invaluable to me, Tamia, you know the lay of the land and the tactics of those who fight here. I'm sorry to impose such a heavy burden on you, but I have need of your expertise. 

Tamia stood up. “I swear to serve you, what would you ask of me?”

“A legion of dragonslayers is but a day's march from the castle and I need you to lead the mercenary force I hired into battle against them. Just like with Edwina your experience as a soldier is unlost to you, simply call on it and you'll recall know what to do.”

Tamia felt hate swell up inside her. How dare those dragonslayers betray her after all they went through togehter. She remembered how professional they were how could she oppose them off with nothing but a small army of sellswords?

“Empress, I do not think I can win this battle with nothing but mercenaries.”

“Don't worry, a battalion of my best made Golems just arrived from the workshop in Gormuz. They're indestructible but only respond to simple commands. I'm sure you can figure out a way to use them to your advantage. If all else fails, Just send for help if you need it. Don't be afraid to retreat; a defeat is not a failure it's a setback.”

Tamia nodded. “Yes ma'am. I'm prepared to get my revenge on these evil dragonslayers.”

“Excellent, I'll get you girls some clothes.” Tamia grinned. She was delighted to be back serving her empress come good or ill.