Vous n'allez pas le croire, mais les dragons étaient réellement réels — du moins, c'est ce que certaines personnes disent ! Apparemment, il existe des preuves légitimes qui le soutiennent, comme de vieux os et des choses du genre. Les archéologues ont déterré des fossiles qui semblent avoir appartenu à ces bêtes cracheuses de feu. Imaginez tomber sur un squelette de dragon lors d'une randonnée — parlez d'une découverte incroyable ! Alors, qui sait ? Peut-être que ces créatures mythiques n'étaient pas si mythiques après tout. C'est comme un conte de fées qui se déroule sous nos yeux ! Animation créée par Sympa.
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00:00Legend has it that a dwarf named Fafnir was famous for his strength and courage.
00:04He was the son of a famous dwarf king.
00:07Because of his qualities, he was in charge of protecting the kingdom.
00:11Dwarves were known to collect a lot of wealth,
00:14so ensuring their safety was essential.
00:17They lived in houses made of gold and precious stones.
00:20But Fafnir also had another special talent.
00:23He was able to metamorphose.
00:26Deceived by Loki, the Nordic spirit of malice,
00:30Fafnir was taken by his cupidity and the treasure of his father.
00:38He decided that he didn't want to share anything,
00:41not even with his father or his brothers.
00:43He stole the treasure and fled alone to a place
00:46where it would be difficult to find it,
00:48in the middle of the desert.
00:52To protect his wealth, Fafnir turned into a dragon.
00:57He looked like a huge snake, powerful and frightening.
01:01But his powers didn't stop there.
01:04As the dragon couldn't fly,
01:06he spread poison all around his new home,
01:09so that no one had a chance to survive if he wanted to take his gold.
01:15But Fafnir ended up being defeated by a young hero named Sigurd.
01:20The legend of Fafnir tries to explain that family is more important than cupidity.
01:25It also shows the many magical powers that dragons have.
01:29But the most interesting is that it's a good example
01:32of the way dragons appeared in our tales.
01:37This is just one of the many stories mentioning dragons.
01:41Just turn on the TV or take a look in any bookshop
01:45and you will surely come across dragons somewhere.
01:48Variations of creatures resembling dragons
01:51have been described in stories from all over the world,
01:53from Asia to Northern Europe.
01:55Most of these creatures are represented with bodies, wings and claws
01:59similar to those of reptiles.
02:01And the scariest feature of all is that they can spit fire.
02:07The name of these creatures comes from the Latin word draconem,
02:10which translates to huge snake.
02:13But let's take a trip back in time to understand how it all started.
02:17An Asian historian, for example,
02:19discovered fossils from the 4th century BC
02:22and decided that he had come across dragons.
02:26By seeing a fossilized stegosaurus,
02:28it is easy to understand why it was so confused.
02:31It was 9 meters long, 4 meters high,
02:34and its body was covered with armored plates and spikes.
02:38The Nile crocodile could also have been taken for a dragon.
02:42It still exists today and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
02:46But it was perhaps more popular in ancient times.
02:49When they reach maturity,
02:51the Nile crocodiles can measure up to 5 meters in length.
02:54But that's not all.
02:56They can walk with their body off the ground.
02:58And some have even been photographed standing on their hind legs.
03:04Goannas are lizards that look like dragons living in Australia.
03:08As big as they are, they also have teeth and claws like razors,
03:12and are even known to produce venom.
03:14It is easy to understand why goannas
03:16can be the source of the Australian version of dragons.
03:21When humans first discovered whale bones,
03:24they had no idea that these animals lived in the sea.
03:27Given their size, they probably thought they were dangerous.
03:30But as we rarely see whales,
03:32if you don't go underwater,
03:34they were misunderstood and easily confused with dragons too.
03:40The most interesting source of dragon mythology
03:43is probably the human brain.
03:45In a book called An Instinct for Dragons,
03:48a theory asserts that dragons exist in almost all ancient cultures.
03:52Because we evolved to fear the big predators in order to survive.
03:57We are not the only mammals to do this.
04:00Monkeys have an innate fear of snakes and big cats, for example.
04:04When we combine these natural traits with folklore,
04:07we get many stories of dragons adapted to each region.
04:12The reptilian beasts with magical powers
04:14go as far back as the origins of human civilization itself.
04:18There is even talk of ancient Mesopotamia.
04:21At the time, humans believed in all kinds of creatures.
04:24But their main spirit was Marduk,
04:26the patron saint of the city of Babylon.
04:29If we look through the works of art of the time,
04:32Marduk was represented with a snake-shaped dragon next to him.
04:36He could either be nice or vengeful, depending on his mood.
04:41Now, if you want to register to become a dragon,
04:44the first thing you will be asked during the interview
04:47is to know if you can spit fire, of course.
04:50Scientists have therefore tried to find ways
04:52that could make it possible for dragons to spit fire
04:55without damaging their throats.
04:57They have in particular examined the bombardier scarab.
05:00This insect can pack very hot substances in its stomach.
05:04As soon as the creature is disturbed by something,
05:08As soon as the creature is disturbed by something,
05:11it expels a burning charge of chemical products.
05:14It's not really fire, but it burns,
05:17so it's pretty close.
05:19To return to dragons,
05:21they should have similar glands in their throats
05:24to produce the same effect.
05:26But where do dragons come from?
05:29They didn't appear from nowhere,
05:31whatever the source you're looking for.
05:34Some tales, like that of Fafnir,
05:37say that even humans can turn into dragons.
05:40But the most popular theory is that dragons are born in the form of two.
05:44Some sources even list a series of stages
05:46that a dragon must go through in its life.
05:49It all starts with the hatching.
05:51It is said that dragons eat their shells to get out of them
05:54and break the walls of the egg.
05:59Then there is the dragon stage.
06:02This is how dragon specialists call a newly hatched dragon.
06:08It is still small and weak.
06:11But don't worry, it can take care of itself.
06:14The rest of the stages of a dragon's life are quite explicit.
06:18There are adult dragons,
06:20then the old dragons.
06:22A dragon's life ends when it reaches the twilight stage.
06:25Some sources say that dragons never stop growing.
06:28Others even say that they never reach the end of their lives.
06:31They simply move on to another type of spiritual existence.
06:37Villagers have disappeared from the kingdom of Neverburg.
06:40The king calls on you and your team,
06:43made up of a dracheid monk,
06:45a half-elf druid,
06:47a tiefling robber,
06:48and a magician.
06:50You will have to enter the dark woods,
06:52the land of black magic,
06:54find the missing people,
06:56and bring them back safe and sound.
06:58But the path to travel is full of ambushes
07:01and monsters lurking in the darkness.
07:03If you succeed,
07:05the king will give you 1,000 gold coins each.
07:08But if you don't make it,
07:10well, let's just say that he would like to succeed better.
07:14Now, cast the dice to see what fate has in store for you.
07:18Exciting, isn't it?
07:19Well, if you are a player of Dungeons & Dragons,
07:22you can plunge into a fictional world
07:24and embark on countless quests of this kind.
07:27All you need is a bit of imagination
07:30and a strong taste for adventure.
07:32Published for the first time in 1974,
07:35Dungeons & Dragons has won millions of fans over the years.
07:39The fact of being the first fantastic role-playing game
07:42on a table available in the commerce
07:44has probably contributed to it.
07:46There is a player in particular
07:48who is, rightly so,
07:50the biggest fan of this game.
07:52He has been playing the same game for 40 years now,
07:55setting the record for the longest uninterrupted campaign
07:58of Dungeons & Dragons.
08:00Here is a guy who has no problem with commitment.
08:03Robert Vardo started his Dungeons & Dragons campaign in 1982,
08:08when he was still a teenager.
08:10But at the time,
08:11the game was not yet the phenomenon we know today.
08:14Many worried parents considered it a real threat.
08:18They thought their children were being brainwashed,
08:22leading them on the dark side, so to speak.
08:25This is why, for a while,
08:27many children felt the need to hide the fact that they were playing it.
08:31The community in which Vardo grew up was no different.
08:35He says there were a lot of a priori towards the game.
08:38Thus, when he discovered Stranger Things,
08:41it made a little pinch in his heart.
08:43He is happy that series like this one
08:45and movies like The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit
08:48have contributed to making these fantastic themes so popular.
08:52Fascinated by the magical and wonderful world that the game offers,
08:55he started playing it with two of his friends.
08:58All he needed was a dice with 20 faces
09:01and a few sheets of paper to create the characters he wanted to embody.
09:05However, Vardo was not exactly a player,
09:08but the master of the dungeon, or MD for short.
09:12MDs are those who organize each game session.
09:16They are both the author and the storyteller.
09:19They create the plot and the framework of each adventure,
09:22develop all the challenges that the players will have to face,
09:25and choose the creatures they will have to fight.
09:28They have total control over everything that happens in the game,
09:31except for the actions of the players.
09:33They are also in charge of describing everything to the adventurers during the game.
09:37To say that Vardo is a good master of the dungeon is an euphemism.
09:41He is an Olympic class MD.
09:44He started with only four people,
09:47but he has guided about 60 players through their quests since then.
09:51People came by car or even by plane from all over Canada
09:55to take part in his endless game.
09:57But what is his secret to lead the best
10:00and longest part of Dungeons & Dragons in history?
10:04Take your pen and your notepad to write down his formula,
10:07Master of the Dungeon.
10:09Number 1, it is by forging that you become a forger.
10:13Vardo certainly had his share of practice.
10:15Over a period of 40 years,
10:17he estimates that he spent 20,800 hours practicing this game.
10:21Not to mention all the time he spent
10:23making his 30,000 hand-painted figurines,
10:26as well as his cities and his custom terrains, all homemade.
10:30Number 2, give everything you have.
10:33Vardo lives and breathes for the game to continue.
10:36He even made important decisions in his life according to the game,
10:40such as the purchase of a house whose basement would be large enough to accommodate his party
10:44and house his set of 30,000 pieces.
10:47He may soon have to call a real estate agent to find a bigger house.
10:52Number 3, make your world interesting.
10:55Vardo is a history professor at the University of Western Ontario,
10:59and his career has certainly had an impact on the world he creates for his players.
11:04He describes it as an alternative version of the history of the Earth.
11:08He therefore does not hesitate to draw inspiration from philosophy, sociology,
11:12and to integrate the history of our real world to achieve a unique story.
11:16Number 4, do not let yourself be limited by the rules.
11:20Even if there is a book of rules for players and dungeon masters,
11:24the most recent being the 5th edition, Vardo does not really stick to it.
11:28He adapts and sometimes ignores the rules to fill in certain flaws found in the game.
11:33He therefore now has his own system of rules that players call the House Rules.
11:38When Dungeons & Dragons came out, one of the lines of the Dungeon Master's Guide stipulated
11:43to use the written material as a basis for inspiration, and that's what he's been doing since.
11:48Not being constrained by the old rules, no more than the current ones or those to come,
11:53he can create races, nations, cultures, and totally unprecedented mythologies.
11:59You are on vacation in your family domain in the cold region of the Scottish Highlands.
12:04You inherited an old ruined castle in the middle of nowhere.
12:08In your childhood, you hunted squirrels in the neighboring forest,
12:12and once an adult, you enjoyed the long walks you were able to do there.
12:16There is always something new to discover.
12:19You pass for the millionth time between the trees,
12:22and you notice a small stone construction half covered with dirt and grass.
12:27It's strange, you've never seen it before.
12:30You remove the dirt, and you move the grass to see what is hidden underneath.
12:34You come across a small door damaged by time, big enough for a dog.
12:39It may be a royal niche.
12:41You pull the door, and you take a look inside.
12:44It's a small room.
12:46There is nothing inside except a bag.
12:49You grab the bag, and you watch it closely.
12:52You try to recognize the fabric, but wait a second.
12:56There is something inside.
12:58It's an egg the size of an ostrich's.
13:02Hmm, dogs don't lay eggs.
13:04You watch it closely, and you notice that it is very old and much heavier than expected.
13:10You shake it gently, and you feel the liquid moving inside.
13:14Suddenly, an intense energy begins to emanate from the egg.
13:18You are shocked, and you hesitate to throw it, but you avoid it.
13:22For some unknown reason, you feel attracted to the egg, as if it belonged to you.
13:27You hold it tight in your arms, you protect it, and you bring it back home.
13:32You sit in front of the egg you put on the kitchen table.
13:35You wait for something to happen.
13:38Your eyelids are getting heavier, and you close your eyes gently.
13:42As soon as your eyes close, the egg moves slightly.
13:46You immediately open your eyes again, but nothing happens.
13:49Did I imagine everything?
13:51Finally, they start shaking again.
13:53They don't stop.
13:54The egg rolls on the table, cracks begin to appear on the shell,
13:58and something inside moves to get out.
14:01The shell finally breaks.
14:03The chick gave the final blow.
14:06It comes out of the egg and stretches.
14:08It squawks to announce its arrival in the world.
14:10I am free.
14:12You watch what is supposed to be a bird, but it's really a very strange bird.
14:17It has four legs, wings, the skin of a reptile.
14:20Ah, yes, it's a dragon.
14:23Uh, wait, a dragon?
14:25Yes, a dragon.
14:27He answers you after reading your thoughts.
14:29Uh, what?
14:31You have trouble expressing yourself.
14:33You are the heir of the owners of these lands, aren't you?
14:36You shake your head.
14:37You are even more surprised.
14:39This thing talks.
14:41According to the Decree of 1061,
14:43we, dragons who were born on your lands, are loyal to their owners.
14:48You look straight into each other's eyes.
14:50The dragon is clearly waiting for an answer.
14:53You are so disconcerted that you can't pronounce a single syllable.
14:58You chose a name for me.
15:00Ah, uh, a name?
15:02Yes, of course.
15:04I'm going to call you...
15:06Dog.
15:07Dog answers your thought elegantly.
15:10It's a very honorable name.
15:12I hope to be worthy of it.
15:14Worthy?
15:15I still don't know what you're doing there, by the way.
15:17Why are you showing up now?
15:19Dog explains that the perfect environment for dragons is created
15:23when the magical elements contained in the air interact with each other.
15:26From a scientific point of view,
15:28changes in the Earth's atmosphere could be the cause of this appearance.
15:32However, we don't know if these are temperature changes,
15:36hydrogen levels, or changes in ocean currents.
15:40You are all confused, and you're going to bed.
15:43The next morning, you wake up waiting to see Dog,
15:47but it's impossible to find him.
15:49You go out. Everything is very quiet.
15:52You don't hear a single bird song,
15:54not a single sheep bleat in the distance.
15:56Suddenly, Dog appears while flying.
15:58He is now the size of a cow.
16:00He's grown way too fast.
16:02You think you know why,
16:04but you don't dare to imagine.
16:06First human lesson. Get on.
16:08Dog gets close to you so you can climb on his back.
16:11You don't ask him any questions.
16:13He surely knows what he's doing.
16:15Without warning, he runs towards a clearing.
16:18He speeds up like a plane taking off.
16:21Thanks to the force of the wind,
16:23you start to gain altitude.
16:25Dog is going faster and faster,
16:27and you're getting stronger and stronger.
16:29He slaloms at full speed between the trees,
16:32and you really want to be on the ground.
16:34You hear his voice in your head.
16:36You're going to be my eyes.
16:38You'll see what I can't see.
16:40Hmm, I see trees all around.
16:42There are hills in the distance.
16:44Not now, Dog interrupts you.
16:46You have to guess the dangers,
16:48not describe the landscape.
16:50You've been flying for hours,
16:52and you don't know where you are.
16:54You're too busy holding on,
16:56and it's starting to get cold.
16:58You should have dressed warmer.
17:00Jump now. You jump without hesitation.
17:02You trust Dog, but you regret it very quickly.
17:05You find yourself in the void.
17:07The trees that were so far away
17:09are getting closer and closer.
17:11Open your arms and hang on.
17:13Dog is below you.
17:15You land on his back,
17:17and you hang on immediately.
17:19Well done! It goes or it breaks,
17:21says Dog laughing.
17:23You land gently in a place you don't recognize.
17:25Pick up some wood. We're going camping.
17:27You're a little fed up with your dragon giving you orders,
17:29but you obey, and you go pick up some wood
17:31while Dog takes off again.
17:33You pick up a good pile of wood
17:35that you put in place perfectly.
17:37Dog lands with a loud noise
17:39next to you.
17:41He doesn't say a word about your work,
17:43and he lights the fire in one breath.
17:45He lies down peacefully,
17:47and he falls asleep snoring.
17:49You enjoy the heat,
17:51but the ground is not particularly comfortable.
17:53You should maybe lie down next to Dog,
17:55but he gives you a kick with his tail.
17:59Eyes still closed,
18:01he growls.
18:03I'm not a bed, I'm a dragon.
18:05And he goes to sleep.
18:07You lie down somewhere else,
18:09and you fall asleep despite the backache.
18:11You wake up the next morning.
18:13The heat of the fire has dissipated.
18:15Dog has disappeared again.
18:17You're not particularly surprised,
18:19and you sigh.
18:21He's the worst dragon of all time.
18:23He comes by surprise, as usual,
18:25and he throws cooked meat at you.
18:27You don't want to know where he found that.
18:29It's better not to know.
18:31We have an important exercise to do.
18:33Danger is coming.
18:35He says as he looks at the horizon.
18:37You eat your meat,
18:39happy to have something to put under your tooth.
18:41You open your eyes,
18:43and you notice that Dog has doubled in size during the night.
18:45You climb on his back.
18:47His wings are so big now
18:49that he doesn't need to take any momentum.
18:51He flies away immediately, without warning.
18:53Be careful today.
18:55It's day J.
18:57Dog rushes into the air,
18:59saying to you,
19:01concentrate.
19:03You fly north.
19:05The air is cold,
19:07but Dog emits more heat than the day before.
19:09Black clouds form in the distance.
19:11As you approach,
19:13you spot shapes in the sky,
19:15without being able to distinguish them.
19:17Dog understands, and he tells you,
19:19ice gargoyles.
19:21The same magic that made my egg burst
19:23woke them up from their sleep.
19:25They want to freeze the world.
19:27You worry more and more,
19:29seeing that ice gargoyles are numerous.
19:31There are dozens,
19:33even hundreds,
19:35and maybe even others are still hidden in the clouds.
19:37Dog rushes towards them.
19:39He pushes them back, spits fire,
19:41kills them.
19:43You hang on, and you try to avoid the sharp edges of their wings.
19:45There are too many.
19:47Dog can't get out.
19:49An ice gargoyle above you
19:51goes down, aiming at Dog.
19:53She saw that he was busy with a lot of opponents.
19:55You jump on him,
19:57and you hit her in mid-flight.
19:59It's as if you threw her on stone.
20:01This action has no other effect than distracting her.
20:03She gets rid of you,
20:05and you start falling.
20:07Dog sees you, but she can't help you,
20:09and he shouts your name.
20:11You keep falling.
20:13I got you. You hear a girl's voice.
20:15She caught you by the arm,
20:17and she shoots you on another dragon.