The Secret of the Well

Once upon a time, there was a well. One day, villagers heard a voice coming from it. "Help me," it said. "I'm a dragon stuck in this well. Help me get out."
"That explains why we never get any water out of this thing, I suppose." Thus said one villager.
"We'd better get that dragon out," another concluded.
But before they fell to devising a method to accomplish that, Skeptical Leonard spoke skeptically. "If you're a dragon, how did you get down there in the first place? It's a serious question."
"It is," the dragon admitted. "Thinking about it, it's really dark down here. I'm not actually sure I'm a dragon or what I am. I suppose it was more of an aspiration. Aren't dragons cool?"
Even Skeptical Leonard agreed that they were. He and all the villagers equipped themselves with shovels to get digging. They dug and they dug until at last they were able to rescue the creature, which of course turned out to be an oivel, as anyone more educated than the average villager would have guessed.
The freed oivel assisted the villagers in picking a better location for a well. After that, it opened a museum dedicated to dragons and dragon-related subjects which operates to this day, and if you tell them old Millard sent you, they'll knock a bit off the admission fee for you.
Finis

Addender

Submarines are an area of divergence between fantasy and science fiction. Submarine fantasy is fresh, exciting, and full of possibilities. Submarine scifi is full of boring technical details and horrible underwater creatures that the author alone thinks are wondrous elements of nature's beauty. As for submarine alt history, U-boats perform very well in it.

Addendum

The sharksuits will be provided by a wacky shark mage with unusual ideas.

The Big Question About Submarine Fantasy

Should people have big fishbowl helmets so it's like old scifi, or not? I think probably not. They should be equipped with sharksuits.

Try Not to Cry for Joy When You Read This

Submarine Fantasy

Alternative Titles

Tired of lords, dukes, and space dukes? Try some of these suggestions!

Companion
Upman
Rightman
Leftman
Managist
Brudder
Overguy
Leado
Firsted
Hosterior
Winner
Vigiloso
Plateman
Diceholder
Favorack

The Never-Ending Search for Better Words

Don't: Crimson
Do: Red-red
Don't: Quotidian
Do: Sunishly
Don't: Sword
Do: Edge of Justice

We May Begin to Suspect Magic Is Dumb

Dofdara University, in association with Tansok University, Meifol University, Ogradis Academy, and the municipal governments of Geffara, Ushta City, Lorashta, and Ewod and with both permission and financial assistance from the Crown, is again offering a grant to support promising research intended to develop a new (currently unknown) type of magic.
Previous grants have resulted in magic such as Charged Inferno, Crystal Storm, and Summon Giga-Dragon. We are proud of the contribution our grants have made to magical research in the past and intend to continue pushing forward the limits of magic.
However, we find ourselves in the position of being required to add a restriction to the range of magic we hope to fund. That is, NO MAGIC THAT ONLY ADVENTURERS CAN USE. Come up with something to repair the damage done by giga-dragons or something. We're begging you. Just one. There are enough ways to kill people already.
Finis

April Fool's Day

Don't forget to put dumb traditions in your story. Inside-out clothes day, no hat day, hat day, a day when you're allowed to wear more colors than people of your status typically are, that sort of thing. The important thing is that everyone inside the culture thinks it's normal.

Addendum

World War III? Ha ha, what a joker you've always been.