Born of Heaven’s fires, and starlight, and Hellsmoke combining…
These beasts are fair and fierce, treacherous and wise and free
Old as the sun and strong as the sea
An Angel’s wrath we call
To save our home and hall
By Nine Gods Above and might of our king
We preserve all our kingdom’s ring...
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The first thing Sunfyre knows is the smoking-hot-cavernous pit where he hatched. The walking-wingless-ones feed him and his clutchmates, and he grows. Before long, the silver-hair-purple-eyes come. One chooses him, and names him.
“I’m going to call...
Of early day
I speak now
Of the Eclipse
And of Unmaker
Black and grim
Aurion Eclipse Lord
A Vessel Forged
Gold and silver
Pure and fair
High Ones saw
Jealous they watched
Drawing nigh upon
Aurion Eclipse Lord
Great and Dreadful
So spake they
“Give this unto Us, who are...
And in those days, the Eclipse Lord warred against the Lords of Might in the warm North. The greatest of His servants was the Unmaker, the Xiquilion closest to the Void. And the Unmaker was least trusted, and sent forth to subdue the North to be away from the Halls of Embar.
On the Night Road...
James crept through the fire-blackened streets, glancing around. The fires had burned out months ago, but they still hunted the streets. Sagging, melted buildings leaned drunkenly, providing shelter from above.
“Help me!” A voice cried from ahead. A soot-stained man in a tattered suit dashed...
Sovereigns Of Ash
In the year 2030, we realized the fragility of our position. You see, man is only filler. The real Sovereigns of Earth were far superior to us, never mind our technology. What use is a nuke against an indestructible tyrant?
Timeline
(All times given are Eastern Standard for...
“Conquer an Empire? Are you mad? Dragon or not, you’ll hang before the year is done.”
Hawthorn pinched the bridge of his nose.
“Tales of what happened here will spread. And the raiders are of the blood of the mountain folk, which are your blood. Their alliance will only serve to make you...
He had brothers once. A mother, undoubtedly. Perhaps a father. Now, he was the last. He wandered for days in the mountains, until he was faint with hunger and thirst. It was then the warlock found him, carrying the boy to the old tower at the edge of the valley. There the boy slept, only waking...
Massive doors loomed, black as coal and large enough to allow a dragon passage. Two hundred feet it was to the gates, and the colossal doors opened at his approach. As he entered the Throne Room, he noticed the hundred-foot dragon statues guarding the inner side of the Gate. Each was molded of...