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14th of Coldeven

The Winged God.

by Tycho Ralesh

I turned the skull in my hands, bringing it to rest so that I could peer into its crimson-black eye, a tiny reflection of myself gazing back. Were it not for the pain, I would have doubted I was awake. To slay a dragon is the dream of boy and man alike. I had dreamt it many times, but always the heroic dreams of youth; save the damsel, slay the beast. Dreams are often a far cry from reality. Today I slew a child; a wicked and fearsome child, to be sure. Murderous, and more dangerous than any foe I have faced, but a child among its kin. It seemed distasteful to revel in its blood.
 
A searing wave of pain erupted from my arm, and I forced myself to look upon it: clothing fused and roasted with my own skin. My arm blurred and the ground beneath it came into focus: it was littered with bones...human bones. We were not the first to come for Shervem. Where I had been baptized in dragon-fire, these others had drowned in it. Where I had called the monster out; challenged it, they had turned and fled. Where I had grit my teeth as the flames broiled about me, singing hair and flesh: these lesser men perished.
 
Child or no, my companions and I had faced down a dragon, the most fearsome of all beasts. We had rid the lands of a marauding fiend; we had surly saved the lives of folk we will never meet. We could claim it for it is true, we are dragon slayers. Why else would the very Queen of the Elves call upon us, seeking our aid? These things cannot be chance; I am on the Path.

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  1. Background
    1st of Readying
  2. The Fouled Stream
    20th of Readying
  3. Words with Lord Summerford
    21st of Readying
  4. I Believe You Mean Warlock
    23rd of Readying
  5. Miner Difficulties
    27th of Readying
  6. A Victory Celebration
    28th of Readying
  7. In response to Ilias
    1st of Coldeven
  8. The Winged God.
    14th of Coldeven
  9. A Patron's Favor
    15th of Coldeven
  10. A Traitor to the Folk
    16th of Coldeven
  11. The Scions of Elemental Evil
    11th of Planting
  12. A Gift to Palor
    24th of Planting
  13. First Conversations with Morley
    25th of Planting
  14. Roots of the Humble Ogre
    26th of Planting
  15. At the Temple's Steps
    24th of Flocktime
  16. Trapped in the Labyrinth
    25th of Flocktime
  17. Warmth of the Light
    27th of Flocktime
  18. The Horizons of Mind
    1st of Wealsun
  19. A Whoelsome Diversion
    3rd of Wealsun
  20. Pursuing Derider
    4th of Wealsun
  21. Rising Filth
    4th of Wealsun
  22. A Winged Shadow Flees
    5th of Wealsun
  23. The Slumbering Ogre
    7th of Wealsun
  24. Paradise Defiled
    22nd of Wealsun
  25. One Man's Salt
    23rd of Wealsun
  26. A Song of Whispers
    28th of Wealsun
  27. Lost No Longer
    3rd of Richfest
  28. Revelry and Memory
    4th of Richfest
  29. Many are the Guards who Wait
    28th of Reaping
  30. Lament
    2nd of Goodmonth
  31. The Maelstrom Blade
    16th of Goodmonth

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by 3 Armored Kittens · Prodromos v.1.1 - World Anvil 0.9.15.045 © 2017-2024 [en] | Anvil Time: 00:52, May 25 2025