Beyond the Blinding Lights Pt5: A New Deal
Melanth sighed to himself, trying to shut out the noise of the girl's screaming. He wasn't having much success. "You know, if you want I could-" "No." "But she's not even-" "No. Shut up." The Watcher in the Dark, or whatever self-aggrandising...
Beyond the Blinding Lights pt4: Fire and Flames
The Ashkar fell back screaming as the Body Forge entered its final stages, and it was clear what the shapeless blob of aurous energy had become. Many had fled as soon as they had realised they were confronting a Dragon, and the more quick witted ones...
Beyond the Blinding Lights pt3; Shadows of Night
aBy the time Melanth had reached the camp once again, the place was in uproar. It had taken him less than ten minutes of hectic flight to reach the plateau and return to human form, and in that time every able bodied man in the camp had been roused and...
Beyond the Blinding Lights part 2; Down a Darker Path
no yiff yet, but gettin there. bear with me! \*\*\* Sara finished cleaning the glass and set it on the rack with the rest. Picking up another, she set about it with a scrap of rag, polishing away smudges and the layer of grime they invariably...
Treasured Farewells
They passed the better part of a day before he regained consciousness. The Hatchling came-to ill and unable to move, his blood sluggish-cold and head spinning sickly at even the slightest movement. Roff had swaddled his wounds as best he could with...
A Desperate Flight
The Hatchling had never been so tired in his life. It had been three days since the skirmish with the Ashkar, and in all that time they hadn't seen a single traveller on the roads, nor any patrols from Westgard or sign of anyone at all- anyone with...
Strange Tidings
Life on the open road seemed to agree with the Hatchling, though after weeks of effort pushing the sled being stuck immobile in hiding left him with an irritating excess of energy he knew not what to do with. The boredom of his enforced secrecy it...
Learning Curves
It was just as well that the trip took so long, for the Hatchling had plenty of time to mull over his potential name. Many options presented themselves, only to be discounted when he gently probed the Huntress' wisdom on such matters. He became...
A Reckoning With Wolves
The wolf did not need to be muzzled or restrained, but it did have to be carried. Frost and wind had taken their toll, and the creature was more than half dead even before its paw had been snared. The stagnant blood it had lain in was probably the only...
The Last Shell
_Flying unusually high, the Dragon couldn't help but feel satisfied with himself. The plains spread out below and slipped by soundlessly as he surveyed his domain; stretching horizon to horizon, he finally owned it all- the river-streaked glory of...
The Hunt
Melanth's thoughts roamed as he soared over the deep valleys, scanning the ground for his prey. The wide expanse of plains and plateaus, interspersed with shallow, crumbling peaks and raging cataracts where river met crag was a fantastic sight, like...
Beyond the Blinding Lights part 1
A few pronunciation notes; Melanth- Mel-anth, sometimes Mélan'ath (M-ay-la-n 'a-th) when conversing with a dragon. The abbreviated version was derived to be easier for human vocal chords to pronounce. Dreak'nior- Dray-a-k 'N-yore ...