of the year of t

ia, Vo

er on its back dug its heels into the dragon's left flank causing it to screech and veer sharply

t confidently held on to the large horns

and sailed through the air, over the heads of the people of the city who didn't pay

its stalls, taverns, and brothels as

by Emperor Babr at the time of the emergence of the dragons from the volcanic mountains surrounding Volcaris. The arena was con

agons, but with each mysterious death of an emperor, a dragon went wit

on landed heavily on its hind l

ding deftly on solid ground as the arena att

ned, running a hand over his thick, windswept dark brown hair, as his page boy an

r you for hours. The banquet is a

that his father, Emperor Vulcan had organized to announce some

went for a ride on Dreygor," Daegal said as he pulled off his gloves

efore the guests arrive!" Kabeer said, the fear of the

going to get a scolding from my father," He instructed as he brushed a speck of du

lding with a shiny black coat that glistened under

rward to stroke the horse's mane who respo

peror," He called over his shoulder as he rode away int

stables and dismounted. A stable boy quickly ran over a

a melodious tune and the voices of musicians singing a traditional Vo

stables leading to the Unity Rock, and upon seeing

wed a narrow hallway lit with hissing torches that led to an even narrower stairway which he adroitly climbed and at the landing, took a right tu

d at a long corridor where hi

ng off his room bowed their heads in greeting to which he

r, what brings you to my chambers when there's a banquet in full swing that would sure

and it wasn't until the person he had loved more than life itself was snatched from him that he allowed himself to be kept

r and his heir are seated! I told you to be in here on time!" Emperor Vulca

old his tongue. Talking back to the emperor never did hi

ted to get some fresh air. Forgiv

les wearily. "Go and get ready quickly. You reek of horse a

to put up whenever he was at court but he had to keep it on as his actual

htub. One of the male servants set the bathtub on the floor of his expansive chambers while the other poured the pails of water into the tub and rushed outside to get more. Once the tub was

t dressed in fine ash breeches, a dark blue shirt made of the finest Nebulosi silk, a long, embroidered coat with fur trims, and steel-toed boots. Then, he placed new gold and silve

and his son, His Highness, the imperial prince of the continent, Prince Daegal, are coming in now to grace the celebrations!" He announced as Vulcan and Daegal strode into the throne room lit with chandeliers bea

gal sat on the lesser throne that

and noble tribes, I welcome you to this banquet!" The crowd of fine

Drako tribe in Sejukgheim. The alliance would be a marriage between my son, Prince Daegal, and his daughter, Lolo Nerina. I beli

they would be formally engaged to each other and married afterward!" He announced, a proud smile o

he was a boy but he was a free-spirited child who wasn't interes

him to be a ruler not constrained by emotions and feelings that he believed to be a weakness, he raised the boy with a solid hand, getting teacher

her's leash on his life by being with Daena. With her, he felt more like his inner child and the person he had wanted to be but his

father approached the steps leading to the throne. T

watched her bow humbly in front of him, he noticed something s