Christina G. Gaudet

Dragon Born

There weren't always dragons in the Valley. When they arrived, it was in chains. Sought after by the rich and powerful to protect their property, a fully trained adult dragon cost enough to feed a village for a year. Therefore, it was no surprise that plenty of people were willing to risk their lives to capture the creatures, even if success rates were extremely slim. The reward was high enough that droves of humans of all stature marched into the mountains where the dragons lived. So many that the dragons became overrun. Their young were captured and those too dangerous to be trained were murdered, until the once noble hoards were now scattered and in hiding. Still the humans chased them and would do so until there was not a single free dragon in the world.