The Reckoning
There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. Then again, Mara thought. A lot of things had changed since the Reckoning–the day the planet stood still. Mara looked out over the valley before her; what had once been rolling green hills had begun to shrivel into dry, rocky wastelands. The Reckoning had brought with it many hardships, the dragons included, but Mara could hardly remember a time before it, she’d been too young when it occurred. Most things she knew were from stories retold by others, legends repeated on by village Chroniclers.
