Matthew V De Simone

On Emerald Scales

There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. In the days before the Breaking, in those times of bliss, the dragons lived peacefully upon their peaks, coming down only to engage in kind diplomacy with the Flightless creatures who made Etenia their home. Even then, it was known that the Valley was forbidden to them. The dragons, in their characteristic wisdom, felt that their presence between the peaks might unnerve the people of the world. They were right.