Intermezzo II
After the dragon lord’s fall, dragons around the world fought each other to seize power.
Like wild animals, they dueled amongst themselves, filling the skies with roaring and the rivers with blood.
But it didn’t take long for a new dragon lord to emerge: Fenroot, the silver dragon who had served as Old Dark’s commander. He won his way to the throne with a brutality that rivaled Old Dark’s.
They called him Fenroot the Brute.
Fenroot had the support of elven villages. They were tired of the Dark family’s strict control over the aquifer, and they helped him overthrow Old Dark in exchange for access to magic.
Those loyal to the Darks were killed or cowed into submission.
But Fenroot had problems to overcome: when the Darks’ palace was destroyed, most of the family’s gold a
