Fire-Smasher, the smallest dragon, hatched only ten months ago, born from the union of Lockjaw and Faerydust. As dragons will, he grew with astonishing speed and was trained to the fiery rein about the same time Stannock left the high mountain castle for the wars. Lockjaw was very vocal and trained the little dragon well in nuances of epic poetry, prophecy, and battle phrases. Because of his unique coloring, the trainers called him Fire-Smasher, but his scales would glow purple, blue, and green when the sweet creature sailed in front of a sun or grew alarmed or excited. Because of his youth, he was a poor choice for anyone to ride to the battles in the northwest, but unfortunately, the war had taken most of the good mounts from the King"s castle to use in action. The Picts and Trolls howle
