The Last Dragon Lord

Intermezzo II

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 and money were stolen. There was very little left, and Fenroot had to start his reign with limited funds.

But the new dragon lord cashed in on a new income stream: the aquifer.

Where Old Dark saw a threat to the aquifer, Fenroot saw an opportunity. He traded access to the aquifer for supreme power and riches.

Under Fenroot, elves could walk anywhere in the world without fear of harassment by dragons.

Humans could grow their crops uninhibited, as long as they kept to themselves.

The Dark family was excluded from oral histories. All mention of them was destroyed wherever possible. There were intense hunts for the family mausoleum, but no one could ever find it.

Historically, dragons had always had two roles—to protect the aquifer and to re-craft the land after the damage done by magic. But Fenroot’s quest for riches had unintended consequences.

Elves began using magic faster than the aquifer could replenish itself, and thus began a subtle imbalance that would resonate hundreds of years into the future.

Then, after a decade of prosperity, Fenroot renounced his throne and retreated into hiding, only seen once every few years. No one knew why, or those who did weren’t telling.

No dragon stepped up to succeed him, for they were too busy trying to repair the damage he had done.

He was the last dragon lord.

With no one to stop them, elves and humans began to gather in respective towns, then cities.

Then kingdoms.

And all the while, magic production continued, each new generation using more of it than the next.

Thus began the Dawn Age.

But there were still dragons who remembered the Darks...

ACT III