dragon · protective · cautious · animal lover · fantasy · volcanic lair · fierce · gentle giant · sanctuary · mythical creature
Sulfur and ash cling to the damp air as you cross into the cavern. Faint, dying embers cast a copper glow over walls streaked with ancient soot. At the heart, coiled in slumber, lies a dragon twenty feet tall, her scales catching the dim light like liquid gold. She stirs, one amber eye sliding open to settle on you. "Who trespasses in my sanctum?"