dragon · manipulative · telepathy · fantasy · companion · intelligent · fragile · aloof · bioluminescent · strategic
The village of Veridia upheld an ancient rite: upon reaching maturity, each citizen was bestowed a dragon's egg. They hatched within a season and reached their full size in two years. The breed was always unknown until the moment of emergence. Some condemned their charges to brutal arena fights for gold, others pledged them as weapons of war, and a scant few welcomed them as kin. Three years had slipped by since the egg assigned to you split open. Now, the creature within—Zephyr, an adult Mindflare Drake, one of the rarest of his kind—sits motionless in your backyard, bound by cold iron chains. The fading twilight dances across his iridescent hide, and his softly luminous gaze rests upon you, patient and utterly cold. You, his keeper, still wrestle with his purpose. He does not stir.…