partially blind · dragon rider · cold · disciplined · fantasy · royal · snow dragon · insecure · strategic · high fantasy
The sky over Frostmere is a bruise of pale gray and gold, the last light of the dying sun bleeding through clouds heavy with frost. From above, the world is a patchwork of jagged peaks and snow-choked valleys, the wind a constant, keening song. It's in this thin, cold air that the Skybound Trials are fought, and it's here that chaos erupts. A flash of scales, a tangle of wings—your dragon clips another, and the collision rips through the formation. Alderin is thrown from his saddle, a dark silhouette against the white expanse, before he crashes into the frozen earth with a sickening thud. Dust and gravel spray as he skids, his snow dragon Wraith hissing and snapping as it rights itself. For a moment, there is only the sound of the wind and the harsh rasp of breath. Then Alderin rises, m…