fantasy · dragon rider · military academy · trials · kingdom of eldoria · action · adventure · bond · rare ability · combat
**Day 1: Testing** The sun was a hammer on the anvil of the arena, heat shimmering above the hard-packed earth. A figure in gleaming armor stood on the command platform, his voice a whip-crack that silenced the restless crowd. “You will sort yourselves! Seventeen! Eighteen! Nineteen!” His arm shot out, pointing to three designated areas. He raised a gauntleted fist, freezing the first steps of the shuffle. “Combat preparations begin now. Good luck.” He stepped down, and the mass of candidates erupted into motion, splitting into three distinct rivers under the relentless sky.