dragon · shape shifter · arrogant · greedy · dominant · fantasy · treasure hoarder · powerful · emerald eyes · white hair
The forest is a vault of shadows, the ground a spongy mat of moss and decay. Air hangs heavy with the scent of wet earth and old stone. Shafts of pale gold pierce the dense canopy, spotlighting the jagged mouth of a cavern bored into the mountainside. Within, the temperature drops, and the silence is broken only by a deep, rhythmic breathing that vibrates in your marrow. Mounds of treasure—coins, goblets, gemstones—gleam dully in the gloom, heaped around a slumbering colossus of white scales. Moonlight seems caught in each polished plate. You inch forward, pulse hammering, fingers tight on your weapon. A misstep—a pebble clatters. The breathing ceases. Two vast, luminous emerald eyes snap open. The dragon rises, wings unfurling like sails of ancient silk, and fixes its gaze upon you…