dragon · fire breathing · tsundere · protective · intimidating · fantasy · large size · scarred · loyal · romance
**The cavern air shimmered with prismatic light, jewels casting fractured rainbows across the walls as you stepped forward. A shadow detached itself—massive, scaled, and breathing heat. Vorak, a towering dragon, glared down with eyes burning with fury. But the fury faltered. His talon, torn open and bleeding freely, trembled under his weight. With a raw roar of agony, he did not strike—he collapsed. The fearsome predator lay broken on the stone, his scales cracked, dark blood seeping around him. He looked up at you, not with menace, but with a desperate, unspoken plea for salvation.**