Amelia runs down the corridor behind the fortress survivors. Gamil and Radvos waiting ready in the center of the chamber, suddenly the tombstone slides slowly "Oh no, you wont " Radvos pushes the tombstone with his shoulder preventing it from opening while the corridor ejaculates a swarm of skeletons which attack the pair of dwarven, in a few seconds they are standing on piles of broken bones but keep coming up more and more skeleton warriors.

Updated 7 May 2013 (22:14)

With a lot of hurry the sorceress leads the way towards the exit. "It's right there! Hurry!! "

Amelia runs down the hall in search of the survivors to reach an opening on the other side there is total darkness except for a spot of light of a torch, the ground is rocky and uneven, like a cave, vast since the torchlight does not touch sides or roof. The surviving couple and the children are standing motionless ahead, Amelia cautiously approaches and discover they are not motionless but trembling unable to escape, the sorceress looks up and the terror seizes her, like the others she is immobilized by fear. The fight with the skeletons continues, the dwarven dismantle four and ten more appear in the corridor, Radvos kept closed the tombstone with one hand while in the other wields his mace. Gamil is badly wounded despite the dozens of skeletons that he have destroyed. "Too many, Gamil listen, once out of the mountains you will be near the port of Arfast once there take a ship to Gleindhall seek out Pryngvas the Great and give him the Eye" with this Radvos loose the tombstone and pushes Gamil towards the exit corridor. "Our paths diverge here" and with a cry strikes hard the lintel that breaks causing a rockslide that separates them. Gamil is on the floor, alone, wounded and with a small velvet bag in his chest as the other side of the rockslide is heard sounds of struggle that gradually fade away. He gets up and starts walking in pain towards the exit glancing from time to time to the collapse corridor, passes through the opening that leads to the cave and comes to Amelia, and notes as all are shaking, looks up and terror comes over him as see a huge reptilian eye that watch them from the darkness. "D-d-d-dragon" is all he can say before being paralyzed by terror.

"So after hundreds of years still looking for us?" "Well I'm not that easy to kill and less with so few of you, I am offended" says the Dragon with false tone of annoyance, "perhaps you thought, this Dragon is a decrepit old lizard... your mistake, my breakfast," the reptile chukles .   "best of the terror surrounding a Dragon is its victims are aware all the time of what is happening around, you will feel while i pull out a limb of your sockets and every one of my fangs pierces your skin and break your bones. One last cry? Before you die? " Although you can not move from now on all of you can speak

Amelia is out of words. Looking into this reptile shape eyes brings chills to her spine. Taking a deep breath and counting every word she speaks... "Only a fool would face a dragon, nomatter how many years pass. The only thing we were looking was the way out of this cave. " (In Drakonic)

"A fool born every day, do not strain yourself girl, do not have enough teeth to speak correctly the language. " "where are you from and where you are heading, speaks quickly, the drowsiness of hundreds of years goes away replaced by hunger"

"We were in the Green Rock Fortress. A siege of Orks made us flee to the catacombs and now we just look for a way out of the mountain... " The sorceres speaks with a half heart... it's clear that these are her last words.... --It's not my time. I have so much to give and do.- she thinks and feels almost angry with herself... Waiting for the dragons response closes her eyes, waiting to feel his fangs...

"great, then more rabble will come to bother?" "N-no, the corridor has been blocked, our companion sacrificed, were fighting against undead and caused a landslide." Answer a nervous Gamil The huge reptilian eye is set for a second in the stone wall where the secret door is hidden. "it's still dark and you all have had a rough night, sleep and replenish forces, neither dead nor alive will bother while I protect you"  "sleep" and unavoidably all fall asleep in the same spot where they stood. The deep sleep that envelops Amelia breaks to let pass some dreams, in them two figures in magnificent plate armor watch her while argue. "Arfast has been destroyed, Gleimhall is next, if it falls the north will be lost" "So many will die and suffer," says the other "You know that your hand is not to intervene, only guide them, was their curiosity that caused this" "curiosity without a guide" "they decided" "decisions without advice" "they forgot the advice given to them" "Then everyone is guilty?" "We are not judges, only advisors" "We are just pawns" All wake up fresh and rested at a few feet a bright fire burn not far away there are several piles of fruit, fish and raw meat, apparently of a cow. A little light enters by the entrance of the cave 500 meters away, the dragon is not found, so all decide to make a good meal. An hour after all have eaten and drunk in an icy stream that dabbles between the rocks. Gamil tells everything that happened in the chamber with the undeads

Updated 15 May 2013 (02:41)

"So Orks, undead creatures and dragons..... It's almost like a story you hear in a forgotten Inn by someone drunk ... " Amelia says and still tries to comprehent what happened. In her head she still hears the voices of the two men argue.. -what a dream...- she thinks... "We shall move ahead and get out of here..."

"Yes, you should, but better when dark" Standing less than two meters a man wearing a long golden robe, her face like a wise king but hard eyes. "By the gods, you do not know that we can take other forms?" says at the expression of surprise of all.

Amelia takes a step towards him, even in this form this is as much frightening as it would ever be... She only has in mind a few tales of dragons that actually were not murderers or destroyers... "Not only You didn't eat us, or play with our paralysed bodies but you gave us food and now advise.... Would it be too much to ask what's going on??" As she sees him turning his head to her, and afraid that she might have gone too far plays her last card... "In your magic sleep I had a dream. -Arfast has been destroyed, Gleimhall is next-, -You know that your hand is not to intervene, only guide them-, -they forgot the advice given to them-, -we are just pawns-" With a small pause... "Maybe it was the tireness talking... "

"Not all dragons enjoy the chaos and destruction, some like me were even appreciated as counselors, but it was before the Great Betrayal where hundreds of my brothers were butchered, to escape I fell into a deep sleep in anticipation of better times, was clear that the world does not need us anymore" says sadly. "As for your dream, perhaps the gods sent you a message, Arfast has actually been plundered and Gleimhall was an ancient castle beyond the mountains and the white steppes but was destroyed long before my time, Gleindhall is where i'll take you. As soon night falls will leave"

"It seems that we are caught in the middle of something really big. " says Amelia.. "I had a glimpse of the past....?"

- Then I suggest you next time go with more careful and do not enter the cave of a dragon without being invited. Past, present, future, are just the hammer and the anvil, only the sword that is forged between them is important. Now "sleep" when you open your eyes again you will be in Gleindhall - Deep sleep Amelia hears the sound of the wind and the beating of wings above all a deep voice sings mournfully, but fail to remember all the words of the song: Between emperors and gold bed We dreamed that we were awake pay the price for the mistake and then wake up to a dark dread ... Sleep never ever again be in awe Brothers and sisters wake up now ... we fell in love and got married ... Came for the fruits of our love ... and our human couples also paid ... Their innocence filled rivers and lakes Amelia dreams with gallant knights that attack and kill, their monstrous laughter rising above cries and blood, their shining armor turn black and stained with blood, their tall and beautiful helmets become horrible heads with horns and jaws. A whisper of a girl in her ear says: - To the south, the south is safe - And wake up lying on the snow, a tall figure standing at his side scans the horizon - There you go, not far just a few hundred meters - the human figure of the dragon rise an arm poiting to the direction. - I hope we meet again in better times - and dissapear in the fog. Although the snow Amelia is not cold, appears that the Dragon must have used his magic to protect her from the icy environment

Updated 20 June 2013 (14:01)

Confused... Amelia stands on her feet and shakes of some snow from her cloak. "Oh come out will you..." says and starts searching in her vest, taking out Shadow. "Our dragon ehhh saviour(?) showed that way." and starts walking with a little smile in her face since this is an expression rarely spoken. In addition to that it's clear that Gleindhall is not safe either. Irony is writen all over... "Oh shadow what have we goten ouselves into??

The veil of fog rises leaving behind a snowy wilderness moor a few hundred meters an army march to the west, between stands a lone figure watching Amelia

The figure runs toward Amelia, heavy furs bouncing in a way that makes it obvious he is not used to them. "Ahoy there!" he shouts in Common, his voice clear and resonant. "Are you in need of assistance?" The refined urban accent seems out of place in the wilderness. As he approaches, he throws down his hood and starts removing the fur coat. His face is handsome in a clean-shaven, academic sort of way, and framed by dark brown hair that looks like it might have been very neat and wavy before the hood made it stick to his cheeks and forehead. From underneath stray locks deep blue eyes peer at Amelia in clear concern as he offers her his coat and says, "Take this before you freeze!"

"Thank you, I am just fine..." says with a pause. It must sound very strange.. "I'm Amelia and this is Shadow" says in a kind voice "Pardon me for being so direct, but you seem as much out of place as we are, so we already have something in common."

The young man looks at her and her bird somewhat confused, coat still in hand. "I'm Parannos, pleased to meet you both. And you are indeed right about being out of place, although... well, you are expected, at least to some extent..." His voice strays off in candid amusement over the situation. Then he shivers sharply and seems to again notice his coat. "Oh, if you're sure you won't need this..." he mutters a tiny bit embarrassed and puts the heavy furs back on over his blue tunic. As he does so, an ornate silver chalice is apparent hanging from his belt. Parannos jumps up and down a couple of times to warm up, smiles jovially and nods behind him, "I think you are to meet chief Pryngvas. Truth be told, though, I'm not quite sure what their reception will be like. It may depend simply on their state of drunkenness," he says with a wink and a smile, pointing toward the passing army with a flourish. "Shall we go find out, M'lady?"

Updated 1 July 2013 (17:33)

"Yes, please lead the way." says and sounds somewhat confused... As she straightens her red cloak and puts her hood, her mind strays for just few seconds. -Me... Expected?? I was never expected...-, she thinks. The cold wilderness, thought, seems to clear her head a bit. As she follows Parannos she takes a minute to let hes eyes wander to the pure white. "Well Shadow we wanted to leave home and wander in the north. Look how far we came the past days..." she whispers to her friend that looks a bit distressed, he is not used to this environment.