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Beyond our own world, if one looks hard enough, there lies another, a world one could only dream of visiting. A world, which not many know of, whose name, is a complete mystery to those who reside in our world.

Dragonstone...

If you were to ask anyone, they wouldn't know what you were talking about. But find the right people, and they'll tell you what you need to know. It's an ancient world, a land of mystery, adventure, of danger and beauty, where within, the only inhabitants who live there, are dragons. It lies in another dimension, one that is found quite far, far away from Earth, where the only way to get there, to visit this world, is through its main portal.

Since its creation, not much has changed, over the millions of years that it has existed, but it was never left undiscovered. For the first ones to discover Dragonstone, were very brave adventurers, hailing from altogether, different dimension. When they found the world, they spent time there, exploring it, learning of it. After a while, these people started to raise families there, and eventually life there was good and peaceful.

But peace can never last, for somewhere, someone would always want to shatter it, to complete a goal filled by their own desire and greed. For an evil person came into existence, one who wanted to take over this land, and make it his own. His desires for such a black-hearted dream began a dark age for those who had made Dragonstone their home.

This evil master began his plans for his dark conquest, by creating monsters to do his bidding, all sent out to slay anyone who opposed him, and enslaving others. Many were created, but one creation, known as the Dark Dragon Knight, was by far the greatest of his creations, but for the people who chose to fight back against him, it was the worse creation he had made.

For hundreds of years, the Dark Dragon Knight was responsible for the deaths of millions of people that stood in his master's path towards world domination, cutting them down without much thought, while his master grew delightful of his creation's work. And so it continued over the years, the misery, the death, and the suffering.

But little did this evil master realize was, that as his creation continued to do his bidding, in the time since he had been created, he had slowly begun to think for himself, to consider what his actions were really doing, and to think over what his purpose was. The suffering, the pain, the misery, he could sense the sadness in the people he saw, and the sight of it all, and what he realized what he was doing, it gave him deep feelings of guilt.

Angered at what he was doing, and seeking redemption, he gathered a whole army with one purpose, to undo his actions, and to fight his evil master. It was a difficult fight, a long one indeed, but in the end, the Dark Dragon Knight emerged victorious, killing his master, his creator, with his own hands. When the war was finally over, those who had fought in it, left Dragonstone, and found a land of their own to live in, forming Dovahreich; but that, dear reader, is another story for another time.

After the final battle with the evil master, the Dark Dragon Knight was wounded badly, and needed healing, but no one would agree to help him; many could not forgive him for what he had done, so left with no choice, he began to walk in exile, leaving the people to rebuild their lives.

This became what he thought, would be his life from there on. It did seem that way, until, one day, a voice called to him. It told him, that if he could continue to fight evil, as he had done in the war, and help people who were greatly in need, his life would change. Thinking over these words, he decided, that after what he had done, and seeking atonement for his actions, that this was what he would do.

After many years spent, fighting the evil of this land, on one day, he found a sword, an evil blade which through will and courage, he tamed. It became his only friend on his journeys, one that he named Trinity, a blade of a great power that he could use in his fight against darkness.

After a few more years, he heard that same voice once again call to him. It told him something important, something he needed to listen to.

"If you shall climb up the tallest mountain that lies here, in Dragonstone, then there you will find a great power, one that you deserve to have for your actions," it told him.

And so he did climb up the tallest mountain in land, an arduous task for such a warrior, but one he persevered in. When he climbed it, he found, inside a cave behind a waterfall, a great power as he had been told. But curiously, as he found it, it was one that made him an offer, one he had to listen to carefully.

"Dark Dragon Knight," it called out, "If you continue to protect Dragonstone, and do with this power, then your wounds will be healed always, and with it, a place will be built for you, one that you will be able to call home." As he thought over these words, it spoke with more, "But it has a price, for you must sleep for long time, until you are needed. Will you accept this?"

He considered the words carefully, but the feeling of wanting to atoned for his sins, was great, and with that he agreed. As he slept in his long sleep, this great power called out, and asked the people to build him a big castle for him to live in. After what he had done to change his ways, and to help people, they did, as a thank you for his actions.

Thousands of years went by and, in time, newer, darker, more corrupted creatures began to arrive in Dragonstone. Their numbers began to be too great for those who lived there to fight back. So one of those who lived in the land, a female dragoness named Valeria, decided to track down the one who fought such creatures, and tracked him down to his castle, the one the people had created, but over time, had forgotten about.

Somehow, for some reason, Valeria managed to not only find him, but wake him from his deep slumber. When the Dark Dragon Knight woke from his sleep, his eyes fell upon her, and for the first time in his life, he found her to be beautiful. Just as much as when she saw him, she found him to be handsome. Neither could have guessed it, but both Valeria and Knight fell in love with each other.

When she told him of the troubles the land was facing, he agreed to aid once more, and with her by his side, together they slayed many of these creatures, working together to protect the land and its people. But tragedy struck, in one battle, Valeria was caught out by a ferocious monster, which struck a deadly blow. Although Knight slayed it, he could not do anything to save her, and she died in his arms.

But not before she had given him children before that fight, for the Dark Dragon Knight had been given two sons and a daughter, whom he raised with great love and care for the memory of his wife. But in the years to come, when his were old enough to raise a family of their own, both were killed by their own sons. It was like their own creations had been their own downfall, just as it had been for the Dark Dragon Knight when he had slayed his own creator. It was an event, which made the Dark Dragon Knight angry, that he could not have prevented their deaths. With his daughter all he had left, he shielded them inside his castle.

However, in time, he calmed, and when the people heard and asked for help, he eventually let them into his castle, allowing them to learn of his wisdom and knowledge, in the hopes that they could be strong enough to face the dangers the land had.

After a few years, one day, he received a vision, that one day in the future, an evil force would rise once again; one that would threaten the land and its people. But, as he listened to this vision, he learned that there was one who would be of great help to the land; an outsider who, with have a true heart, would be there only hope to stop it.

So he chose to wait, wait for someone to come through the portal, the one he'd been told about. But no one did come through, and for hundreds of years, it remained like that. Until it came to one day, when a male dragon, one called Flame, entered into the land of Dragonstone.

The Dark Dragon Knight, sensing his arrival, chose to follow him, to see if he had a true heart. He could feel it within this one, but he wanted to see if the dragon really did.

When Flame first came to the land, he met with a young dragoness, Rizna, in an open clearing in a forest. When he encountered her, she smiled, and asked Flame if he would take a picture of her. The dragon agreed, and took a few of her, and when he had taken enough, Rizna was touched by his humble nature; he did not ask for a reward or anything in exchange. She was so touched, that she gave him a picture to enjoy and treasure.

When he began thinking of her again, sometime later, he couldn't stop it, and so one day, when he could not resist the thoughts of her beauty, he returned and so did find her again in the same field, where the pair embraced one another, and kissed all day.

But then, one day, Rizna was caught by surprise, whilst walking through the forest, by a sand leech, a king of its kind. Her curiosity about the noises coming from a mud pit, made her investigate; something she wished she hadn't done. But she gratefully indebted for her rescue, by both Flame and the Dark Dragon Knight, both of whom, saved her from the creature. It was during her rescue, that Knight, as he called himself these days, had finally gotten his proof; that the dragon, Flame, had a good heart within him.

'He is the one, the hero in the prophecy that I had in my sleep,' he thought as he gazed out across the land, 'He is the one who will save us all, or Dragonstone will fall, and maybe...' he shuddered at the possibility of what could be, '...just maybe... the whole universe as well...'

What trials await the dragon, Flame? What dangers await him? There is much more to this tale, dear reader...

Much more, to come...

TO BE CONTINUED...