![]() Far upriver, so far it is shown on no map, lies the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra – or so it is believed. Soon, they are seen as a danger and a burden: something must be done. Some do not even have wings others seem witless and bestial. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons.īut the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. ![]() But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. With its acid waters and noxious airs, it is a hard place for anyone to survive. Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wild River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. She caught the current of warm summer air and soared on it.ġ7 Damaged Dragons. Three, four, five beats of her wings and the wind off the river caught her and flung her aloft. She crouched low on her powerful hindquarters and then sprang effortlessly into the air. And then she spread and limbered her gleaming scarlet wings. In another life, a queen dragon preened herself, her silver-dripping muzzle spreading the fine sheen over her feathery scales. 'Kelsingra,' she said softly. In her dreams she drank from Kelsingra's well and the silver ran through her veins, filling her heart with song and her mind with poetry. Memories of flight, of mating, of the hot sandy beaches where her ancestors had laid their eggs. ![]() Memories flickered in her mind, filling her with sadness.
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