Dragons once ruled. Kings of skies and seas. Great beasts with incomparable power. They had ruled for countless millennia, wise and ancient and dangerous. But slowly females were being born less and less often, despite already being rare. Many thought it was just a time famine and hardship, but it worsened, year after year until only a handful remained, seated in positions of power and defended by the toughest males.
The greatest of all, their ruler, Queen Astrid, was famed for her might and glorious strength. She was the hope of the species, a young queen at the beginning of her reign, and already expecting a daughter, an heir, prophesized to be more impressive than her. But misfortunate fell, the child was stillborn, and hope died along with it. The breaking point was when the last females fell fatally ill.
In the 15 years since, not a single female remained.
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The Dragon's Consort
FantasyDragons. Creatures made of flame and power and magic. Long ago they ruled the heavens and razed the earth. Yet, even the mighty fall... They are dying out, their last females dead of a strange illness. They are left without hope, without a future. Z...
