*COMPLETE!*
He was born into a world that taught him the rage of war, subjugation and suffering. Driven by misery and grief, he embraced the Flames of Bedlam and became the First Dragon.
The world hailed him as Bahamut, the Dragon King. They tremb...
This is a chapter in a series of Flashbacks. They are the telling of how Bahamut became as he is -- from the soldier-slave to the the Dragon.
Time: A Year Ago
Location: The Glade/The Invader Stronghold
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The power washed through me. I took it all in, starving for it. Needing it.
It was glorious. So very glorious. I was drunk with it, but I still couldn't get enough.
I felt so vast. I could see so much. I could sense everything. And, it all belonged to me.
Tywys and her sacrifice were instantly forgotten. There was no sorrow for the one who brought me such delight.
That's what she would have wanted, right?
To see me happy?
To see my rise to power!
For me to bring justice down on those who wronged my clan!
To destroy the Invaders who left spirits without people! Those who made the Flames of Bedlam to begin with!
Ah, yes. This was the very thing I was meant to do. Perhaps she just didn't see that.
I wish she'd understood.
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I couldn't contain the power. My person form... the form I worked so hard to create... it was burning away. I saw the darkness seeping out from beneath my cracking skin.
As the flames burned, it felt so wondrous. I knew that I would soon transform into what my legacy intended. My greatest gift was yet to come!
Soon... soon...
I must be sure that they saw!
I wanted them to watch their death unfold before their eyes.
Just like that, I found myself within the Invader's home city, far beyond the fortified gates. A place I'd never seen before. I didn't wonder how I got there. I just delighted knowing what was about to happen. That something vast within me was trying to get out, and would bring the death-flame with it.
