The Scales of Fire
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Last published Sun, Aug 24, 2025
For thousands of years, dragons have claimed the skies, the earth, and the astral being of life itself. Respected and worshiped among many continents around the world. However, the greed of humans has plagued the land to ravish the essence of every being it has to offer. To claim power as their own while seeking the destruction of creation. Being in the dark times of war molds you into something you never would imagine. Adults ages 20 to 25 are all forced to go through a military academy to fight for what we believe is the greatest threat to our lives. Is it, though? Is there more to it that we are not seeing? Or is it the woven lies of previous generations that fed and molded us as children? Until I was face to face with death itself. I knew that everything was a lie. Cold crippling hands that dared to break my soul and seal me away in the undertone of the ethereal plane. I will not bow before death. Or rather, I shall lay claim to it. Embodying the very thing that would be the downfall of it all.
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