Angelika and Jynx appeared at my house before the sun had even risen this morning. Barrow, Spirit and I were awoken by a bang on the window.
“Susan, are you awake? You’ve got to come see.” Angelika gently continued to knock on the glass until I turned the light on.
“She sleep. Sensible occupation. I sleep on deck!” I heard a rustle from the outside.
Barrow and Spirit ran forwards and were already wagging their tales when I got to the door. “Angelika, what are you doing here? It’s the middle of the night!”
Angelika coughed. “Well… Keefee’s mother came for a visit and she’s helping to fix the kitchen. Keefee is not happy. I thought I’d better leave for a couple of days." But, you have to come see what happened.”
Reluctantly, I pulled on my robe and followed Angelika out the gate. “Sky shards have appeared, but they haven’t all seemed to arrive. We’ll talk about them next time.”
I pushed my glasses further up my nose and then tried to peer at the half formed sky shards. But, Angelika was moving too quickly and I scrambled to keep up.
Then I turned the corner and saw her. Emberlyn, a young female dragon, was nestled against the wall of my house with a some of Dragonveil.
Deep across the mountains, near the northern sea, an active volcanic region exists on Erudus. This is the Dragonveil. The area is filled with dark charcoal rocks with veins of silver. The heat is so oppressive that the rocks sometimes pop unexpectedly.
Cracks in the dark stone glow with yellow and orange. They opened to lava that flows across the landscape.
In the shadows, in caves, and on the volcano peaks, dragons of all types and sizes coexist and have lived happily for centuries.
Humans have only lived in the Dragonveil for one thousand years, but their influence has been dramatic.
This week when creating the Dragonveil the largest homemade items were glowing orange and red rocks, Tomorrow’s post will have more about them.
During the Celebration of Spirits dragons have their own ceremony. Dragons have a hive mind. While dragon’s have individual thoughts, any dragon can access any other’s experiences at any time. Consequently, they can see what happens to the others.
During the final days of the Celebration of Spirits, dragons meet at the darkest hour of night, and remember those who have traveled across the veil. They call to those individuals to travel back to the Dragonveil and have a reunion.
Dragons that come back across must leave Erudus when the first rays of the sun hit the highest peaks on the Spinebacks.
The mist continues to rise around my yard. Who knows what will show up next? Subscribe to follow along as Erudus continues to move Earthside.
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