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A looming shadow made it to my unwilling lair, trudging up ancient steps. At first, I mistook it for another wayward creature of the forest - perhaps a bear or some massive wolf. But its two-legged stagger and heavy breathing set it apart, vest still smoking as if having escaped from a fire. A...

Ummonbrax happily dangled the second man between its claws, a wriggling fish caught on its hook. His legs might be broken, but he could still crawl by his arms, which would make for delightful sport. The dragon enjoyed its meals best when they were clinging on for life. But its eye had caught...

If only the men had seen the waters of the moat boil, sizzle and turn a stagnant green, oozing from the melting guts of Ummonbrax, the Waiting Maw. Age had not been kind to his scales, leaking the pustulent acid that spilled over into his breath, and yet somehow, stubbornly, he refused to die...

A black row of spines, scales mottled green and brown, virtually indistinguishable from the broken trunks, leaves and duckweed covering the stagnant waters of the moat, slipped below the surface, leaving nothing but a few bubbles behind. The trample of hooves and the distant breaths of...

Time. Time had had a most strange effect upon the castle floor. At first, it had been all chaos and frenetic energy. Blood had pooled deep into the grooves of ancient stonework, filling them like overflowing canals. The king had shuddered, his flesh twitched and spasmed around my sharp embrace...