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Oda

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Malakath - Terragrith Mountains - Grackthall

There were few things in this world that could make Oda feel uncomfortable.

He had faced the breath of a dragon. The Axe of a man trying to kill him. The poison of a woman scorned. Over his lifetime he had been cut, bruised, broken, and torn into pieces. All of these things were a matter of fact, they were a part of his life. Never had he thought them an obstacle. Never had any of them given him an ounce of hesitation.

Grakthall did.

The great city of the Drawgur put a distinct anxiety in his chest that he could never admit to. Buried beneath the Terragrith Mountain's of the east, the Drawgur had built a metropolis that sprawled beneath the earth itself. Larger even than Thanasis, the drawing tunnels and spreading metropolis stood not upon Malakath, but below.

In the west, some called the Drawgur Dwarves. Though their ashen skin and bright eyes marked them apart from their cousins. These people were industrious, intelligence, and ever mercantile. Though their hearts stood to invention, they knew the keys of the world were rooted in trade. That was why Oda was here, to protect a delegation of politicians that had been sent to reach an accord.

Thanasis lay more than a thousand miles from the gates of Grackthall, yet such distance was no measure for the Drawgur.
A bargain had already been struck, and despite the thousands of miles between their cities the people under the mountains had agreed to dig. A passage would be created between the two great cities. Dredged from the earth, and created so the two could strive in trade and war.

That was truly why Oda was here.

There were not many Dragons which would venture deep beneath the earth, but Arkhys had been wrought to heel. Despite the Hellfire's distaste of the underground, he followed Oda's command. Even so far beneath the earth, where the sun was far and the sky farther, the Hellfire stood mere meters behind the excavation team. His mouth an ever creasing scowl. "A pocket?"

Oda asked the Drawgur before him. The stout engineer tilting his head in a nod.

"A cavern, three hundred meters tall. The Diggers reached it this morn." He said with a frown. "We thought it best you..explore it first."

A glance was cast behind the warriors side, and slowly Oda tilted his head in a nod. "We will find if anything lays within the depths. I will gather the others."

Oda stated, as though there was no choice in the matter.
 
Greydon slumped in his seat upon the saddle that was fitted to his Moon Dragon. He never knew his dragon was so well adjusted to the darkness of the underground, but it was part of their abilities to see well in dark spaces. Their bond granted their humans the same vision, and Grey could make out the bend further into the tunnel, but he stayed in this cavern with the rest of them.

"Easy, easy!" Came another rider's voice somewhere behind him. Most dragons became skittish this far below the earth, so disconnected from the open skies. Drazhan had been the same, until the darkness hung at the edges in a promise just like eventide. They welcomed the shadows, moved about it with more ease than the rest of their small squad.

Movement came down the tunnel and Grey sat up straight. "Look alive. Hellfire is on the way." And with the Hell Drake, his rider.
 
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Diarmuid had other business aside from monitoring the building of tunnels, but house Laenaeris insisted on having a representative to speak with the dwarves. However his dragon-bonded family members each insisted that their dragons simply could not manage being underground, and Diarmuid was chosen to represent his house. He hoped the dwarves did not consider a dragonless envoy an insult, and even more that his house had not intended such.

"Sir, the dwarven engineers have been getting restless. We believe they've found something."
Dibella, a warrior sworn to the house informed him.

"Then they'll be coming to us soon to explain the delay, and perhaps even request assistance. Prepare to travel." Diarmuid replied. Part of him hoped something was wrong enough to provide some excitement, but he also held no ill will to the dwarves.
 
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Arkhys crawled through the tunnels like his reptile forebears. Wings folded tight against his back, head snaking left and right, mouth agape with the slight light of black flames flickering along the path. Besides him tread Oda, his steps echoing within the halls of the tunnel.

The other Riders seemed to stiffen as he approached, each of them half as weary of the man as they were of his Dragon.

Some still thought him little more than the King's trained savage, and in truth such words were not far off. He and his held little loyal to the city of Thanasis, nor the nobles who made up most of it's Dragon Riders. Oda was here because the Crown had beckoned him, and nothing more. "It is time to go."

He said, never slowing as he began to march towards the corridor that the Drawgur had spoken of.

"They have found a Cavern, a maw within the tunnels." As he spoke, the clattering of picks and tunnel-crawlers echoed out ahead, the Drawgur's great digging equipment coming to a stop and moving to the side to allow passage for the Dragons and their riders. "We will see what lays within."

As they moved, some of the Drawgur workers shifted uneasily. The dwarven cousins no-more comfortable around dragons than their mainland Kindred. "Greydon. Take the front with me."

Oda beckoned, leaving no room for argument.
 
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Ever the good soldier, Greydon patted Drazhan's spine for the dragon to move into position at Oda's side. He kept quiet, not needing any more information that what had been told, but his eyes found the Drawgur's busy at work to make room for the Thanasians to move past. If any were to look up at him, he'd give them a grim smile. He wasn't one to smile so freely, and many rumoured it to his father's family he did all he could to not be associated with.

Too bad his Moon Dragon gave away his roots.

Drazhan kept a respectful distance from the other drake up front. He kept in sight, not wishing to fall into the blindside and perhaps triggering any predatory responses. Like dragon and bonded, they knew when to make themselves compliant to get through a situation, but Greydon had every respect for the man that commanded he ride at his side.