[size="4"]The slaying of a mighty foe[/size]
As the cold wind passes through the crack in my helmet, glancing fur around my neck, I know a blizzard is coming and I would soon be amongst the greybeards at the top of ‘The throat of the world’. As I climb the legend of the seven thousand steps, I notice as each one I pass, the one behind disappears through the thickness of the snow and the gust of cold wind. The air begins to thin the further I go and my eyesight becoming faint as my body struggles to continue. The shield on my back begins to weigh me down along with my sword, the strength I had, taken away by this gusty snow.
I continue to climb because it is my quest that I set out to do, to find my father’s sword atop this mountain. As a child my mother would tell me stories of my father and his adventures of slaying beasts like dragons and giants. He lived amongst the greybeards and was never to be seen again. It was presumed he was dead and twenty years later a traveller brings news of a man in cloak with a description only my mother knew was my father. He left me as a baby and I was left with my mother in a society hit by poverty. But I wanted to be just like him and become a hunter, slaying great beasts just like him. My wife a kid knew of my journey to find my father, but I told them little of how long I was to be and I have been gone for more than three weeks.
As I continue climbing I realise this could as well be my end if the cold gets its way with my body. After a short space of time, the blizzard began to thicken but to my luck a cave could be seen. I slowly make my way in as the feeling of each part of my body begins to fade. As I enter I drop my shield to the floor along with my blade in sheath. My body without my consent flumps to the ground, I sit there in pain as the fur amongst my armour remains insufficient to aiding my body to be warm.
I look up to the ceiling looking at icicles formed from the never ending cold and snow; but my stay was short as a loud thud could be heard from within the darkness further down the cave. I reach across for my shield and blade and pull them close, the shield firm against my chest and blade in hand. The seconds pass as the thud grows louder and the tension in my muscles rises. There it was, a yellow eye with black pupil piercing through the darkness and into my soul. I change quickly into a battle stance and prepare for the worst; for I was quickly thrown off guard by a stream of fire heading at me. The shield remained close as the fire pours around the shield, I stay still but slowly in pain as the fire glances my arm and singes the flesh.
I pull myself up knowing in my mind what I was fighting and it was a foe I did not expect. I raise my blade high and shout ‘Come forth dragon of the mountain!’ That was the moment I knew I couldn’t turn back from this. I wait for it to charge to be swung to the floor from its tail from behind, somewhere I did not look. I hit the floor and place my singed shield in front of me as I prep for another attack. For it then showed itself, a dark grey dragon; its scales thick and large, its wings full spread. It looks down upon me and lifts its leg in order to crush me. I notice the icicles above from before and notice a rock an arms length but first shift my weight across the floor avoiding its leg from hitting.
I manage to reach the rock and lob it to the ceiling hearing a loud crack as they fall upon the dragon but only stabbing its leg that was exposed moments ago. I find this as my queue to leave the cave for more open ground. I limped to the exit with the dragon gaining chase; I make my way up the stairs once more knowing I was to be shortly followed. The dragon emerged from the cave and climbed its way after me, blood was pouring from its leg as the icicle remains lodged in the womb. It reached for me with another burst of fire which singed the back of my leg as I then fell to the floor. I raised my shield as it went to swipe me again but this time the impact cracked my shield rendering it useless.
I felt all my options fading fast but thought of one last attempt and threw my shield at its head stunning it briefly. I got up and climbed its leg using the icicle as a step up to get onto its back. It knew I was on it and tried hard to shake me off, but I managed to hold on. I climbed up its neck and to its head. I drew my blade and pierced it through its head before being flung off, it yelled and fire came from its mouth as blood stained the snow on the ground and my blade remained in its head. The dragon slowly died and slid down the mountain side, I look at it go down and breathe a sigh of relief only for that to be cut short by the pain in my side.
Blood poured from a womb made from an icicle on the rock, that I was impaled on. I couldn’t feel it because of the cold killing the nerves in my body. I use the last of my strength to pull myself off of it and onto the steps once again. But I knew my time has come to an end where my vision blurred and everything became slow. I slumped to the floor and looked up to the sky, this was my last moments as a trail of blood was all that was left from a battle I did not expect to win.
Moments pass as my eyes begin to fade, but to be surprised for the last time, of seeing a blurred figure in a cloak come towards me. The figure stood still and uttered the words ‘You’ve done me proud my son and now as you join me above, your child will become the last of the dragon born’ Only then did I know who it was but I could not open my mouth as my strength long perished. I manage to press a smile, as the figure faded away and as did my life. I was to join my father up in the sky, amongst the wise men and hunters of our land and to protect it with my legend.
(If you do not notice, the warrior was the father of the dragon born in the main game hence being the last of them)