by Legendary Elite » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:48 am
Finally the two dragons made it, immediately they could see at the fortress was a number of humans along the towers armed in clad gold and bright ruby armour. Their armour was strange, like highly upgraded compared to humans in their world. There was also as Garroth saw, Elven Warriors and Archers among the humans. These stood as tall and their armour was different but same colour and meant to fit. The Elves were as tall as humans but stronger in terms of combat and a number of other things and their blood ran thick with magic. It appeared that the forces at the fortress took them as friendlies considering that they were all pointing and some even appeared to smile, others looked serious and simply stared. As Garroth came in closer he saw that the humans along the tower were armed with Longbows and Crossbows, but something told Garroth that these were not normal. Even the towers that surrounded the fortress didn't seem normal either, at the top of the fortress was some forms of light energy, generating beacons on each of the towers. There was 7 as far as Garroth could tell. "I think we are quite safe, whoever they are they take us as allies. Considering they haven't attacked us yet either." He said to Tranquillus.
"Yes, and it appears they want us in, they just opened the doors for us at the front." She said.
As Garroth looked down, he saw she was right. There were two massive doors, Garroth couldn't tell what material was holding the fortress together but it wasn't any slabs of stone at a castle, this was unique material that seemed to have a powerful feel to them as Garroth surveyed them for a minute. The two dragons walked through the massive doors to the sight a crowd awaiting them at the place. Everyone cheered them and it appeared that they had cleared to the sides to form an aisle to walk through. Garroth saw from newborn infants to old people and Elves, though the elves didn't look old, many had hair that went down to the back of their legs. All of the citizens were cheering. Towards the center of the area was a massive throne in gold with several crowns on it with one huge point going upward. Near the throne were statues of what Garroth thought were kings and other royals who previously existed and passed away. He looked back to the throne as the two walked on. And on the throne was a massive dragon, the same one Garroth had seen earlier. And it was looking directly at him. The dragon was sitting with it's tail coiled around on it's bottom like a cobra. With it's arms on the hands of the throne and it's claws were flexing at them. The dragon was the largest the two had seen other than Chronos. The dragon waited until the dragons came close enough to the throne and then raised its left claw up to silence the crowd. Immediately the two dragons bowed to the king. The king acknowledged this by nodding and then lifted his left claw in a fashion that meant "rise". The two rose immediately. Then the dragon spoke in what seemed a deep voice that was gentle but quite demanding as well. But mostly strong and firm. Garroth spoke first. "I am Garroth, Royal Green Dragon and loyal to my leader, Emperor Rufus." He said. The larger dragon nodded. "I sense that the Green Dragon is the son of Alairoth and Starroth, the two others that last came to our sacred lands." He said before turning to Tranquillus who almost seemed to tremble at the sight of the massive creature. "I do not know who you are but I would like to know more about you as well." Tranquillus then spoke. "I am Tranquillus, daughter to my father Grandarvam and my mother Villarius. I serve Emperor Chronos." The dragon then went from serious to a smile before raising his hands up high. "I welcome both, Garroth and Tranquillus to the Outlands!" He said as the crowd went into an uproar of joy. The two were relieved to not be hostile at least. The dragon then lowered his hands back to the hands of his throne. "I am Scarfradus, Sky Dragon of the West. My kind has ruled the Outlands and we also created the portals that allowed access from the other realms. This land was overun with the demon armies, but we built these huge fortresses as a resistance against the demons and as such have proven quite effective against them. Though a massive army might be able to overrun it, none have so far. We eradicated them from this land as well as the followers of the demon armies. You two will be safe here. I take it your father Garroth gave you a map. Indeed he was a good friend to me and that he raised you well. And I wish to learn about you too Tranquillus." Said Scarfradus, immediately the dragon uncoiled himself. His wings were folded behind him and using his tail, he slid across off the throne and onto a ground. Suprisingly the ground didn't shake at all from the creatures massive size. "Follow me." He said and the dragons followed behind. Garroth was relaxed now and saw Tranquillus was, she saw him looking at her and smiled back. Garroth gave a bit of a chuckle before focusing on the larger dragon...