22nd Sandstone, 205, Mid-Autumn
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Dodók Oddemmeb, Wrestler and Swordsdwarf, came hopping by on one leg on his way to bed.
"Zon! A word, please."
"What is it? I'm very busy." I tried to hobble on by, but he hopped in front of me regardless.
"I want you to take down the cage traps in the front gate. They're undwarfy, and they cost me a spectacular death in battle by the dragon Nelare Fedíofi Fonenelare!"
I looked Dodók up and down. "You would do battle with Nelare with a broken
left foot? You can hardly get yourself to bed. Surely, there would have been
many spectacular deaths by that dragon, including the caravan from the Swift Arches. If she had killed you, we never could have tamed it, and it would be a menace even while tamed."
"Bah!! A death by the fiery breath of Nelare would have been worth it all. Don't you know anything about Nelare Fedíofi Fonenelare?"
I sighed. The one god worse than Asën had to be Logem, god of history lessons and lectures. "Be right back," I said, as I left him, filled my mug with some dwarven wine, then returned. In that amount of time he had taken only two more hops toward his bed. "'K, why don't you lesson me up on this dragon?"
"Nelare Flickersizzles the Glowing Silvers is a dragon. She is one of the only ones of her kind. In year 1, she settled in Cloisterheart, where she would later come to hoard several items that she stole from the civilizations around her. She had a penchant for stealing leather earrings and bone scepters, strangely enough. Her first kill was Enina Mortalwaxes the elf with dragonfire in Worldcrabs. She then attacked Legendecho, a kobold settlement, and shortly afterward Paddlednightmares, a goblin tower. She then turned her attention back to the elves, attacking the treehome of Packedfins and killing several. Her onslaught wasn't yet over... she moved onto Sidepearl, a human village, and razed several buildings, including The Curled Keeper and The Breakfast of Scars.
"Several foolish elves and humans attempted to attack her single-handedly, none of them successful. In 149, the human Olo Riddlecloudy and the dwarf Olin Paddleshocked confronted Nelare together in Cloisterheart. Olo was struck down, but Olin escaped - but only to come back and fight the dragon again later, and though defeated again, managed to escape a second time.
"In 164, Nelare was confronted again by an elf, this one by the name of Themiyi Seizureisland. Though the elf escaped, the conflict cost Themiyi her right eye. A few years later in 170, Nelare burned a human to death in Paddlednightmares--"
"Hold up," I said. "I thought Paddlednightmares was a goblin tower? So are these the humans that have allied with the goblins?
Dodók started to look delirious, perhaps from the pain. Maybe I should offer him a seat? He continued rambling, as if not hearing me. "In 174, Nelare was attacked by three dwarves - Kivish Fellwheel, Ingish Floorwonders, and Uvash Reliccharmed. Ingish's mouth was ripped open, Uvash was struck down, and Kivish escaped unscathed. She would be attacked again later by the dwarf Stukos Basementabyss. Nelare tore off Stukos's right lower leg, yet somehow she managed to escape with her life."
"None of those dwarven names sound familiar to me, Dodók. It doesn't sound like this dragon has a history with The Swift Arches. Is this true?"
Dodók started to look faint. He then rattled off a few more facts about the dragon before passing out onto the floor.
His wife, Rith Hollowseal, immediately came by to scoop him up and away to his bed.
I watched after him as he disappeared down the stairs in his wife's arms. Humans in Paddlednightmares... I'll have to ask him later when he's better to see if there's a relation between them and the ones we're seeing with the goblins.
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