Nolhend
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Winter
Age of darkness
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Nol stepped through the threshold of the cottage, the hatchling wriggling in his pack, Nol glanced at his pack, "shh!" He muttered.
This morning,the little pastel blue dragon and eaten most of Nols breakfast, which consisted of fruits (which she noticeably left for Nol) dried meats and bread, his favourite.
Nol walked through the thickets that surrounded his family's beloved home, crouching to the ground and sliding his pack off his shoulder, and setting it down, as he did a sharp white head poked out from the flaps, dark eyes glaring.
"what?, it was the only way to get you outside" he said bitting his lip, he wasn't yet sure what this dragon was capable of yet, looked like he needed to brush up on his dragon books.
The hatchling reached up and pointed towards the window, Nol blinked in suprise at her, "you want me, to fit in that window?!" The hatchling growled up at him, "your a madman!" He said chuckling, with that he plopped down beside the hatchling and ran his fingers over her beautiful scaled body.
"what should I name you? I mean.. I have a few ideas.. like Shelmaumnios, Ogau and Lamnuro, take your pick"
He scribbled the names in the dirt and looked at her, "just ounce on the one you like" with that the small dragon leaned forward to examine the names, she snorted and pounced on Lamnuro.
"Lamnuro. Lam, nice!" He said, he stood, and the hatchling beside him did too, he looked at her noticing how she was now mid-thigh height, "wow, you grow quickly" he said, tracing around her horns, "anyway, today I have to go into town to grab more wheat seeds, and.. you can't risk coming" he said, feeling a stab of sadness flow through the bond, the more days he had spent with the dragon, the worse it felt when he needed to leave.
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The horse moved swiftly under Nols strong build, cantering towards Mainin, the closest town and harbour. Nol turned in his seat, gazing back in the direction of the cottage, where he had left Lamnuro in the protection of his sisters, Nol had somewhat worked up the courage to admit to his sisters that he was a rider, they seemed to take a instant liking towards Lam and were okay with Nol being a rider.
Nol was riding with his father, Wolf, and his brother, Leif. Leif was trailing behind with the young shire horse pulling a cart full of the harvest to sell at the docks.
The sound of waves crashing among the cliffs of Mainin greeted them as Nol and the other men entered the protected ring of houses, Nol gazed around, his eyes lingering over precious metals, meats and stock as they passed.
"Don't look to long, I don't want to lose a son to the stock yards" Wolf muttered as they approached Tom, the mid-aged man that brought the farmers harvest, stock and minerals to ship over to the dark masses armies to save his neck, Nol was never a fan of him, but he was by far even less of a fan of him since Lam hatched.
Something dark flickered in the corner of Nols vision, Nol turned in his seat to gaze at the mysterious movement, something dark stood pressed to a house, Nol narrowed his eyes at the blur trying to make sense of it when his fathers heavy hand fell of his shoulder, "well son, help me unload the wheat" Nol nodded and tore his attention away from his father back to where the dark blur was, but was not longer seen there.
Nol spent the rest of the noon, unloading and packing wheat, until every last pound had been converted into carry crates.
"all done, my sons" Wolf said mounting his dapples mount, turning him and urging him into a hasty canter, "I don't want supper to be cold!" He cried, his voice distant.
Leif and Nol mounted quickly and urged their own mounts onward, trying to beat their father.
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Thankfully Nols sisters had lukewarm meat stew and crusty bread waiting for the men when they came back, each one of them devouring their portion. Once finished Nol carried his bowl to the sink, taking the opportunity to speak to his sisters in privacy, "how's lam doing?" He whispered to the girls.
"She is very well-mannered for a dragon, you know?" Whispered back one of his sisters, "that's not what I asked" Nol said rolling his eyes, running a hand through his hair.
"she's doing fine, mighty me, she has a appetite" his other sister admitted, smiling.
Nol smiled and granted his goodnights before walking into his bedroom, Lam sat on his bed curled up with her eyes closed, Nol found himself smiling again, he closed his door and lit a oil lamp, setting it down on his carved wooden desk, he removed a few books from his shelf featuring dragons, magic and weapon knowledge.
Nol flipped through the book, looking for what he saw at Mainin today, he got to page 738 before stopping, there on the page in the magic section, was a scribbled version of what he saw.
Tarriaksuk
These creatures are known to work for dark masses Dragon Riders had sworn to protect people from.
These creatures are normally used for spying on enemies or delivering messages.
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Nol read the passage and shook his head, "well that wasn't much help.. geez" he said, running his hand over the yellowed page, he narrowed his eyes and read again, the words Spying and Dark masses catching his attention, "hold up, that Thing could be spying on me for the dark masses army?…" Nol turned and glanced at lam, then at the door where he was certain his sisters were still washing up. If these things came to get him or send one of their messages, he would be endangering his family, he loved his family more then anything in the world, but.. if this would protect them.. he had to let them go.
Nol got up and scribbled a letter for his sisters, and his father, Nol doubted his brother would miss him, and quickly gathered his belongings, squeezing as many books on the arcane world in his bag as possible.
Lam cracked an eye open, and the strangest feeling flowed through Nol and a unknown voice filled his head.
'Where are we going?'
Nol turned and looked at Lam, "you speak! I mean..", 'You speak!' Nol thought, directing his thoughts at Lam.
Lam blinked at him, 'you didn't answer me, Nolhend'
Nol chuckled and rubbed the back of he neck, this was going to need some getting used to, 'we have to go, otherwise we would be endangering my family, I saw what they call a Tarriaksuk today' he thought picturing the shadowy creature, the way it slunk around and blended in.
Lam growled, 'Your right, it's not safe here' she muttered
Nol sighed reaching to grab her, Lam lifted her chin and allowed herself to be propped up in his open bag.
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The horse whinnied loudly as Nol approached, "Shh!, your gonna wake them!" He hissed at the anxious horse, stroking the geldings neck, he quickly tacked up the horse in record time, mounting and urged the horse to trot away from his old home, 'I can't believe I am doing this..' he thought
Lam squirmed in his pack, 'Yea, I can't believe you didn't pack us any food' she growled.
Nol slumped, "dammit" he cursed, "oh well, lucky i know how to hunt" he said looking around to make sure the shadow creature wasn't around, casting another glance at his home he entered to forest, leaving forever.
Sunny
