Week 1 - Topic 2 - Here there be dragons

[streetnights]

I was seventeen years of age when I went to seek my destiny and explore the world, and forty-four when I came upon the cave of dragons.

In my first seven years of wandering, I had killed three giants and vanquished five serpents, the biggest one a snake which could swallow a mule whole. I had dueled fel-orc warlords and pounded the bones of undying

Comments

[kehlen]

Cool!

[streetnights]

Thanks!

[myrna_bird]

Very tragic but well-told story.

[streetnights]

Thank you kindly ;)

[streetnights]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[faerie_spark]

I love the poetry in this prose, the repetition, the cadence of the words, and the vivid images. The language is appropriate for telling a mythological tale without being too flowery. Excellent job!

[streetnights]

-grins- High praise, this; it was exactly what I was aiming for. Many thanks!

[thaliontholwen]

Great story.

[streetnights]

Merci!