Post by Beets The Beetle (Feenix) on Dec 10, 2023 20:57:20 GMT
A letter is left for Marto Copperkettle at The Cat and Badger in New Hillborrow upon his next visit, the emerald green scrawl of his name on the envelope very familiar.
Dear Marto,
How are you? I hope this letter finds you well.
Well truthfully, I hope it finds you at all! I always seem to end up around here when you’re outta town!
Why am I here?
Well, I’d only flown in this morning to drop off some deliveries from Daring Heights. But after bumping into the sweetest little Kobold Frigus and their ever so cute drake friend Waffles, I ended up on a baby dragon hunt around New Hillborrow! Now before you go worrying about the town these weren’t just wild dragons from a potentially unruly new resident-I know NHB had its share of ‘dragon action!’ Anyway, we managed to corral them all together thanks to the help of a glowie guy named Haranis, a soft hearted goliath named Ronkk and clever girl Orianna, all who just happened to be in town today too. Only a couple crispy flowers in one field of BB’s and few windmill roof tiles out of place.
We met the carer of the eggs-well dragonlings-a pretty pink haired miss named Anacostia-who was transporting them to The Court of Dragons. Can you believe it?! A whole buggin’Court of Dragons!-Though you’ve probably heard of it from Merla no doubt!
Do remember me saying-writing-that I’d started to learn Dragonic after an amazing encounter with a flock of dragonlings and their ‘mother’ Minerva a couple months back? Well turns out Anacostia is Minerva’s daughter and they’re both Matron Mothers of wayward dragonlings. Its honestly wonderful to know there’s such caring people stepping up to give these little ones a chance at a happy life. I’ll be honest I felt a bit self conscious though of my new Dragonic accent compared to theirs. The choice of teaching material by Booysha’s has given me quite the..‘unique’ tone.
We got the honour of meeting the ruler of the court during our visit too, Queen Ophelia, as well as another colossal dragon, Thalistrasza-The Pearl Dragon. I love dragons Marto, I really do. They’re just such awesome and amazing creatures. But seeing and hearing of ones of such scale these last few months, they’re just overwhelming in such an honestly terrifying way. The merest puff from one of’em could snuff us all out in an instant.
I was lucky enough to be told I would be welcome to visit again, but I first I felt I had to apologise for Orianna for a previous dragon-related reluctance. I kinda took a gold disc from the remains of a ‘cursed’ treasure dragon-pirate-on an voyage with Kavel to Kavelland, and his wizard friend Archie identified it to be somehow linked to a whole thing she’s involved in with these potentially world destroying cosmic, no ‘Primoridal’ wyrms.
I thought that maybe if held onto it, I could..I don’t know, get a ‘draconic-blessing’ or something of my own. Watching Orianna get hers, to be embraced by something in such a warm welcoming way. It was a bu-a big difference from what I experience with my, well, you know.
Anyway, she told me it was myself I had to apologise to for how I’d felt more that anything. A very Orianna-like response, and a lot like one I’m sure you’d be giving me too. You’d both get on well I think.
Well anyways, I better wrap this up. I only came to do some morning drop offs and now I’ve gone dragon hunting, new court visiting and far outstayed my welcome on Frigus’s new cottage after dinner. I think you’ll like it, you can’t really miss it up here-very comfy roof tiles.
I’ll drop this off at The Cat and Badger before I head for home.
Maybe I’ll just have a quick power nap on the windmill first-someones gotta put back those roof tiles anyway!
See you when I see you Marto.
Yours,
Beets