Dragon Shadow Over the City

Northern Seleucia, Lynnhawk City.

In the sky beyond the city, wyverns beat their wings in disorder, shrieking without end. They rose like dense, churning masses of dark clouds, their wings colliding and scraping against one another with a deafening clamor.

On the ground, mist spread across the land. Poison Lizards, Guardian Dragon Beasts, Forest Land Dragons, Multi-headed Green Serpent Lizards, Withered Wyverns, and other beasts bearing dragon blood raised their heads and let out long cries. Deep light gleamed within their narrow vertical pupils.

Great numbers of cultists clad in dark green and black robes gathered beneath the city walls, murmuring prayers in low voices like a mottled tide.

Green Dragons crouched along the top of the walls, while upon the highest stretch stood the infamous "Venomous Emerald," eldest daughter of the Lord of the Rotten Swamp—Ulrichia.

She possessed an enormous body, bright emerald-green scales, and a massive, conspicuous thorn-like crown upon her head. Her golden vertical pupils brimmed with arrogance and contempt.

She was a female Ancient Green Dragon: cruel, vicious, treacherous, and fond of eating young elven girls alive. The Kingdom of Serenia had once offered a reward of more than ten thousand Gold Coins for her head.

During the Green Dragon Sect's expansion, Ulrichia had disguised herself as a shaman who wielded the power of nature, deceiving the Duke of Lynnhawk City into trusting her.

At the duke's daughter's grand wedding, Ulrichia and her followers slaughtered every guest, massacring all the nobles there. She had even devoured the poor bride before the groom's very eyes, seizing control of Lynnhawk City in one stroke.

This "Bloody Wedding" became a horror story told across the continent, terrifying countless people who heard of it and spreading Ulrichia's notorious name far and wide.

Ulrichia swept her gloomy gaze across the cultists