The end of the Harptos Calendar year marked the beginning of deep winter in the new one. But for Moonshadow Island, situated in the northern temperate zone, the monsoon rainy season had only just ended, and the difference in temperature was not yet pronounced.
After Elisa completed her coronation ceremony, the dragons who had come to "enforce justice" and bear witness to history formally bid Li Wei farewell first.
Although the vast majority of Metal Dragons upheld order, aside from Silver Dragons like Li Wei and Silver Wing, who enjoyed spending their years mingling in human society, most dragons had little interest in such things.
Rather than deal with these mammals they might accidentally step on and kill, they would much rather lie in their treasure-filled lairs and sleep a few more naps.
There were exceptions, however. The Bronze Dragon Felgras and Sunset Flame Galadaros, both of whom had expressed an interest in Li Wei, said they hoped to follow him to Minas Tirith, Crown of the Northlands, for a visit and some travels.
That put Li Wei in a difficult spot. If it were only the former, he would naturally welcome him with open arms.
Don't be fooled by this adolescent Bronze Dragon's nickname, Flying Calamity. That name only applied to the evil pirates operating in Sword Coast.
Whenever this Bronze Dragon stuck his foot in and justice descended from the skies, wasn't it a flying calamity for those pirates just about to succeed?
What astonished and impressed Li Wei most was that this Bronze Dragon, who was about the same age as him, was actually a level 14 sorcerer.
That talent was a little outrageous. Some less gifted dragons might reach the Ancient Dragon stage without their sorcerer level ever breaking into double digits, relying entirely on their