"Vellona, congratulations!"
It was mid-May. Medivh had barely returned to North Kurd City before more good news arrived.
That day, a storm raged over North Kurd City. In the driving rain, Vellona, the Azure Wave Dragon, took to the sky and roared, announcing that she had reached adulthood.
The Wrynn Family had gained another Seventh Rank Dragon.
"That girl really knows how to work hard!"
Beside the Azure Wave River, at the Dragon Nest where the Hengduan Mountains met the Winter Mountains, Dragon Mother Natalie watched the flying dragon plunge into No. 1 High Tower Castle amid wind and rain, and praised her with a smile.
Vellona had been clever since she was little. She'd earned her first fortune by setting up Blue Dragon Sindasa with a match.
After moving with her to Wrynn Territory, she'd quickly seized the chance to benefit from Medivh's resources.
Vellona had grown remarkably fast over the years, becoming a Seventh Rank Dragon even before Natalie.
There was a huge difference between a family's own dragon and an offering dragon. Natalie was among the best-treated offering dragons, but her resources couldn't compare with Vellona's.
After all, one traded dragon blood for resources, while the other lounged in a storehouse full of them.
Still, Natalie was already quite satisfied. Serving the Wrynn Family as an offering dragon had let her grow much faster than she could have in the East Sea. She was close to becoming a Seventh Rank Dragon herself.
And she wasn't the only one who'd benefited. Her daughter Vellona had soared to success, while her two sons had quickly passed through the hatching and young-dragon stages. They were now Youth Dragons of the Fifth Rank.
Medivh's subsidies only lasted until the Fifth Rank. Once Pendragon and Pharos had grown into Youth Dragons, they