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It arrives on a raid like any other—its distinct screech, as if the air was being sheared with its power and its purple blasts—unseen for so long.
The dragon with the wingspan which no one has ever seen before. The dragon which hunts with the night as its natural habitat. The son-of-Loki, the night-fury, the creature of the night which hunted not with relentless flames but precise, methodical attacks.
Has not been heard for many winters. It arrives on any other raid, perfectly unremarkable, and as the night at its back.
It strikes like a beast worthy of a sonnet. A story worthy of Beowulf—or any myth.
And no one expects the man that sits on its back, the cruel betrayal of the man who walks like a dragon, fluidly and with an unmistakable grace that would be beautiful if it were not connected to the creatures that tear through villages, and raining fire like a recurring nightmare.
The Dragon Master makes his appearance, and Berk—for the first time in a long time—really does feel like it lies on the Meridian of Misery.
Series
- Part 1 of sacrifices (and are they ever worth it?)