Almonihah

That was... so many years ago now. After this, we traveled together for a few years, having many adventures and, I should like to think, bringing much good into the world. But as with all else, our companionship ended in time. I heard of troubles in Ferdunan again, but was unable to convince my companions to accompany me. And so I returned alone, to again fight for this nation that has become my home. My actions during this war attracted the notice of the King, who saw fit to give me the duchy of a Duke whose line was destroyed in the fighting. I ruled as such for many years, at first alone, and later with my beloved by my side. How she

 The self of a mere few centuries ago would not have even understood the concept of putting words on paper, but now, after so long hidden among men, it is as familiar to me as eating, as breath. It is the only salve for my loneliness, pitiful balm though it is for such a vast wound. I dare not get too close to any human, for fear I shall give myself away, and of my own kind I am, insofar as I have been able to determine, the last by at least a century. And so I write, that I may at least talk to myself of those things which weigh so heavily upon my soul. Soul... there is another idea which I once thought little of. A dragon, if not killed,