Interview #25 - Anthârgal and Sethirngal (dragons) from Legend of the White Dragon
January 14th, 2008 by MelanieWelcome to another interview, our last with any dragons, with the cast of the Legend of the White Dragon series! Dragon Prophecy will be coming soon!
Tonight we’re joined by the oldest living dragon, Sethirngal, and the oldest of the dragons born after the Darklord’s vanishing, Anthârgal. Both are green dragons, father and son.
Thank you, both, for participating. So far we’ve learned about dragon speech and the Red Clan and the types of dragons. Sethirngal, you were there when the Darklord was destroyed the first time. What happened?
Not destroyed as you would think
but vanished in a blink.
To merge with the embryo of red
and renewed as black of greater head.
That day I remember still
the circle around him for the kill;
but not a kill as mortals die.
To the maker of night sky.
Darkness from the void was made
and absorbs all light in its shade.
Dragon, Majera, men, and mage
combined their strengths to make his cage.
Magic swirled and tightened
then the whole world lightened.
Where we thought he to that ether faded
discovered in the black a mind so jaded.
Many years we thought the task was done
and celebrated that we won.
But soon we pieced the parts together
when her leadership no longer whether
but definite intelligence it showed.
Once more the world grew cold.
By then, were you hatched, Anthârgal?
Soon after my queen watched us in our nest.
By then the black put forth her test.
I grew fighting the Red Clan still
and learned to live past the kill.
Where darkness reigns and worlds afire,
we will to the Light aspire
to bring to the world a hope so bright
and end the longest, starless night.
Sethirngal, you are Anthârgal’s sire. What does that mean to your relationship?
Dragons have not as humans care
the bonds of family in their lair.
Though my offspring he may be,
he is as others of like kind to me.
I must admit he proved his skills
more than many others wills.
But like the others of younger breed,
they have not yet proven to succeed.
When time of trial comes that day,
the younger drakes I trust to slay
the beast of darkness forever more
and into the past return to lore.
So, you have faith in him to finish the task you and the others who came before could not.
Sethirngal, what was it like when you were a hatchling?
A different time and stranger lives we lived,
when men valued what we could give.
A world at war but men at peace to rule,
that no leader was a fool.
Forgotten values since then long past
preserved in our memories to last.
Could you be mores specific?
I could but have not the intent
of opening again to predicament.
I should have expected that from a dragon. Rarely a straight answer.
Thank you, both, for taking the time to answer a few questions and giving us further insight into the world of dragons.
Thank you, readers, for continuing to join us for these weekly interviews! Next week, join us for our final character interview, the most despised of all beings–Lusiradrol, the black dragon exiled to human form.
(If you want to catch up with all the interviews, you can download a free PDF file here. It is kept up to date with all the interviews to date, and presently also with the new release date for Dragon Prophecy–February 2008.)
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