A Peek into the Past...

Memories assaulted Aralt as he entered the doors to his old place, giving little thought to the members of the Council  and villagers standing on the other side.  Silently he walked down the curved stone steps waving his hand causing the torches mounted on the walls to flare to life.  As he continued walking down he soon arrived at the entrance of the garden leading to his home.

Following the stone pathway, he let the gentle winds of memories float in around him.  This was part of the Realms of Shadows' before the King built his castle above.  After all, Aralt had been in the Realm long before the King of Shadows' existed and when the dragons had been nothing more than overgrown lizards.

It is when his foolish cousin gave of her power to the previously non-magical dragons that the Realms changed.  Aralt had taken his home and hidden it way underground before the now magical Dragons knew where it was.  He could still be connected to the energy of the ley lines but not be easily found, just the way he liked it.  Aralt knew there were other caves around down here with him, for after all, he knew there should be one where the Book of Dragons was held.  Why the Wish Dragon clan had decided the King of Shadows' was to guard it was still a mystery to him, but figured he could check on it later.

As he opened the door to his forgotten home, all the feeling of putting on a familiar warm fuzzy coat wrapped around him.  It hadn't been his intent to be gone for so long.  But when the Dragons all left the Realms in revolt, Aralt thought it was better to hide out somewhere else where the council members at that time couldn't find him.  Who knew it would be hundreds of years and yet... what had triggered the Dragons coming back?

With all the chaos of the call and reacting to the call to return home, Aralt finally had a moment to ponder that question.  For it truly had to be something unique to bring the Dragons home, let alone willingly.

As he entered into his sanctuary, he once again looked at his locket known as the Dragon Heart.  Would it still give him the ability to mind talk with these Dragons?  How much will they have changed (if any) and will 'She' still be ruling them were just some of the many questions he needed answers to before he would know how to deal with this new group of Council members.