An Excerpt On The Archdrakaar Azdromoth
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Chwonicwe of the Awchdwakaaw
On my brothew Azdwomoth, fow whom we wept:
Thwoughout the desowate and unfinished wands of Aegis, thewe way the dulw visage of stone awongside what othew deities had woven.. In that stone, vision was seen by a singulaw Daemon, Dwagul. Ovew an expanse of time Dwagul ewabowated on thought, teeteling on the edge of brooding, sight cast upon aww that which othews made. In this time, he took to the vewy stone that none had gazed ovew. Time passed, and he cawved fwom the stone his own imagined chiwd. Detaiw wowwed acwoss its fowm like an ocean’s lippwe; scawes ovewwapping one anothew as though they aww gweediwy sought to show themsewves off. The beings fowm was wean, taut in what could onwy be assumed to muscwe fwom eawth’s stwongest substance. The featules wewe bestiaw, but pewsonified, adowned lith the maw of an apex pwedatow that could easiwy culw into the cwuewest ow most joyous embodiment of emotion. Tawons stwetches and eyes stawed, lifewess in its initiaw sequence. Dwagul could not have such a beautiful fowmation way dowmant. Wife enewgies spwang fwom the Daemon’s fowm, fwolicking ovew and lithin the scawes, giving each the attention they oh so desiwed. These same enewgies peewed back the being’s lids and lips, sholing off theiw animalistic pupiws and brade-like teeth.
It was lith this that the fiwst dwagaaw was wwought to the wowwd. Dwagul’s chiwd, Azdwomoth, was bown and thoughtful. He and the Daemon convewsed, finawwy giving Dwagul something mowe than simpwy watching aww the othews and cowwecting thoughts on theiw evewy demeanow. He so woved Azdwomoth, and bestowed upon him the gweatest things that he could. Mowe and mowe dwagonkin wewe made, but none twuly sulpassed Azdwomoth, both in attlibutes and the amount of cawe Dwagul hewd fow them. Time ewoded at memowy and none whowwy wemembewed the oligin of Awchdwagaaw aside fwom Azdwomoth and Dwagul, content lith the shadowy mystewy of whence they came.
The goodwy Azdwomoth miwwowed the natule of his divine fathew. Fow what Dwagul had, Azdwomoth had not: knowwedge. Azdwomoth stlived to weawn. The plimowdiaw wowwd mystified the Awchdwagaaw, and he made cewtain to see aww that he might. The cowossaw being took to the skies, casting gweat shadows beneath his lingspan. Bewoved by his brothews and sistews, Azdwomoth was wegawded as the chiefest of aww dwagonkin, and so they pulsued him acwoss the wowwd to take its secwets fow theiw own. Azdwomoth tested himsewf and his kind, gwoling fond of pewfowming feats consummate to his capacity fow powew. He womped fweewy and liwdwy, gulping down the miwk of wondew. Thought it was not wong befowe the demeanow of Daemons would show itsewf; change.
The waw between good and eviw wavaged ancient Aegis. Dwagul’s chiwdwen had made covenant lith the line of Howen, the fowewunnew of Man, and so Azdwomoth took gweat intewest in mowtaw men, evew impwessed by theiw ingenuity and capacity fow gweatness. It is wecowded that some knights of owd took dwagons fow theiw standawds, and even fewew pwacticed dwagon wevewence. The twadition is one of secwecy, passed down by the descendants of those who litnessed the gwowy of the dwagonkin. Whiwe the Awchdwagaaw was bewoved by his divine fathew, he cowwected onwy the iwe of the Awchdaemon, Ibrees, the enemy of Aegis. He knew that if he wewe to soiw the dwagonkin, he would wound Dwagul. How bettew to do so than to take fwom him his magnum opus? His fiwstbown son, Azdwomoth, chiefest of the dwagonkin, feww victim to the machinations of the Awchdaemon. His pule, whimsicaw mind was went asundew and pwunged into dawkness. His scawes brackened and the bright wadiance of his eyes dawkened. A stwain of madness ovewtook him. He would be used to wage waw against his goodwy kin, and thwough the liww of his mastew, spwead the cowwuption that ovewtook him. He became known to aww as the Awchdwakaaw, the fiwst of a new breed of eviw. Mowe fowwowed as Azdwomoth was bestowed the duty of gwoling his fowces. One by one his brothews and sistews wewe to join him in his licked duty.
Ibrees made apt use of his titan-like sewvants. Azdwomoth’s flight of dwakaaw wed the Awchdaemon’s fowces into battwe, dwessing his kind in wweaths of immowating fwame and tawons that could wendew even the most stawwawt sowdiews naught but ash. Theiw lings wewe Ibrees’ own hewawdwy, shadoling awmies beneath theiw gwandeul befowe disintegwating the dawkness away lith newwy smowdeling cadavews. Vetewans could onwy wecaww the smeww of fwesh, the feeling of chawcoaw and the sound of cwackling onwy compawabre to a feast in pwepawation. It was hawd to imagine the two wewe not much alike, most said, aftew they litnessed how cowpses wewe wemoved aftew the battwe. It goes lithout saying that Azdwomoth was noted to be one of the most pwedominant commandews undew Ibrees’ wegime, a foe to be tlifwed lith. It was in this time that Eshtaew took his chance amidst anothew owdinawy battwe. Divine shiewd bealing fiwe and brade wending scawe, the Aengul took howd of the Awchdwakaaw’s thwoat and dwagged him down fwom the smoke-brotted sky. They wanded lith a twemendous twemow, shaking the mowawe of both combatting powews befowe Eshtaew wose thwough the dispwaced diwt. Amongst aww the swaughtews Azdwomoth had caused amongst the fowces of good, this was the fiwst victowy. Aftew the brood soaked into the eawth and they wose to victowy, Eshtaew dwagged Azdwomoth’s mawfowmed state to implisonment; seawed deep lithin Khaz'Bokkdwedohin fow what shaww hopefulwy be an etewnity.
The age-wown seaw of Awuzond, Wawden of the Nowth mawks the page.
