6/29/2023 0 Comments Dragon rider firedrake![]() ![]() Ben and the Professor along with his family travel with Firedrake and Sorrel up the river to a monastery in the mountains. They are hunted by more ravens, who after they are hit with a rock covered in Sorrel's spit, turn back into crabs. Zubeida reveals that she has found an ancient flower called the moonflower that produces a liquid that works like moonlight, thus Firedrake can fly without moonlight. The grow arrives at the village and are greeted like heroes. He orders his new servant, the dwarf Gravelbeard, to tell Twigleg that he was destroyed by the sand. Nettlebrand gets to the desert but realizes the deceit by Twigleg. The sea serpent retells the tale that he and his brother witnessed, of the Golden One hunting dragons over their sea, the Golden One killing many. They almost drown before landing on the back of a sea serpent. After flying from the Djinn, the group gets caught in the Dark moon which zaps Firedrake of all his ability to fly. After finding the Djinn and having him reveal the location through images to Ben, Twigleg decides that he likes Ben and wants him to be his new master and lies to Nettlebrand, sending him to the middle of the desert, where it is revealed that he has the ability to move by water using them as portals almost. Twigleg reports yet again to Nettlebrand and then steals away in Ben's backpack once the three decide to head off. The only requirement was that the question must be asked in seven words and it must be asked by a human. He speaks as well of a Djinn with a thousand eyes that knows the answer to every question in the world. Everyone gets introduced and Professor Greenbloom tells them of his friend Zubeida, who is a Dragonologist in a village in Pakistan. Firedrake is saved by Professor Greenbloom, who forces the Basilisk to look at its own reflection in a mirror. His presence woke up a Basilisk, a monstrous Cockerel. They return to Firedrake who was hidden in a cave. Ben ends up saving both Sorrel and Twigleg, who was captured as well. After trying to destroy any traces of their footprints, Sorrel gets kidnapped by the archaeologists. They end up landing near an archeaologist camp. But after hitting a storm that drives them off course, forcing them to land, they find themselves in Egypt. THey headed south toward the Mediterranean before turning east. After reporting back about the Rim of heaven which Ben unfortunately spilled to one of the dwarves with Twigleg listening, Nettlebrand reveals that he has been hunting the dragons that hid in it for centuries and orders Twigleg to follow Firedrake on a raven. FIredrake wakes and Twigleg heads to the nearest source of water and contacts Nettlebrand by spitting into the water. After hearing from the dwarf of a silver dragon in his mountains, Nettlebrand sends Twigleg on a raven to find out if the dwarf was telling the truth. He is serviced by Twigleg, a manikin or homunculus, He is a very vile and cruel being that eats a lot of his servants when he is angry, most particularly ravens that he creates magically. Nettlebrand is a very large and dangerous monster that looks like a golden dragon. While he rests, one of the dwarves runs to the castle in that same mountain range, revealing Nettlebrand, the Golden One. Firedrake sleeps while the sun is up and the dwarves wait for him to wake up. ![]() After Ben and Sorrel argue about turning East too soon or not, the three end up in a mountain range full of mountain dwarves. He and Sorrel decide to bring Ben along with them. Only able to fly at night, Firedrake wastes no time wanting to leave. After finding him and providing payment, Gilbert hands over a map leading to the Himalayas, marking dangerous areas along the way. Ben then provides Sorrel with human clothes so she may go find Gilbert while Firedrake stays hidden. Not long after landing at the docks of London, Firedrake saves orphan human Ben from dockworkers. Firedrake travel to London with his friend Sorrel, a forest brownie, to find Gilbert Graytail, a rat who specializes in making maps. ![]()
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