Long before the time of man and even before the time of elves, dragons ruled the skies, land and sea of the entire world. There was an age of raw un-tampered magic where anything was possible. Since then the numbers of Dragons has been very limited. Thankfully, Dragons are very rare in this world, made up mostly of folk lore.

 

However, one dragon remains. His name is Lezal Lasknash. Lezal was a Dragon of pure evil that instead of leaving, merely slumbered in his mountain home for hundreds of years. Lezal finally awoke during the rise of man and he saw a world ripe for the taking.

 

In a short time, Lezal had enslaved the area surrounding his mountain home, quickly establishing his own power base. In only a matter of years Lezal had created an empire to rival that of some of the largest in the world. Using his impossible powers and the slave labor that his war campaign generated, Lezal had an entire crystal palace made for him on his mountain. Awe inspiring, it was one of the true wonders of the world.

 

It was a long time until people rose up and sought to stop Lezal. The elves in there arrogance sought to deal with the threat themselves, but Lezal made them pay a heavy price for their mistake. Not only was Lezal’s army a well trained war machine, but should the battle start to go astray he could cast impossible spells that not even the elves could master.

 

In the end; however, it would not be an epic army of all the races that defeated Lezal, rather he would be undone by betrayal. A human called Loran Tolus that had joined early on in Lezal’s empire had risen high within the ranks. Loran had quickly earned himself the commander of Lezal’s army and was given the honour of being able to meet Lezal inside the crystal palace. It was here that Loran waited for his master to become drowsy from a well earned victory feast, one cleverly drugged so that not even Lezal could detect it.

 

Loran was more than aware of Lezal’s vast arcane knowledge and he dreamed of having it himself. As Lezal slept, Loran used a powerful mind tapping spell he had prepared for, years in advance.

 

Regardless, Loran still underestimated Lezal’s power. Only a few moments of mind tapping went by when Lezal began to stir from his slumber. Panicking, Loran plucked a spell from Lezal’s mind and said it out loud as fast as he could just before the giant woke. Luckily, the spell was an incredibly powerful spell of binding that began to seal Lezal into the diamond of the walls of his palace. Lezal awoke and tried to fight against the spell, but even he could not undo what had already begun.

 

Loran chuckled madly and yelled up to Lezal, “Hahaha! Who’s the master now? Huh?! Hahaha! You should see the look on your face! Hahaha! Now with you sealed away, the empire will be all mine! And I can take your powers at my leisure! I hope you can keep your mind busy! Hahaha!”

 

Lezal’s arms and legs were already sealed to the palace floor and the spell was quickly taking over the rest of his body.

 

Losing time, Lezal quickly bent his neck down, bit off Loran’s head and said, “I hope you can grow back your head, you traitorous worm.”

 

Lezal chewed, swallowed and then let the spell bind him fully, deciding he may as well take this chance to sleep some more.

 

It did not take long for the elves to take advantage of this opportunity, they made short work of Lezal’s crumbling empire, freeing the people he enslaved. However, as they approached the crystal palace they could see the unmoving red shape deep within its walls. Wisely, they decided it was best not to disturb him...