And the dragon roars as you gaze up in disbelief at the enormous gold and green and red and purple and argent-blue beast. As you watch the plumes of ash that once comprised your roof now swirling through the air in the wake of the dragon’s fiery blast, you hope and pray that what you are seeing is not a Roof Dragon. No, not that. Anything but that.
For in this land in which you live, there are many dragons. There is the Crop Dragon that burns your golden waves of grain purely for his amusement. Many people in the land have entertained a Crop Dragon at one time or another. These dragons are a terrible nuisance and, in worst case scenarios, they can cause a family to starve for lack of nourishment but they never kill outright.
Then there is the Maim Dragon. This is a terrible and dreaded dragon indeed as he strikes at random, does his worst, and is gone. Most families care for a victim of a Maim Dragon at one time or another but as terrifying as is his random destruction, his victims are as likely to recover as to die.
Not so with a Roof Dragon. His burns never heal and once he has settled on your roof, he never leaves. What’s more, he develops a taste for certain families. Indeed, if you have a roof dragon, you are a family who is forever doomed.
Nevertheless, you do what any poor soul in your position would do.
You run.
For in this land in which you live, there are many dragons. There is the Crop Dragon that burns your golden waves of grain purely for his amusement. Many people in the land have entertained a Crop Dragon at one time or another. These dragons are a terrible nuisance and, in worst case scenarios, they can cause a family to starve for lack of nourishment but they never kill outright.
Then there is the Maim Dragon. This is a terrible and dreaded dragon indeed as he strikes at random, does his worst, and is gone. Most families care for a victim of a Maim Dragon at one time or another but as terrifying as is his random destruction, his victims are as likely to recover as to die.
Not so with a Roof Dragon. His burns never heal and once he has settled on your roof, he never leaves. What’s more, he develops a taste for certain families. Indeed, if you have a roof dragon, you are a family who is forever doomed.
Nevertheless, you do what any poor soul in your position would do.
You run.
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