[WP] A King sets a bounty on a dragon, not because it's ruining the kingdom, but because it's writing books that the king doesn't want to come to light.
[WP] A King sets a bounty on a dragon, not because it's ruining the kingdom, but because it's writing books that the king doesn't want to come to light.
The thing about a hoard, you see, is that it isn't just gold. There's things in there that are deadly. Things that will kill you as sure as steel. Don't get me wrong. Still take the gold when you kill her, and I get what's mine, but she has to die. Even if you have to burn the place down with her inside of it.
Oh, didn't worry about which books you're burning. Just burn them all. I picked you because you're all illiterate. That's a plus this time. Oh, and don't let her tell you anything. This dragon's voice is as deadly as her breath. You hear one word, and you're dead men.
A Historical Autobiography, as written by D. D. Pendragon.
Forward by Will I Am Shakespeare.
It's all about the rise and fall of the kingdom below from the perspective of the long lived dragon. The king is upset because the dragon appears to be waiting for the kingdom to collapse. Or for something to cause the fall of the kingdom.
What the king doesn't know is the dragon just has writers block since the kingdom has already fallen from its golden age 200 years before. All the remains in the book is the 500 year history of a kingdom. A true treasure to the right librarian.