An Intro of Sorts?
“Call me Storm.
No, I am not trying to be dramatic. That’s my actual, honest, self-given name. What’s my real name? Eh, I probably wouldn’t tell you if I could—I don’t like personal questions.
But you, tell me this: what would you do, if you lost the person who always supported you, one of those fatherly sort of folks, and were left to fend for yourself in a city like Fort Exalder? What if you carried this secret, a curse shall we say, that would turn anyone who found out about it against you? And, just suppose, this curse compelled you to collect the shiniest coins, or to warm yourself by setting things on fire, sometimes, or, you know…transformed you into a vicious monster with no impulse control?
If you suddenly had the chance to save people—a fair amount of people—to make a certain powerful figure with a legion of soldiers and ballistae stop hunting you…wouldn’t you? Despite the risk?
This is all theoretical, of course. I am certainly not in that situation, facing some primordial threat to Skylia, or being forced to work with a motley assortment of ‘friends’ who would run screaming in the opposite direction once they found out the truth…
Anyway, if Lord Adelric’s men ask, I was never here.”
In case you are suspicious of this “situation” Storm was hinting about, here is a fuller description of what is going down in Volume 1: ‘The Dragon’s Curse.’
Yo, Storm, on behalf of the writer, would you mind not doing this whole Q & A thing?
Nope. 🙃
Oh well, I guess if your doing it anyway, I might as well ask: Do Dragons Love Tacos?
Depends—how much meat do they have?
Depends-how much meat do you want?
Very much meat. Also spicy things.
If you don’t get enough sleep, are you draggin?
Well played.
Storm, are you by any chance a good swimmer?
Uh…why do you ask…?
No, he can’t swim at all. Honestly, shouldn’t you learn how, so you don’t drown the next time we have to use a raft?
I am NEVER using a raft again! Even if the next madman to steal Tintorel lives in the middle of a lake. I’d rather walk.
Poor Tintorel…
What if I was drowning? *Then* would you be willing to learn how?
?? You can swim just fine!
Yes, but still, if I *was* drowning, you would do something, right? THEN, being able to swim would come in handy, wouldn’t it?
…Be a bit late to learn at that point. I might accidentally take you down with me.
😑
Um… noted
What’s Halloran’s least favorite weather?
A STORM! get it?
*smirk*
Wait, who’s Halloran?
A creature
Something terrible I’m sure.
Hey Storm, if you were a chicken would you still want to steal things?
*blinks twice* (This smells like a veiled insult but) If…if I was a chicken, wouldn’t I just eat, worms? Who steals worms?
(Not to be confused with wyrms…oh ruggle, that got strange)
Anyway
How old are you, Storm?
Three-hundred and six and three.
Or seven and ten…moments. Weeks. Centuries.
I’m not sure, so your guess is as good as mine.
Uh, i’m gonna have to ask that you turn yourself in. Right now.