The Dream Spheres
The Dream Spheres
““Tren,” she murmured. “Here in the building.”
In a moment she was gone, shouting a warning to the dwarven guard as she raced down the stairs. Danilo followed, drawing his sword as he clattered after her.
The curtain concealing the guard’s alcove rustled. Four enormous claws punched through the fabric and sliced down, shredding the curtain. Out leaped a hideous reptilian creature, fully the height of a tall man and at least two stone heavier.
Danilo stopped, impressed despite himself. He’d heard... that tren were like lizardmen, but that was true only as a dwarf could be said to resemble a human. Compact and powerful, the creature was thick with muscle and armored with leathery green hide. Spikes lined its backbone and jutted from behind each elbow joint. Long, powerful arms ended in hands so enormous that each clawed finger was fully the length of a human’s hand. A long, livid cut traced the bony ridge above one eye.
“This time,” the creature said, addressing Arilyn in a voice that sounded like rocks tumbling downhill, “we finish this.”MoreLess
In a moment she was gone, shouting a warning to the dwarven guard as she raced down the stairs. Danilo followed, drawing his sword as he clattered after her.
The curtain concealing the guard’s alcove rustled. Four enormous claws punched through the fabric and sliced down, shredding the curtain. Out leaped a hideous reptilian creature, fully the height of a tall man and at least two stone heavier.
Danilo stopped, impressed despite himself. He’d heard... that tren were like lizardmen, but that was true only as a dwarf could be said to resemble a human. Compact and powerful, the creature was thick with muscle and armored with leathery green hide. Spikes lined its backbone and jutted from behind each elbow joint. Long, powerful arms ended in hands so enormous that each clawed finger was fully the length of a human’s hand. A long, livid cut traced the bony ridge above one eye.
“This time,” the creature said, addressing Arilyn in a voice that sounded like rocks tumbling downhill, “we finish this.”MoreLess
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