Dragonwings

by

Bolt Greywing

Introduction

Crimburn the Dragon is the very first dragon that Bolt Greywing ever created. Crimburn is a silver dragon that lives in the Dragonwing series books along with his best friend Zhalia Brazilwing. Leaf the Dragon who is an old legend takes on the challenge of training Crimburn though he has yet to appear in any version. Zhalia is the great-great-grandaughter of Aria Brazilwing and in turn teaches Crimburn various bat techniques. Aria is Leaf's friend and companion who helped put away the greatest villain the world had ever known.

Aria has been dead for a long time and Leaf has simply vanished and no one knows where he went. The evil that had once been locked away is now threatening to break free. Now a new set of heroes must journey forth to stop him. Yet many foes await our heroes, from to cheetahs to apes, mice, wolves and even owls will try to put a stop to our heroes to prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled. This is where our story takes place so prepare to enter the world of Dragonwings.

Dragonwings has undergone many changes since its initial inception. Crimburn used to be a human boy that was changed into a dragon, in a different version he was a dragon already and had a twin sister. In another version he was just a simple dragon egg and in this one you will have to wait and see. Crimburn's siblings have ranged from none to at least nine children. In one potential story line Crimburn's mother actually adopted orphaned children. The Dragonwing series was originally going to be called Crimburn the Dragonwing, but it was dropped in favor of Dragonwings instead.

Dragonwings draws a lot of inspiration from the Silverwing series in terms of environment and characters. So if you are an avid Silverwing fan this series is for you. The Legend of Spyro series also plays a role in the Dragonwing series development in terms of abilities and lore. Spyro fans will be equally at home in this lush environment. Ecoquest 2 the Lost Rainforest is by far the greatest inspiration that the Dragonwing series will ever attempt to achieve, by bringing back something that was long ago forgotten.

I started to take an interest writing stories sometime around 2011, prior to that I mainly read Fanfiction stories sometime around 2008. Tallonran's story Spyro Bridge Across Worlds was the very first story that convinced me to join . I instantly fell in love with the beloved character Zach, a human boy who was transformed into a white dragon upon visiting Spyro's world. Zach was such a diverse character that it helped me create my very own dragon character called Crimburn. His battles, challenges, powers and friends were so wonderful that I continued to read more and more of these wonderful chapters. Yet after a while I couldn't keep up with how quickly these chapters were being produced and so I moved on to reading other stories.

After a couple of years Tallonran had stopped writing stories though he never officially said that he was done with the series. The series that he started sits unfinished at the end of chapter 21, and many of his fans are asking him to continue writing. I am assuming a lot of his fanbase has dropped off from watching out for his stories to return, though some of his core fans are still patient enough to wait for him to return. I decided to continue where he left off after being unable to contact him, and so my version is a retelling of his, but with a bit of spice added to the mix. I still hold out hope that one day he will return and continue where he left off.

Another writer that I admire is the talented Spyrogirl and her character the mighty dragoness Crystal. Crystall the Dragoness is Spyro's twin sister who shared the same egg as him when he was born. Together the two learn about who they are and where they came from on their journey to stop Cynder. Crystal is a bit more of a troublemaker than Spyro is, but she tends to plan ahead before jumping directly into battle. I always liked the idea of a twin sibling in the Spyro universe so much that it made me consider giving Crimburn a sibling of his own to play with. Spyrogirl continues to write even more amazing stories as of late with other variously cool characters.

Windows 98 by far is the greatest version of Windows that Microsoft ever created in my opinion. Windows 98 is the most compatible version created that supports DOS games, relatively few games will fail to function in this environment. Windows 98 can on a Pentium II processor with an 8GB hard drive with relatively small requirements as to RAM usage. Most games are played on a CD-ROM or Floppy Disk while taking up very little hard drive space, if you plan your library well you can have at least 30 games installed on it with room to spare. You will have hours of fun playing great gem games such as Megarace, Dune, Chex Quest, Cyberia, Stellar 7, Kings Quest VI, Lord of the Rings by Interplay, Simcity, Simcity 200, Simcopter, Heroes 3 Complete, Caesar 3, Starcraft, Alpha Centauri, Dragonlore, Megaman DOS, Ecoquest 2 the Lost Rainforest, Star Wars Galatic Battlegrounds, Secret of Monkey Island 3, and Lego Island.

The Nintendo Entertainment System is the very first game console I had during my childhood. I spent many hours beating the various games I had for that system and even to this day it is still running quite strong despite having to replace both controllers only once after 25 years of use. The games that I play on this system range from easy to Nintendo Hard and are as follows: Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Startropics, Megaman 4, Megaman 6, Battletoads, Life Force, Burai Fighter, Adventures of Lolo, Kirby's Adventure, American Gladiators, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Shingen the Ruler, Fastbreak, NES Open and Zelda 2. My collection of games doesn't end there as I have consoles from NES all the way up to the WII version though I won't bother listing out all the games I have for those consoles. I remember being really amazed when the very first Spyro game came out for the Playstation One and though I only played the demo version I still hope to one day play this game again.

I enjoy reading a variety of fantasy, and science fiction type books such as House Harkonen, House Artradies, House Corino, Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Return of the King, Silverwing, Sunwing, Never trust a Deadman, Elvenbane, Harry Potter 1 – 7 books, Disc World books, Goosebumps, The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, The Dragon and the George, Dragons of Blue Land, My Father's Dragon, Deltora Quest the Lake of Tears, the Overlander Chronicles books, Harahpin, and the Star Wars book series. I really like the animal books the best with their sort of whimsical nature that I became inspired to write animal like characters into my very own books. The latest book I am looking forward to reading is Deltora Quest the City of Rats following the animal protagonists Lief, Jasmine, and Barda's continuing adventures as they search for mystical gems to save Deltora. I also enjoy seeing many different kid movies such as Neverending Story, Land Before Time series, Peter Pan, Hook, Once upon a Forest, the Secret of Nimh, Back to the Future 1 – 3, Ferngully, Lilo and Stich, Pokemon Movies, Mulan, Tarzan, Pocahontas, Snow White, Turtles Movies, Ghostbusters, Hero Quest and many more. I watched a variety of different Anime and kid TV series though I won't bore you with the details.

Aside from that I run a very small virtual pet site called Duelingpets. The pet site itself is built on user generated pets, artwork, stories, forums, blogs and monsters. Each user is given a small amount of points that they can use to buy weapons and items in order to fight monsters. Alternative methods to gain additional points include creating new artwork, chapters, and pets. I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about myself and now onwards to your Feature Presentation!

(Author's notes: Please feel free to leave a comment or review to this story if you like it. Bolt)