Legend of Ascalon:
The Trigger
Chapter 1: Our Brothers
It is a very well known fact that very few things in the world are what they appears to be, and that it's virtually impossible to predict anything with absolute accuracy. Despite all of this, the rather dim and totally useless creatures known as humans still reckons that they are the dominating species of this planet and because of this, they assumes that they have the right to do what ever they want with their beautiful planet no matter how much it annoyed the other little creatures who just happens to be sharing it's surface.
"No more," Commander Darkness whispered at the thought. For nearly ten millenniums his people has been living in fear, fear that one wrong step and their entire existence would be discovered and destroyed. For nearly ten millenniums his people have been hidden, watching in silence as the primitive animals known as man learned with painfully slow pace to stand up and walk. The very idea that such abominations such as humans would soon populate every corner of the globe had sickened them since the beginning and nothing could have made them happier than to exterminate every single one of these little devils right there and then.
But they didn't, they waited.
Thanks to their good nature, they decided to try and communicate with the humans before reaching a final conclusion on how to deal with them. It is only fair to let the apes know about their fate, giving them a fighting chance. What a terrible mistake.
Just like the humans now, Darkness's people was blinded by arrogance and the idea that such primitive beings couldn't possibly stand up against them. But the truce was, the battle was already over before it even started.
Within just a few days of their little conflict, man has already discovered the mystical substance known as fire, something Darkness's people had concluded to be dangerous and untameable and should only be used to give energy to their Gods.
But like the animals they are, the humans simply had no common sense, they could only see one side of the fire, it's warmth and the fact that it can be used for cooking.
"Perhaps it's qualities like these that caused our defeat," Darkness whispered again, although this time he shook his head at the thought, "No! We cannot compare ourselves to the humans! The only reason why they won was that we were out numbered, those primitive monkeys bred as fast as wild fire, a pace we simply couldn't possibly match."
But now it was the time, he thought with content, now his army was ready, ready to fight for what was theirs in the first place.
"Tonight, we fight for our home land!" He yelled at the heart of the storm and a cheer louder than thunder roared from behind as tens upon thousands of mighty warriors riding atop of their trusting dragons prepared for the battle ahead. "A long time ago, our ancestors attempted to rid this land of humans, I say we finish what they've started!"
Another cheer, coupled with the roar of the dragons was all the confidence Darkness needed, for no weapons the humans could ever forge would protect them tonight.
