Lorgon's P.O.V
3 weeks after prologue

Lorgon floated in the air, the sky was dark and the world beneath him ablaze. He looked towards the city Ilirea. He watched as the men fought the seemingly endless horde of creatures approaching them, they held their ground bravely but to no avail.

They lost more and more ground to the beasts and fled to the Citadel to protect the queen and stage a final defence. Just then the Dwarfs came from the east and the Elves from the north. They joined the battle and the creatures lost ground and they ran outside the city to fight the new foes. The Dragon Riders came down from above also and helped in the battle, after a while another Dragon Rider appeared and fought the leader of the beasts.

They duelled for a while but the Rider started to lose, just before the beast could strike him, everything turned black.

Lorgon awoke in a sweat, he had this dream a lot now and he didn't know why, or what it meant. He got out of bed and walked outside to get some air. As he walked outside he encountered someone walking around.

What's he doing out here at this time of night Lorgon thought. The man saw him outside his house and waved to him.

"Hello there Lorgon, couldn't sleep?" the man asked, Lorgon looked at him and realized it was Hilron, a family friend. He was a kind man, he had a bushy beard and was quite short.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that, so I decided to come out and get some air, what are you doing out at this time of night?" Lorgon replied, Hilron pointed to the bow on his back.

"I go hunting two nights a week for some deer or other game, this is the first night and so far I haven't caught anything. Getting some air aye, well Therinsford is the place for air, surrounded by the trees of the Spine, good old fresh air" Hilron said and he breathed in and out loudly to exaggerate his point. Hilron looked at Lorgon and saw that he was sweating.

"Bad dreams or something lad?" he asked, Lorgon simply nodded, this dream plagued him for nearly a year and it was becoming more frequent.

"It will be okay lad, it was only a dream, remember that" Hilron said, he put his hand on Lorgon's shoulder for comfort. Lorgon appreciated it but he knew the dream wouldn't go away anytime soon.

"I have been having this dream for a long time, and it is becoming more frequent" Lorgon said staring at the ground, this information caused Hilron's eyes to grow wide with interest.

"Ah, I see…Well I guess you could try forgetting about it. You could think about women" He said with wink and give him a nudge, Lorgon laughed. "Or I guess you could continue to train with the sword, you're getting good at that I've noticed. Keep doing that or something to keep you occupied. Just don't let your thoughts dwell on this dream because that won't make it any better" Hilron said, he was always someone you could got to for advice. Lorgon nodded feeling better that he talked to Hilron. He said goodnight to Hilron and went back to bed, he tried to go back to sleep.

Sleep never came and he sat there on his bed until morning. He got out of bed and had some breakfast. Before he went out of the house he grabbed his sword, he decided to focus his thoughts on one thing as Hilron suggested to him. He walked to outskirts of the town to a small clearing in the Spine he had cleared out a year ago to set up a small training area. He saw Hilron there waiting for him and frowned with confusion. Why is he here? He thought, Hilron answered as if he had read his mind.

"Hello Lorgon, get any sleep? I decided to keep you company today as you train, you could use it I think" He said, Lorgon smiled.

"I would like that, thank you. And no, no sleep, just sat there until morning" Lorgon said, Hilron slowly nodded.

A few hours went past as Lorgon trained, his skill with a sword was extremely good, he imagined a foe in front of him as he unleashed a complex sequence of moves on his imaginary target, cutting it apart. Hilron was impressed with Lorgon's skills with a blade.

"My boy, you just might be one of the best swordsman there are" Hilron complimented, Lorgon thanked him and then a small idea started to form in his head.

"Would you like to spar with me Hilron?" Lorgon asked, Hilron thought about it for a moment and agreed. Lorgon grabbed to wooden swords from nearby. They began to take up their positions.

"If I win this fight and get you on the ground, you will be the first person to look up to me in a long time" Hilron said jokingly, Lorgon laughed at his joke, Hilron was a small man and almost everyone in Therinsford was taller than him.

"Even if you did get me to the gorund, I would still have to look down to see you" Lorgon joked, Hilron laughed and shook his fist.

"I will get you for that" he said and they began.

Lorgon inched closer and closer to Hilron then swung at him, Hilron blocked the attack with some ease, Lorgon did a few moves in a row and Hilron blocked them all. Lorgon didn't expect Hilron to have some training with the sword. Just then Hilron lashed out swung at Lorgon's left arm and the blow connected. The pain went through his body and he groaned a little. He wasn't going to underestimate Hilron again. He moved forward and slashed and stabbed, still Hilron blocked the attacks made on him. They sparred for a long time, landing a blow every so often on the other but held their ground well. Lorgon then did a sequence of complex moves and every blow connected and Hilron fell on his knees and put up his hands in submission.

"I…give…up" He panted, sweat ran down both their faces but Lorgon felt like he could go on for a lot longer. Hilron grabbed his arms that were in pain, he struggled to get up, Lorgon helped him and he went over to a tree stump and sat down while breathing heavily.

"Good fight…You certainly are good with a blade Lorgon, I struggled quite a bit after the first few minutes. I might add though, don't underestimate your opponent, that could mean the end of you, just like with me you went easy at first and slowly increased your effort as we fought" He said still breathing heavily, Lorgon nodded. He realized this remembered to keep this in mind, he should have already know that but he doesn't think about much as he usually doesn't have people to spar with.

"Come on lad, we should go get something to eat and drink and then we can talk about hooking you up with someone" he jokingly said, Lorgon laughed and helped him up to his feet.

"I'm fine, I'm not really a ladies man" Lorgon laughed, Hilron looked at him.

"Boy if I was tall, strong and young with brown eyes and brown hair like you, I wouldn't be able to keep the ladies off me, trust me when I say, you are very good looking and some women are checking you out" Hilron said, Lorgon smiled and shook his head from side to side.
He certainly is a character Lorgon thought, they both left to go get some food.

It grew dark and Lorgon said goodnight to Hilron, Hilron bade Lorgon a goodnight and mentioned he was going out of town tonight for a while to hunt some deer and that he would return in the morning. Lorgon gave a brief nod and then returned home, he entered the house and said goodnight to his parents and retired to his room and closed the door.

His day had been a good one, training and sparring with Hilron and then spending the afternoon talking and laughing with friends and family at the local tavern. He took off his top and got into his bed, he tried his best but he couldn't shake the feeling of having another dream, he lay there worrying about it then slowly he fell asleep.

His dream this time was different from the one the keeps reoccurring, he stood in a small clearing surrounded by trees, he saw a man standing there, he wore a black hood and black pants and top, it was torn and there were holes through it.

The man stood motionless for a few minutes looking out of the clearing and over the land. He moved his moved and Lorgon followed his gaze, his sight seemed to beyond human ability because Lorgon saw far away in the distance was Therinsford, Lorgon realized they were in the Spine. The man turned and looked right at him, Lorgon saw his red eyes piercing his, the man laughed.

The man took a few steps toward him and to his surprise, walked straight through him, as if he wasn't even there. 'What the?' he thought, he turned and saw the man grab someone by the throat with inhuman speed and pulled this man out of his hiding spot in the bushes and held him in the air, the man looked a bit like Hilron but Lorgon couldn't fully tell.

"Well, look what we have here, it's not nice to spy on people you know" the man said, his voice was deep and powerful.

"I could say the same for you! What are you doing staring at my town?" the man struggled to reply while in the hooded man's grasp.

"Shh…I'm studying the town, for everything everyone there knows will change soon…just as everything for you will change, for the better" the hooded man said grinning.

"What do you mean-" the man in the air said but before he could finish his sentence he was brought down so their heads were next to each other and the hooded man whispered.

"Feel honoured, welcome brother, this will hurt a little" the hooded man whispered, and he opened his mouth and his teeth turned black and he proceeded to bite the man on the shoulder. The man screamed and lifted his head into the light as he was screaming and Lorgon saw that the man was indeed Hilron.

He woke with an incredible start, sweat dripping everywhere and his heart was beating fast in his chest.
Hilron! I hope he is okay Lorgon thought and tried to reassure himself that it was just a bad dream but somehow he didn't think so.

He got up after a minute and went outside to get some air, he also took his sword with him just in case, the dream made him feel uneasy. He sat just outside his house and put his head in his hands and hoped that it had only been a nightmare, a feeling of dread came over him.