(Waco, Texas -- Present Day)
For you...
Sir. Harrison Marcus Bruce,
Sir. Harrison Marcus Bruce,
presented for your life changing quest,
is the prologue to this collection of dragon poetry and prose:
is the prologue to this collection of dragon poetry and prose:
THE RED BOOK OF DRAGONS!
(PROLOGUE)
It is known among the fire beast’s surviving human victims that they fell to the land one dark and clear starlit late Summer night a long, long time ago. Men saw the arrival and it is said that it was instantly clear that these beast were evil! The year they arrived does not matter. The month they arrived does not matter. Only the night they fell from the sky matters.
They came from out there beyond the stars, screaming through that cloudless sky that black half-moonlit night, sounding like ten thousand angry Hawks screaming down to crash onto the innocent unsuspecting surface of the lush and green planet while enveloped in pure, white hot hell fire -- to smash the green land, flattening trees and hills, with the force of a million thundering and panicked buffalo! Soon, we learned the horror that there were three of them -- two large adult creatures and one smaller child creature. They immediately broke the outer shells of the smoking rock that enclosed them and set out to start their campaign of burning death and ash destruction!
We fought them well!
At first, humans across the lush and green land of the creature’s crash landing site fearfully choked on their fear and thoughts that the planet would be destroyed... incinerated by the hell-like fire these creatures expel! What could humans do with spears and metal shields to beat back creatures strong enough to rip aged pine trees out of the ground by the roots and use them like huge torches to swat back human gnats. Toying with us in moments like that?
Yes. Deadly serious when they decided to blow red flame thirty feet out of their maws to burn our houses, our crops and our fellow man? Yes! But, humans fought back!
The very earth itself fought back!
We humans quickly learned, by proxy of witnessing what the planet did to defend and protect itself from these monstrous alien invaders, of their weaknesses and used that knowledge to eventually ... ah, but I get too far ahead of myself. These great stories and poems recounting those battles, the suffering, the victories -- this is the stuff of dragon legends…
You have just read the short prologue to this ancient tome you are now holding in your trembling hands. You are well aware of the fact that you are trembling because of the awesome power you know is in the book you are holding in your hands. You can feel the power of centuries of arcane magic and mystical history infused into these pages. And, you have just taken possession of your ultimate destiny!
You are to believe that you are a special person, indeed. You have, not by chance or by fate... but by necessity, found this true version of THE RED BOOK OF DRAGONS! These most important tomes vanish from human sight when they are not needed. You are now reading these special words in this expanded prologue created by mystical necessity for your eyes only. These powerful tomes, the books within the tomes, are soon to be needed again!
There are only 40 original hand created copies in existence on Earth, translated first from a long lost language to next be translated to the original Old English -- written in the spilt blood of the dragon beasts. If you, the present owner of this book, at first stare at these olden words hard enough you will see the modern text your mind is perceiving shift and slide back to the old English form. Relax your mind and the text reverts back to a form you can easily understand.
There is ancient magic at work here. You need not concern yourself with that fact. In your present time in history, magic has been replaced by skepticism and man made technology that is always flawed and prone to fail at the worst possible moment in need. That ignorance of the magic at work here will work in your favor… when the time comes for you to act and react to the dangers you will soon face.
Know that the magic in these pages is of a spiritual nature too powerful for your human form. You are not, nor will you ever be, versed enough in the understanding of the ancient powers that would allow you to hold the actual original tome in your hands. The book you hold is a proxy, made indestructible by magic, for you to possess and read and understand. What you hold in your hands looks like a simple modern manual, but everything you need to prepare your soul for the battle to come is between the covers… and linked directly to the original tome hidden in a netherworld place accessible only by an individual entity the book decides to allow into its presence. This is a near impossible achievement to garner.
Know that the text in the original tome is scribed on true cured dragon skin, making the pages and cover indestructible. Your proxy tome has been conferred the physical attributes if the original tome. A most important fact for you to know about your proxy tomb is that it cannot burn or tear or absorb water. This proxy tomb is now your personal volume until you are no longer of this life time. This proxy tomb is your shield, your intelligence, and your blueprint for facing your incoming adversaries. No one, or no thing, can pry this tomb from you hands. Remember this fact, always.
Treasure the important tomb in your hands. Concern yourself not of the reasons why you are now in possession of this most important tomb of ancient knowledge. Read these pages of poetry and verse carefully because one day you will be called to be a protector. Look up into the sky today. Note that infinity is out there. What unknown be swallowed by infinity, to be vomited into your lap when you least expect it?
Muse upon these words… first presented, in an ancient time long past, to Alzigon the Dragon Slayer by the enigmatic creature of dark knowledge, Sanju: The Walker Of The Horror, in the time long before machines.
Sanju is the carrier of the horror tome.
Sanju possesses the one original Dragon tome.
Who be Alzigon? And what is Sanju? If you praise this tome and respect its words, you will soon discover the greatness of Alzigon and his descendants -- THE DRAGON TRACKERS! And perhaps, Sanju itself could visit you.
These missives and musings are important history. Absorb the knowledge, then tell all who will listen of what you have learned. You must prepare them all for an uncertain future! And most important -- respect your RED DRAGON tome. It is your new legacy!
There are other surprises that might fall from the sky to change the course of the history of mankind. That surprise is now lessened for you. You are now aware of some kind of awful calamity to come. Spread the word to all who will listen. They may not hear you now, but they will flock to you when the sky again opens up to allow the unknown into earth‘s realm.
Be ready!
You may proceed with your first lesson in the small missive, Red Dragon Skin!
-end of prologue-
