The Book of Ominiue: Starborn Read Online Free PDF

Afradians, who fought wars for thousands of years, and was eventually taken prisoner by his enemies. He was tortured for a hundred years until his mind and soul was broken. They say for thousands of years afterwards he could be seen wandering the lands in a half-blind madness. There was also the first wizard who materialised out of nowhere and taught the ‘chosen’ the secrets of the universe. There was Lethagon the Great, another wizard who captured the DragonGod Ominiue, and trapped his soul in a sword, so that the beast would never die. Anótole was humble compared to some of these figures; even his friend and ally; the Afradian wizard called Marakite had a more distinguished history linked to the forest that they were currently travelling through: yet Anótole was the one they all loved.
    ‘Anótole like all of the DragonLords,’ Kíe began his narration, ‘who were chosen to ride the DragonGod Ominiue, is our hero of sacrifice, for the chosen ones are given eternal life, but they are destined to die in battle. The Lord of riders is only revealed in times of trial. Many years may pass and oren [5] would still stand. Many lives of the children of the Kéaran may rise and fall and the chosen one will never have aged. One may have seen many battles, but the time would come, as all mortal creatures’ time must come, and therefore he must eventually die, paving the way for the next DragonLord to rise.’ Kíe’s gaze lingered on Shayne briefly. The scholar used his walking staff to draw vague images in the dirt. ‘That is the way of Ominiue, and that is the will of the Lion Gods who created him. Adarline, the sword of Ominiue is not lost, it is but waiting to be found, waiting for the call of the next bearer. Anótole’s spirit will live on in the next DragonLord.
    ‘Not much is known of this mighty Orian, for his greatest deeds were done with diplomacy and his sacrifice was over the great sea where none survived to tell the tale, neither friend nor foe. But some stories survive and one battle was fought here upon these lands. The corrupted empire from the southern continent sent ships and dragons to invade the coast of Dífrun, there they sought to create a stronghold to lay siege to the rest of our lands and to break the newly created oath of Kérith-Árim. They sent most of their corrupted dragon spawn; the dragons that were born into another life and did not follow the way of the Kéaran or practice the ancient Dragon-law that kept all life safe. The southern raiders could not see the dilemma they created. They refused the warnings and help offered. The armies of Dífrun came together under the banners of Kérith-Árim and the high house of Ádin for the first time in history. All united, north and south and there they marched and fought a cruel battle in Garathy.’ Kíe then went into a detailed account of one of the Dragonrider generals, who wrote the tale down, adding glory of flight into the story, with heroic battles in the sky where dragon and riders clashed in the air until the capture of the sea fort.
    ‘Finally after many bloody battles, the enemy was broken. Some were captured, both Ta’Orian and Dragon, but still many escaped, fleeing back to their cold desert homelands.
    ‘Anótole learned from those captured about the truth of the dragon corruption, seen with his own holy eyes the darkness that Dragon-kind can impose upon those and why the Dragons amongst them lived such strict and sometimes cruel lives. History is tainted with Dragon blood, he saw that they were far too dangerous and that they must always be guided to the right path. He saw that no matter how much they protected themselves, as long as there were dragons out in the wilds and in the hands of those who did not practice the Dragon law, then war would always follow. The only way to stop this was to either enforce the laws or to destroy every last dragon. So a final army was summoned and not just any soldiers, but the greatest: every