Dragonhammer: Volume I (34 page)

Fragruss comes into sight from around a ridge to the left.  The great city stands proudly, set into the mountain with its titanic bridge over the river.  The sun lies in the east, behind the mountains, wreathing the city in a dark umbra.  The shadows of the mountains are visible as we look into the plains, like an enormous set of teeth on the ground.  As I look to the west, the shadows seem to get darker and lengthen.  An army sits only about a quarter of a league away from the start of the bridge, like an enormous rectangular shadow on the Vrakkjar Plains.

“I’m here, Titus,” I mutter.

End of Volume I

Pronunciation Guide

Aela:  AY-eh-luh

Amgid:  OM-gid

Archeantus:  Ar-kee-an-tus

Avalkand:  A-vul-kand

Dracynnval:  Druh-sin-vahl

Fragruss:  FRAY-gruhz

Frejjl:  Fray-el

Genevieve Magnus:  JEH-neh-veev MAG-nuhs

Grothingar:  Grah-thing-gahr

Gunther:  GUHN-tr

Ha’avjah:  Hah-ahv-yuh

Hralfar:  RAL-far

Kadmus:  KAD-muhs

Khaoth:  KAY-ohth

Kera:  KEH-ruh

Kjunn:  Keeuhn

Leif:  Layf

Nringnar’s Deep:  Ner-ing-nahr’s Deep

Oklir:  Ohk-leer

Percival:  Per-si-vuhl

Rugoth:  ROO-goth

Siegfried:  SEEG-freed

Terrace:  TEH-rus

Theyor:  THAY-ore

Thrak:  Thrak

Titus:  TIE-tus

Tygnar:  TIG-nahr

Tyrannus:  Tie-RAN-us

Verkoth:  VER-kohth

Vervold:  VER-vold

Verzkor:  VERZ-gore

Virfith:  VER-fith

Vrakkjar:  Ver-AK-yar

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Conner McCall is a college student pursuing a degree in music composition with a minor in computer science, who writes in his free time (if he has any).