Rise
There weren’t always dragons in the valley. However, he had bigger things to worry about. It wasn’t his fault, not really. He had merely been following the directions of the figure in the tower and never expected this situation to unfold quite like it had, reminding him of an intricate origami craft ripped apart by a toddler’s hand. He found himself on a dark path he swore he knew well, somehow twisted by the veil of night. Stumbling through the murk in a half-crazed, repentant state he recalled the encounter a few hours prior that had, more or less, led him directly to his current predicament.