The art of rune construction

Mothers explanation left me with more questions than answers, Why had our mighty dragon race just idly sat by as we were hunted down and made into materials for the mortal races to use at their leisure. Why after protecting them for hundreds of thousands of years had they simply cast us aside, and why had the creator just sat idly by and let this all happen? Where we not supposed to be his avatars of destruction for those who would wish the realm that he so loves harm. Without us what will happen when the Dagarath return once Eringale turns on the last of its protectors.

With so many questions still unanswered Mother turned to us and began her first lecture on the art of rune construction. "Over time my children more will be revealed to you, while you grow so to will your strength and the knowledge contained within your heritage will unfold itself to you. Among that information is the method that we dragons use to create our own spells, each unique to the caster as both the current of mana and the form it takes will be different for every dragon." Mother then looked deep into my eyes as if she was looking for my response to what she had to say next. "And for those who possess multiple marks this problem becomes much more shall we say profound. Your mark which all dragons are given by the creator upon birth is one of the many reasons that dragons are so formidable in relation to all other creatures that roam this plane. They imbue the individual with dominion over what their mark represents, destruction being the most volatile."

Hearing this I feigned a look of confidence while inside wondering what trials I would have to overcome to master rune construction with not only highly volatile mana but two marks.

"I see you are confident Valorian I have never met another dragon that possessed not only the mark of destruction but of Domination as well. The two mixed together may pose a challenge quite difficult to overcome. But I do know this, that your father one of the most powerful dragons to ever walk Eringale shared the mark of destruction with you, and that our progenitor Rengal the Origin had the mark of Domination. Both being able to lay waste to legions of men or Dagarath alike. Whatever struggles you face in your mastery of runes I know that your efforts will be paid back a hundred fold."

I could not hold back my look of astonishment, hearing of the potential power that awaited me gave me a insatiable urge for knowledge and strength.

As dragons all share their knowledge, knowing that I would eventually come into a power unlike the world has ever seen gave me a thirst for revenge against those that wronged us.

The humans, elves, and beast kin for casting us aside like a rotten corpse as soon a we where not seen as protectors. And the creator for sitting idly by as his supposed beloved protectors where systematically slaughtered. As more memories slowly unlocked even now every betrayal, every death that was contained within as they are unlocked from the closest to the present all the way back to the beginning of the dragons. It felt almost as if they had happened to myself. The rage that I felt sat heavy in my heart, with eyes filled with determination I looked back at mother and said with confidence. "Growl- Rawr- Rawr (I will do what I must to master any power, to overcome any obstacle so that I can save our mighty race from its fate.)"

"Good then we will begin with the foundation of rune construction." Mother started and began the lengthy explanation of rune foundation.

To form a rune one must begin with a concrete purpose of the rune in their minds eye, be that as a stabilizing rune to prevent the spells construct from falling apart, a rune of amplification to empower the construct for its intended purpose, or the thousands of others that play a part in the formation and execution of a spell construct. Where the tricky part lay is that no matter how many memories of my ancestors I will be able to unlock all of the information on how to form these runes is all but useless. Every dragon as stated by mother has unique mana and because of this only through trial and error and making every single type of rune from scratch to know what it was for you and then implementing them into spells that are known can any magic be performed.

So I started to try and use the magical energy that I could feel flowing within me and give it purpose. As mother explained all that runes are, are the worldly manifestation of you magical powers will.

I tried for the rest of the day after mother lecture was over to create any rune, just something anything but did not succeed.

Having expended so much mental effort for hours I was so exhausted that I walked over to my alcove and fell to sleep immediately after closing my eyes.

(Sorry for the short chapter I will be making the next one much longer)