An Auspicious Start

Tendrils of golden light slowly crept their way across the darkened sky, painting the earth in it's warm glow and with it raising all the slumbering birds and beasts that lie beneath it's watchful gaze. And of course, the mightiest beast of all, the race of man, also heeded it's call to arise and begin their day.

But within the Imperial Palace of Eklepsus, a different sort of being also woke with a satisfied smile dancing across his lips, a sight that would petrify his enemies if they saw it, despite the innocence of the gesture, as he made his way to his opened window and took a deep breath while happily gazing at the fruit of his labor.