The residents of Northwind Castle would never forget that morning.
The "Infernal Calamity" Cassius stood on the century-old city wall, his enormous wings shrouding the sunlight.
The Red Dragon looked down upon the thirty thousand city citizens gathered there, proclaiming the establishment of the Ashen Kingdom and the demise of the country they and their ancestors had known.
"Who agrees? Who opposes?"
The spears of the Great Goblins glimmered coldly.
There was no room for negotiation; it was merely a dispassionate notification.
Thus, the era of dragon rule began.
At first, people were terrified and anxious, locking their doors, fearing that these monsters would commit heinous acts just like the "Song of Embers" described, insult and devour their wives and daughters, burn their homes.
But things did not develop as many feared, nor as the northern nobility outside Northwind Castle anticipated.
