Setting: in dark Medieval Fantasy.<br/><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="https://i.imgur.com/XmorjU2.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/>A young adolescent dragon has come out of the mountains and has now become a public nuisance to the kingdom! So far he has not killed anyone! But he has destroyed crops, damaged buildings, and has developed a taste for the local peoples abundant pets and livestock. Although he is only the size of winged horse minus the long swan like neck and long tale and his scales are still velvety soft. It is Illegal to kill or hunt dragons....as they are protected by the Crown. The common people however ... they will only put up with so much, for so long!<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Massive white velvety soft wings spread out over the green grassy meadow. The young dragon frolicked, chortling happily as he watched the flock of sheep scatter in all directions.  Beneath him, beneath his blooded long sharp talons were five sheep that he had just killed.<br/><br/>Winter was a Frost Dragon.... although he Could NoT freeze living warmblooded animals... the freezing white mists he spewed could send large mammals into hyperthermic shock.... that could lead to death under the right conditions.... much like jumping into a frozen lake... while the water itself does not kill immediately unlike fire... but if core temperature were not restored, the hyperthermia that follows after would definitely be fatal! ... the sheep however had not been killed by the dragons breath, but rather ripped apart by his long teeth and large deadly six inch black talons.  While foreboding, sight to behold the young dragon however still was by no means invincible! not even close! as his shimmering alabaster white scales were still quite soft... and was in danger from any farmer with a bow.   Winter however, being as young as he was... mere twenty years old, was blissfully ignorant of human weaponry! He was however quite familiar with their cattle! Sheep! Cows! Goats! Chickens! Pets! Nothing was safe around him.  He hadn't tried to eat any humans yet... but there had been some close encounters... he found them more annoying than anything, and sheep were his favorite!<br/><br/>Winter thrummed happily as he devoured his prey.... when... something caught his attention...