"Good luck. I expect you to do well. Kyralae, you have made me proud." A small elderly serpentine dragon told the young red dragon.<br/><br/>"Thank you, Master. It has been quite an adventure learning from you."<br/><br/>"Yes, quite an adventure it has been. Now off with you! Go find yourself another mentor." He slapped her rump with his tail and she jumped into the air and headed south. "Good luck, Master Kyralae!" He called after her.<br/><br/>The young dragon grinned. Being called a Master by a Master was an immense honor.<br/><br/>~~~<br/>20 years later...<br/><br/>"You can stop talking now. I have the info I need. I don't need to know about any demons." A very irritated red dragon replied to an older woman. The woman opened her mouth to object, but the dragon had already galloped down the cobblestone street and launched itself into the air above the city.<br/><br/>~~~<br/>Kyralae had left Methodin many hours before and was currently soaring miles above the vast forested land.  Her search for a Master of higher knowledge had brought her all over her home continent and now across the ocean to Almeria. Masters of any specific magic were sparse,  Masters of Defense magic were rare, and the number of Master with higher knowledge than Kyralae were less than a hundred over the entire world. Despite the odds though, Kyralae had spent the past 20 years of her life traveling, searching, learning.<br/><br/>She kept a close eye on the forest below her, she knew that Masters were often stuck up, antisocial, snobs that didn't like to be bothered, so it would make sense if one made their home in this vast forest. Eventually something caught her eye; a small clearing with a small cottage in the center. It was exactly where a Master would live, a small home to sleeping, and a small clearing to practice magic.<br/><br/>She banked right and began to circle downward. Once she was just above the trees she noticed quite a few beings scattered around the area and the smell of stew hit her nostrils. This was not the home of Master, but perhaps they knew where one was. She was not at all afraid of them attacking her, for she was apedt in her Defensive magic and unless one of them was a Master, she had no fear of being harmed. She landed with a<span style="font-style: italic">Thump!</span>and the looked around, taking in the scene before her.