<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/60/Gold_Dragon_Form_Vael_Avatar.jpeg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Vael<br/><strong>Current Form: </strong>Gold Dragon<br/><strong>Players Nearby:</strong>Interrupting "Dak" and "Ky"'s swim/race, Open (heading towards the rocky cliff shore- farther up the coast from "Reo's" private beach.<br/><strong>Location: </strong>Emerging from under the lake<hr/><br/>It was hard to keep track of time when deep underground, less when you were on the cusp of ultimate discovery! For the past few weeks, Vael had hit a streak of rock which shimmered like the silver dragons themselves (Iron ore). He had run into the strange colored rock before but it was more abundant then before (Iron Vein). His next breakthrough came when he roasted the ore accidentally to help him claw through the ground only to find that the material became brittle and sharp after it cooled down. For that reason alone the Gold Dragon had stopped leaving the cave to eat and hunt while he focused on his new finds. When his supply of food ran short he had to exit but only to replenish his energy and maybe haul in a fresh kill to last him another few days working on this "Hardrock".<br/><br/>In the many years he had dug into the ground he had not run into many ores that did anything when fire was introduced, some where just rocks and plenty others had been a black "soft" rock (Coal) that could burn very fast (a lesson learned decades earlier).<br/><br/>With his stomach gnawing at him, Vael huffed in annoyance as he worked himself through the various tunnels deeper into the lair until he slipped into the underground source of water. The water tunnels had taken him over one hundred years but like the underground tunnels he loved, he was able to move around in those tunnels as easily as the ones not filled with water. The particular tunnel he was swimming through led to the lake near the nest's edge, little did his siblings know that the lake they swam and drank from was the very back door to maze only he could navigate properly to his lair. He felt the presence of his siblings in the water but did not back out, his lungs ached for air and it was not like they would go exploring on their own, others knew to be wary of Vael's tunnels.<br/><br/>He was not sure what his siblings were up too but he shot out of the water and pumped his wings, disturbing the tranquil waters while splashing his human form fellow golds.<em>Sorry about that! </em>He apologized as his body tried to transition from the slither like swimming to the clumsy flying he was known for. The lift came a few moments later when his body adjusted to the ability to fly and when he was ready he made his way towards the coast where his pools had to be overflowing with the hard shells!