The air shifted and the armored woman stood, another had taken up the challenge,  How did she knew,  the king told her so,  in his sick mind what passed between them was a 'game'  this game he was determined to win, a game she couldn't afford to lose.  Taking up her helmet she carried it under one arm a showered sheathed at her side Opal eyes in the dragons head crafted on the hilt sparked in the light.<br/><br/>"Send as many as you like." she said in reply moving making her trek down the mountain to meet her new challenger,  he'd expect a dragon not a woman,  not even the king knew she took human form.  for now she'd use it to her advantage claim herself a knight after the bounty, and learn what she could of the coming danger.  Magic shifted as she descended the usual pull in her gut that reminded her of her tie to the Vally like an invisible chain.  She could go no further then the base of the mountains, but that was fine.<br/><br/>Satisfied when she found a suitable path he would likely take up the mountain she settled again leaned back against a tree and crossed her legs lounging, She had a long wait ahead of her, and this new challenger came she wanted to be well rested and ready.  She took a breath closing her eyes and opening her other senses to the world and magic around her awaiting the man the king had sent.  The bird song was calming, a creek babbled less then ten feet away,  animals shuffled through underbrush to find food and shelter from predators,  their had been a moment of still silence when she first arrived animals sensing her true form and fearing she'd eat them but when she'd settled so had they content with her human appearance.