[@bloonewb]

A servant came and brought Ardasa a glass of cool water. Ternoc nodded at her comment about having been a child just last year.

"Truly? While there are rites of passage for dracons, the line between child and adult tends to blur a bit, especially for males. Female dracons are unquestionably adult by age 18, but young males usually need to prove themselves at that age before they are fully respected as adults by older males. Or wait until they are 25 years old, at which point they are fully grown, and there's no point in denying their malehood. Also, I would advise you not to call your realm an empire. It may provoke retaliation from other dracon realms if they consider it an expansionist state, as empires generally are."

[@Shadow Dragon]

Ophion was a mage of great renown. As an ally of Adykon and a friend to the great priest Vespion, he had played quite the important role in stopped Dememoras two decades ago. Working in his laboratory, he scried the city of Minbenthac for any possible threats, including invaders, demons, or the undead. To his surprise, he detected a wraith floating around in the city's back alleys. It wasn't unheard of for necromancers hiding in the city's catacombs to mess around in the middle of the night, but it was broad daylight. Something was quite odd, although he didn't see that the wraith was harming anyone in particular at the moment.

He picked up his staff and prepared to leave his residence, a large building which consisted of living quarters, a store which sold magical goods, a warehouse, a library, and his magical laboratory. Before he left, he stopped for a moment to tell his wife where he was going.

"Aurie! There's a wraith loose in the streets. I'm going out to hunt it down. Don't think it's dangerous, though."

"Just be back in time for dinner!" Aurescia reminded him.

"Sure thing! See you later, dear!" With that, he walked out of the residence and went to find the wraith.