00:09That Storm Dragon's gone mad! It can't be tamed!
00:47Vida's here!
01:05Good girl.
01:09Lord of Dragons!
01:11Lord of Dragons!
01:24Brother! I've returned with you!
01:40For a hundred years, Valkar has not seen the like of him. A true Lord of Dragons. Vidar of Valkar,
01:48my firstborn!
01:50Lord of Dragons!
01:52From now on, you shall take my place as Chieftron of Valkar.
01:56What is this, Father?
01:59Your Father's already had the field cleared. The beasts that bent the knee were taken. The ones that would not?
02:06Well, you can see the rest.
02:07A dragon that will not submit has no place among us. That is the law of Valk.
02:21This is not taming. A crown raised on slaughter is no crown of mine.
02:29Vidar! Vidar!
02:30You ought to be the Chieftain of Valkar. Would you turn your back on your own people?
02:35It's a miracle!
02:36It's a miracle!
02:36It's a miracle!
02:40It's a miracle!
03:05on the Alderwood border, and every beast in it had better be tended proper.
03:09Yes, Mr. Historian.
03:51That's General Cedric Haleburn, the youngest ever to command Alderwil's Dragon Knights.
03:56Five years unbeaten, no Drac has ever thrown him.
04:04They say he stands second only to the Lord of Dragons himself.
04:07With him leading the riders, Alderwin could crush anything in the sky.
04:11What's he doing in a frontier stable?
04:14Change the armor.
04:16I want it polished.
04:17Three coats of whale oil.
04:19At once, General!
04:38Vidar of Valkyra.
04:41Chieftain of the Vikings, Vidar of Valkyra, Lord of Dragons, now calling himself Vidar Gangler.
04:50Five years gone, and I've finally found you.
04:54You've got the wrong man.
04:58Five years ago, you walked away from your place as Chieftain of Valkyra and left your
05:02people behind.
05:04After that, you vanished without a trace.
05:08Vidar.
05:12I am asking you to join the Dragon Knights.
05:15I'd surrender the High Command itself to you.
05:19Everyone says I am Alderwin's great hope, but if war comes with the Valkyra, I know the
05:24truth. There is only one man alive who could lead us to victory.
05:28You.
05:32I said... I said you've got the wrong man, General.
05:48This is the High Master's Seal of Alderwin.
05:50If you change your mind, come to the Royal Fortress.
05:53Oh, did you get that?
05:58No.
06:15Oh.
06:25has no one a free hand
06:30i need something delivered
06:35word just came in the militia riders are in urgent need of a saddle
06:38can you ride a dragon not in five years that means you can
06:43hurry up they need it there at once
06:49how fast as fast as you can bloody make it
06:56oh
07:10oh
07:27listen well there'll be war at the front soon enough and war requires dragons that militia
07:31camp ahead keeps a whole stock of them broken to the saddle strong in the body fit for supply
07:35runs patrol and message flight they'll serve well enough and if they fall in the doing
07:39they'll not be sorely mic'd
07:42the camp belongs to gareth hort
07:45the old wretch is stubborn and none too eager to bend the knee
07:48do you truly believe he'll yield up his dragons peacefully
07:51rest easy captain
07:52i've already laid the ground he'll hand over the dragons
07:59blast the knights
08:00first man there has first choice of the stock
08:11your hand has grown finer corin
08:13there are few in the royal dragon knights who could match your seat now
08:20there's a rider gaining on us
08:22gaining on us
08:23don't be absurd
08:29that's an old pack dake
08:30blind in one eye
08:31how in god's name is such a beast keeping pace with us
08:35a blind old carrier thinks to overtake me
08:49you're in the way
08:58too late
09:11he's a madman
09:13how in god's name did he do that
09:15what sort of beast is that
09:18how in god's name did he do that
09:20what sort of beast is that
09:22the beast is nothing uncommon
09:25the rider
09:27is something extraordinary
09:32leave it
09:34we've worked to do
09:41hold it down
09:42that's socorin's high grade dragon in our camp
09:45it needs to get out in one piece today
09:47one slip and the whole camp's in ruins
09:50it's too strong
09:51the chains won't hold
09:52where's the saddle
09:53why isn't it here yet
09:55the stable's sending it across the silent gorge
09:57dangerous route
09:58even at full speed
10:00will take at least half an hour
10:01i just released
10:02the messenger pigeon
10:03ten minutes ago
10:05that sound
10:06it's the old blind dragon from the base
10:08the saddle has arrived
10:09impossible
10:10that old beast has fought alongside me for years
10:13nobody can tame it
10:16wait
10:16it really isn't
10:35you rode this one
10:37aye
10:39how'd you get here so fast
10:42well
10:44i i i took a shortcut
10:46didn't know there's any shortcut through the gorge
10:49interesting
10:53step back stable hand
10:54alara
10:55tighten it
10:56sir corin's knights will be here any moment
10:58we can't let them see their dragon in a frenzy
11:04stop staring her down
11:05in a rage
11:06dragons see that as a threat
11:07you'll get thrown off
11:09one wrong move
11:10and those chains could shred her wings
11:11silence
11:12what would a hoof filer know of dragon work
11:15i'm a militia rider
11:16i was trained for this
11:28luken
11:29damn it
11:30he actually called it
11:44well
11:45well
11:46i've come for my dragon
11:50what is this
11:51that is a high war drack of the royal dragon knights
11:54is this how you mudblood villagers tend what is entrusted to you
11:58you'll make restitution for that
12:00sir corin
12:01it was an accident
12:11spare me your franel
12:12my dragon is worth a fortune
12:14you will make restitution
12:16your dragon went savage itself
12:18enough
12:19however it happened
12:20the beast was injured in our camp
12:21the dead is ours
12:23name your price
12:24you maimed my dragon
12:26then you pay me in dragons
12:28dragons?
12:30father no
12:31those dragons are all that stands between this village and the valkyraids
12:35how many?
12:37how many?
12:37all of them
12:39what?
12:40never
12:48this is a high-ranked war drath
12:49your whole yard of low-bred creatures is not worth a single span of his wing
12:53and that says nothing of his bloodline, his royal commission, or his worth to the war ahead
12:58i ask for your dragons
12:59and i am already showing mercy
13:01the upper wing is unbroken
13:03the frame is sound
13:05the shoulder joint and outer wing bone are true military stock
13:08the wing alone is rare enough
13:10and he has only just come of age
13:12he has ten hard years of service in him yet
13:16commander holt if i remember rightly
13:18you are master of this frontier dragon yard
13:20then pay what is owed
13:22bullshit
13:23this was a setup
13:26the grooming was only a pre-tent
13:28you came for our stock
13:29nothing more
13:31the royal dragon knights have no shame left at all
13:34hold your tongue
13:36the royal knights have never spared a thought for the border villages
13:39you may take this camp and never look back
13:41but the valkyra have raided all year
13:43without our dragons
13:45how are we meant to keep our people safe
13:47and what concern is that of mine
13:49hand them over
13:52that blind pack drake
13:53the very one we saw in the gorge
13:56the man who rode him must be here
13:58find that rider and bring him into the dragon knights
14:00and he would be worth more than ten dragons taken in level
14:02enough
14:16is that one yours
14:18it is
14:20so
14:20melita dragon riders
14:22right
14:24since you are riders as well
14:27i will offer you another road
14:29compete with us
14:30three trials
14:31best two of three
14:33win
14:34and the matter of compensation is ended
14:39captain
14:40why waste words on them
14:41we can take the lot by force
14:44i have greater need of riders who know how to master a dragon than just of dragons
14:50father don't
14:51the royal dragon knights
14:53stand second only to the lord of dragons himself
14:56they are formally trained
14:58and they ride high-ranked dragons
15:00this would be slaughter
15:02we've flown those gulges for ten years
15:05and now we're meant to fear a pack of highborn riders raised in comfort
15:09if it's a contest they want
15:10then a contest they shall have
15:13let it be a contest
15:14do not look down on militia riders
15:17well commander
15:18we are all dragon riders here
15:21no one could call it unfair
15:27very well
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