Ynt’taris is back and awesomer than ever before!

Check out the Ice Patriarch’s new updated look! This completes the trilogy of dragons. That means we’ll have to pose them all together in the Temple At Morbatten. Set the obelisks of Tiamat in the background. The only real question is… should it be the early empire of Dar Tania with unfinished walls and rugged open timber and stone construction, OR the refined cathedral like ‘modern’ empire ruled by Malcor Kell’tayris?

The more I play with Ynt’taris, the more I like this inscrutable lord of the wastes. You really can’t go wrong with an evil dragon who shuns heat but loves children who worship Tiamat, can you? As suggested in the early empire books of Dar Tania and Set’s Dream, Ynt’taris does not form close relationships with humans. The Sage Alaura was an exception… and the ice lord then spent almost 2,000 years trying to find another Rider from Alaura’s bloodline. R’Dar Ora finally came to be. If haven’t seen the parallels between Tania and Ora, I invite you to consider…

Chosen by a dragon
Uplifted, defended, and instructed personally by a dragon
They became Riders to dragons that do not really allow Riders at all
They were allowed to love who their hearts chose
While Tania obviously shaped Morbatten, her lover – Sean – did as well. Malcor is already set on that path. All that awaits is Ora’s impact

My readers know that Alerius really wants Ice Priestesses and Ice Paladins in Tehra. Maybe another time of prophecy and miracles awaits? I can’t hardly wait to write that story! Maybe I’ll kick Merakor 2 to the curb… that story needs to be told too.

On a different note, a browser plug-in update crashed FI. If that affected you, I apologize. Ben and I got it back up quickly but some of the features are still a bit wonky. Bear with us!