Skysworn (Cradle, #4)

by Will Wight

Eithan beamed as though watching his proud son leave for the first day at a School of sacred arts.

Naru Gwei wouldn’t last any longer against an Archlord than a Copper would. And the Sages were the greatest of the Archlords.

"Once, and once alone, will I defend your empire from the fiend that rises against it. Soon, I will have greater concerns…so you must raise protectors of your own. They will defend us all from the great calamity that follows. I await your success, Underlord."

"When a horse carries a man, which of them is the stronger party? It is only suitable that a dragon should carry lesser creatures."

Planning for a fight was important, but he used a plan more like a crutch. That was how the weak did things.