Moonfall, #2
The Ballad of Falling Dragons
by Sarah A. Parker
Contents
Chapter 4
Overview
Trapped beneath a mental ice barrier by the Other, the narrator hunts for a way to regain control and finish Rekk Zharos. Diving into a submerged nest of treasured relics, the narrator retrieves a massive tooth and accidentally triggers a visceral connection to a larger, frost-fire self. This surge suggests an impending merge or awakening that could shape the coming confrontation.
Summary
The narrator pounds at an unbreakable sheet of inner ice, furious that the Other has locked their consciousness away mid-vengeance against Rekk Zharos for Essi’s murder and Líri’s torture. Realizing brute force fails, the narrator decides to sink, searching the depths for something to break free.
Among scattered luminous strands and hexed light, the narrator passes silver hair reminiscent of finds in Kaan’s tomb, then discovers a ring of hexagonal pillars that resemble Moonplume nesting grounds. In a central perch lies a loving hoard: silver, egg-like stones and a long pearly tooth strong enough to pierce ice.
To free the tooth, the narrator shifts a blue, teardrop crystal, unleashing Rayne’s mournful song that floods them with unwanted sorrow. Rejecting the emotion, the narrator focuses and wrenches the tooth loose, disturbing the hoard as egg-stones shift around their arm.
Contact with the mossy surface of one egg-stone hurls the narrator into a rush of elsewhere—a sensation of becoming larger, winged strength unfurling between shoulder blades and frosty fire coiling in the chest. This sudden, potent alignment signals a looming merge with the Other or an awakened form that could shatter the barrier.
Armed with the tooth and riding the surge of newfound power, the narrator readies to reclaim control above the ice, intent on reaching Rekk Zharos and completing their brutal reckoning.
Who Appears
- NarratorImprisoned beneath inner ice by the Other; seeks tools to break free and kill Rekk.
- The OtherThe narrator’s dominant counterpart controlling the body, likely battling above the ice.
- Rekk ZharosTarget of the narrator’s planned vengeance for Essi’s murder and Líri’s torture.
- EssiBeloved of the narrator; her murder fuels the narrator’s rage.
- LíriVictim tortured nearly to death; intensifies the narrator’s need for retribution.
- RayneHer mournful song echoes from a crystal, forcing unwanted emotion on the narrator.
- KaanReferenced via a memory of silver hair found in a tomb beneath his sleepsuite.
- RygunReferenced as large enough to nearly fill the vast underwater nest.