House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men

[Warning: Disturbing Content Ahead]

(Drakken's POV)

"It is nothing I am proud of." I said seriously as I looked down, "It is something that has kept me up at night for a long time after that. The one thing I regret.....it is doing that." 

"Drakken...." Mya said softly, "I....I am so sorry to hear that." 

I rubbed my hair as I closed my eyes, "It was so long ago." I said, "It felt like it happened to a different person. But the truth is that it happened and there is nothing I can do about it." 

"W-What happened to the Woman....?" Maegelle asked

I opened my eyes and looked down, "She was even more depressed...." I said, "She became a different person. It was not long after, she hadn't even recovered from losing the baby, but she went to the river....and she killed herself." 

"What....?" Her voice was soft, barely audible

I nodded, "She slit her wrists and drowned herself." I said as I gripped my lap, feeling a bit anxious about that memory, "By the time I got there, the water was already red....and when I dove in, I was too late.....all I pulled out was her lifeless corpse. The despair I felt in that moment was unlike anything I have ever felt....at that moment, I cursed the land, I cursed everything in the world. All that surrounded me was Death....caused by War. Everything bad that had happened was because of War....and Death..." 

"That...." Saera said, "Was intense....." 

"An understatement." I said as I nodded, "The funny thing is.....well, not so funny.....her Husband did not die in battle. He had survived the onslaught and had recovered in a different city. When he came back, he saw me burying his dead wife. When he asked me what had happened, I told her an accident caused her to lose the child, and she took her own life. In a fit of fury, he blamed me and tried to kill me, pinning me to the ground and cursing me. He told me that I was a cursed child, thrown into the world by the Demon Lords who wanted to destroy Infernis....He wanted me dead. And for a few seconds, I almost let him kill me...but....I didn't." 

"What.....did you do?" Mya asked her expression was pale with sorrow

"I fought back." I said, "And like I did the other people I've killed, I butchered him.....bathing in his blood, a horrid sight. I buried him with his wife and was spotted by the Village Elder. From that point on, I was shunned and rejected. Nobody wanted anything to do with me. I was alone.....truly alone...until it happened..." 

"T-There's more?" Maegelle asked

"I suppose so. I mean....." I said, "The village was attacked by the enemy army, the soldiers pillaging and murdering the remaining people, all while I watched. Something in me snapped, filled me with nothing but rage and hatred, that I simply cursed the concept of War and Death.....and my Sorcery awakened.....and I fought back. There was so much blood.....the mud was turned red, the puddles were filled with guts and limbs...the entire village was reduced to nothing but a pile of ashes, filled with piles of corpses...at that moment, I became something more than a mere human child. I was different...I became.....a monster..." 

Their eyes were on me, not being able to comprehend the words I was saying. For the first time in ages, I felt comfortable enough to open up about my past. I didn't speak much to Riktor about this.

It felt good to speak this, it felt.....liberating. 

But I know they won't be able to look at me the same after. They understand now why I am careful with them. 

I sighed, "After that happened....." I said, "I didn't know what to do. I didn't know where to go. I was alone, with a power I couldn't understand. The first thing that came to mind was to find the witch and her apprentices, the ones who raped me. They were the only ones that I was aware of that wielded sorcery...but that plan didn't even start.....since.....He descended upon the Land....." 

"W-Who?" Maegelle asked

I looked down at scowled, feeling my blood boil as my body released a dark aura. My fists were clenched as I felt the room shake. 

"D-Drakken..." Mya said softly

"H-Him....." I said, my voice filled with rage, "Corvinus, The Dragon God of Darkness.....the one who took me in and bestowed upon me the Dragon Calamity..." 

"The one who gave you your power....and your name...." Maegelle said, "Drakken....." 

"I was but.....an experiment to him." I said, closing my eyes and trying to compose myself, "I meant nothing to him.....I....." 

I felt Mya's hand on my cheek, "My Lord...." She said softly, "It is okay..." 

I looked at her, she had a sympathetic smile on her face, "Mya." I said, "You....." 

"You do not need to continue." She said, "We understand."

I let out an exhale, "I....I am sorry...." I said, feeling a bit calmer, "I am fine." 

"Everything that you've said to us...." Mya continued, "Thank you.....we now understand you more.....and....I am sorry for everything that you have gone through." 

"Hm." I said as I closed my eyes, "I don't need pity." 

"It's not pity." She said as she hugged me, "It's not. Do not think so..." 

Saera stood up, "I have a question." She told me, "And I am sorry for prying further than I need to." 

"What is it?" I asked her

"I understand that you spent a good time with this...Dragon God....and that he is the reason you don't like referring yourself as such." She said, "But.....your brothers.....did you meet them during or after your time with him." 

Mya pulled away, "Riktor and Viktor." She said, "His sworn brothers.....and the original members of the Trinity." 

"Them...." I said seriously, "It was at the end of my time with Corvinus. They saved me from his grasp....and since then, they swore to be by my side. I owe everything to them. What that bastard did was unforgivable....And I won't speak about it today." 

Maegelle gave me a sad smile, "Of course...." 

I closed my eyes, "Now, you understand." I said, "Why I am gentle when you are carrying my children. I need to be.....otherwise.....the same thing would happen. That is the last thing I want. That is why I swore to never have children....and for centuries, I stayed true to that. Until as of late....." 

I opened my eyes and looked at Maegelle, who patted her stomach and smiled. 

"W-We know...." She said softly

"I don't know what truly caused this." I said as I wrapped my arm around Mya's waist, "This one gave me my first.....and I will forever be grateful to her for that....and now, I just.....I want more...I don't know why.....I don't know why I want more...." 

Mya looked at me, "Perhaps it is a pent up feeling.....a desire to be a father." She said softly, "Centuries of walking the lands of your world, watching families grow up and wither into nothing....all while you outlived them, standing side by side with your immortal brothers....." 

"Being plunged into a world with no way of returning...." Maegelle said, "Maybe you know that you might as well give in to that desire...." 

"No way of returning....." I said as I looked down, "Hm....."

"What does that mean?" Saera asked with a raised eyebrow

"Nothing." I said as I cleared my throat, "Leave it alone." 

"Okay....." Saera said, "Sure...." 

"Well...." I said as I stood up, "Now you know." 

"Can we move on now?"