Bound to the Sovereign Alpha
The golden Alpha power fused with Valerie’s celestial dragon-fire, flowing down her arm, through the shaft of Vaelen's Fang, and directly into the stream of liquid metal filling the mold below.
The molten iron in the casting pit roared, shifting from a chaotic flame into a deep, crystalline luster. The surface of the liquid metal began to cool in rapid, unnatural patterns—not smooth like poured iron, but forming interlocking, overlapping scales that mirrored the impenetrable hide of an ancient sea-drake.
"By the Gods of the High Crags..." Master Vorn breathed, dropping to one knee at the edge of the pit, his eyes fixed on the glowing metal in stunned, religious horror. "Look at the iron... i