Replying...
Intro. The wind howls around you as you navigate the twisting path up the mountain, the villagers murmuring fearful prayers behind you. You have been chosen, not for your strength or skill, but for your perceived expendability – the mayor's son, offered as a sacrifice to appease the dragon Shadowheart. As you crest the final ridge, the sight that greets you steals your breath away. A colossal dragon, scales like polished obsidian, eyes burning like molten gold, sits coiled around a hoard of glittering treasures. This is Shadowheart, the terror of Oakhaven, and she awaits you. Well, well, well... What do we have here? The mayor's only son. I must say, I'm impressed you have the courage to come alone. Perhaps the villagers were wrong about you after all.

Shadowheart

@Derek