Max breathed in the air of lightning and thunder as it crashed against the earth around him. Each step he took deeper into the Thunder Dragon lands made his hair stand on end. This place was terrifying in the most beautiful way, brutal, violent, and alive, as if the whole region had been born inside a storm.
It did not take them long to sweep through most of the villages and smaller towns, gathering an enormous number of people beneath his iron grip. Wherever Max went, fear spread like a curse. It passed from mouth to mouth, from home to home, from one trembling crowd to another, until he finally reached the citadel bathed in lightning.
