Draco Firesong

Born in the second year of the rule of King Ruslar, Draco is the second son of Bhimar and Tanith Firesong, younger than his twin brother, Drusus, by nearly twenty minutes. Though Drusus’s twin, Draco was different from the start, with a hotter temper than his older twin.

Draco was not bothered when Drusus took Nisha as a wife and was married first. He believed that his father would find him a suitable wife soon enough. However, that wife never came, and Draco grew to resent both Drusus and, when he was born, Eskander, for Drusus was favored by their father and Eskander by their mother, leaving Draco much to his own devices. He became even more resentful when Eskander was given Nia as a wife.

As Draco’s temper grew hotter, he began challenging his father more often. Finally, at the age of forty-one, Draco left. Knowing that Eskander was more powerful magically, and imprisoned and to be beheaded for treason, Draco snuck into the dungeons of the palace in Isiltaras. There, he convinced Eskander to escape and join him.

In their camp, Draco was overjoyed. Eskander was doing all of the thinking and all of the magical work, but Draco was in charge. He was finally getting what he thought he deserved. He soon convinced Eskander that they should take women for themselves, as Eskander’s wife was now legally separated from him.

This, however, proved to be Draco’s downfall. They took two women, Sitara and Sarnai, from the nearby village of Isilannon. Draco claimed Sitara for his own, allowing Eskander to have Sarnai, and spent the night abusing and raping her until he exhausted himself. He had made the mistake, however, of taking the daughter of a member of the city guard, and once Draco was asleep, Sitara killed him with his own blade.

Eskander discovered this the next morning, and Draco was buried on the hillside, with nothing but a small stone to mark his grave, in the first year of the reign of King Aeron.