The First path of

Part 4ish

Marek only broke his intent listening with a sudden gasp at the name that is told throughout all of our childhood stories. The Arclight Source the man that's a source of goodness and completed every good deed and never could be defeated. Which is contradictory of the stories of Noireathal whom could easily walk through and butcher an entire nation with a single swipe of his hand.

"But, that is a different story. Thesious went on to explain that since he was dying he didn't want the ArcLight, a very rare white dragon trait, to pass from this world because it was used in part of the binding of Arthelious or Angel Gate after the War of NightMares. So Thesious had been gifting my great grandfather bits and pieces of his soul well until all that was left inside of Thesious was what is called a Deragma Dirk."

Marek looked at me with surprise "A Deragma Dirk? Isn't that a sliver of damaged soul well. They are known as one of the only things that can actually kill a dragon do to the fact it can cut through flesh, bone, metal, and magic as if it was nothing."

I smile "Correct, the story was told be me so long ago I'm not one hundred percent sure where he hide the Dirk." I look pointed at Adrian, whom pointedly ignores my stare. "But, I know a few people who do know but keep telling me that they will tell me when the time is right. Anyway, the story goes that in Thesious's dying breath he gifted the last shard to my great grandfather as well as something else. The gift dragons tend to refer to as Ancestor's Shield, or The Deads Defiance. Have you heard of it?"

Marek shook his head "I've seen it mentioned in a few scrolls, but never explaining anything or even as though they were the same thing."

"Then you have seen far more than most people. This is another one of the secrets my family has tried to hid and cover up for centuries and tell the truth the only reason I am telling you is due to the fact that the Grimoire is heating soothingly on my leg as though urging me on to tell you more and more, and from past experience it is a lot better character gauge than I am."

At this Adrian barely was able to styshin a laugh which made me in turn pointedly ignore him.

" Anyway this ability not only allowed my great grandfather to hold and use parts of Thesious's soul well but it also allowed it to be inherited. So that when my great grandfather had children each child grew with that shard inside of them, Which is why it's called Ancestor's Shield."

Marek nodded "I see why you would want to keep that secret, and why it's called that but what's with the other name the Dead's Defiance?"

I smiled "Because what I have told you is only half of the ability. The other half consists of two parts that can be referred to as a before and after. The before is the fact that the shard grows along with the human soul well. Meaning as each of my grandfather's children grew so did the shards inside of them. And then when they had children each child got their own shard the would continue to grow with them until they died."

Marek was on the edge of the log giving me his full attention "And what's the after?"

"The after is when everyone dies." I reply.

Marek just frowns at me "Everybody dies how can you say that's the second part of the ability?"

"Because dear Marek . . . . ." Adrian butted in without even turning to us " When one of my lord's kin die the Dragon soul well which has been building up inside of themselves for literally their entire life, is split and goes out to each of the other members of the blood kin, and occasionally a very very very good friend or spouse whom the previous owner basically willed it to, so that it can combine with their soul wells making them even stronger and stronger so that when that person dies both the Soul well They were born with and the one they were gifted which they had been growing are split among all of the remaining family allowing each generation literally to carry every generations Dragon soul well inside of themselves making them infinitely more dangerous than any family line, especially when someone tries to do something like start a blood feud."