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Scamp always finds
himself on the run from some local bullies. One day, when he is chased
into the forest by those same bullies, Scamp hides in the Bristly Briar,
his favorite hiding spot. Just as Scamp is thinking that he is safe, a
mature green dragon tumbles out of the sky and lands on part of the
Bristly Briar. Scamp is shocked by the devastation the dead dragon made.
A huge bronze dragon with human dragonslayers in her back hovers of the
briar. While escaping the destruction, Scamp finds a wooden chest.
Believing that the dragonslayers are looking for this item, Scamp
scurries back home.
Upon his return to the
village, Tarban, Scamp spots his best friend, Dannika Shellkeep.
He gathers Dannika and Mather, his older brother, together and shows
them the chest. Mather, believing that Scamp has stolen the chest,
demands that it be returned. When Scamp insists that he didn't steal it
and that he is willing to return it to its owner if they open it,
Dannika suggests that they take the chest to her instructor, Peda.
Peda is a halfbreed
monk, part human druid and part Kagonesti elf. Peda is a hermit that has
been training Dannika in the ways of peace and magic. They show Peda the
chest. Scamp tells Peda about the dead green dragon, the dragonslayers,
and bronze dragon that killed the green. Peda tells the children that
there is something evil in the chest and they should not open it. Peda
is finally able to open the chest, at the children's insistence, and
inside they find a stone globe and a tablet. Seeing the strange writing
on the tablet, Peda retains the tablet and tells the children to go back
home and never speak of the chest again.
Patima is working with
dragonslayers from Tarsis and a Black Robe, a wizard of Nuitari. Patima
is a bronze dragon that lost her entire family in the War of the Lance.
She blames all evil chromatic dragons and she helped to kill the green
dragon that fell on the Bristly Briar that almost squashed Scamp. Her
revenge blinds her to what she is doing, and she watches as the Black
Robe stops at nothing to get what he desires . . . power over all.
When the Black Robe
finds Peda, Peda uses his magic to send the tablet away. Scamp, Dannika
and Mather return to Peda's house the next day to find his charred
remains. Leaving behind a magical message for Dannika, he tells them
that the beings seeking the chest will stop at nothing to get what is
inside. He then tells them to head south and east until they find the
home of newborm magic that floats upon the sea. There, they will learn
the deeper truth. He warns the children that if the Black Robe get what
is in the chest, his revenge will know no limits and the children they
will be killed if they are caught.
While on their journey,
the stone globe breaks apart and a baby green dragon hatches. Scamp
instantly bonds with the wyrmling and claims that it is not evil, like
all green dragons are, and names the little dragon Pug. Anden Tillis, an
adventurer, joins the group as they head south.
Their only hope that
they can reach their destination before the Black Robe and the bronze
dragon catch up to them. They know that they will not be able to stand
up to an evil mage and full grown bronze dragon.
Green Dragon Codex
is the stand-alone fantasy book and is written by Clint Johnson as R.D. Henham.
This is the fifth book in the Dragon Codex series, a companion
series to the book A
Practical Guide to Dragons. This
book is intended for young readers 10 and up.
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