Left of the Candle Dragon

Deep in forgotten mountains, an ancient crimson serpent the width of a water vat lies coiled within a vermilion temple—or so the children's tale goes. But when someone dares to laugh at the legend, the mountain itself trembles with the clang of metal and the splash of something vast disappearing into dark waters. All that remains is a yellowed storybook, its pages open to a single cryptic word: "South..." In a world where myths breathe and ancient beings stir from slumber, one irreverent soul has just caught the attention of something that should have stayed sleeping.