Silent City

Gracious One, today I am in the mind to tell you the story of the Silent City.

Now, in the desert there is a city of the undead, the Silent City. Once it was a city teeming with life, filled with every comfort imaginable. Sweet dates and figs, cakes of all sorts, roasted meats...everything you could wish for was available.

Some said a city so wondrous could not exist and was surely legendary. How could one place be both so beautiful and so filled with treasures and happiness? They say, Gracious One, that the gods do not like mortals to be happy. Perhaps that is why things happened this way.

For though the city had been beautiful and happy for many long years, there came a time when its forests lay in ruins and its walls were buried beneath the ever-changing sands. And so today, the city is not as it once was, but is as it is and its residents are restless. Curb your happiness in order to retain a measure of it, Gracious One.

Ah, Gracious One! I am always pleased to see you. I believe you will find the tale of the Twin Dragons most pleasing.

We have always called them "Twin Dragons" though they are not twins but are betrothed to each other. They came to our lands when turmoil struck their chosen realm: the Plane of Sky.

Now, dragons are crafty beings that can influence others to do their will. These dragons influenced the djinn master to grant them the power to change shape. This power pleased them greatly.