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This is my first story on these forums, so I hope you enjoy it.

Announcement: This story has been ranked 20th in the Collection :)
Table of Contents
Prologue: Condemned to Freeze
Chapter 1: Andarra's Call
Chapter 2: Ael, the Vampiress
Chapter 3: The Darkness of the Wilderness
Chapter 4: The Curse of the Silver Dragon
Chapter 5: Troll's Blood Pass
Chapter 6: Gladiators of the Arena
Chapter 7: Kalda the Prisoner and Gyak the Murderous
Chapter 8: Escape from Trollheim
Chapter 9: Blizzard of the Cold Death
Chapter 10: The Sage of Trollweiss

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Prologue: Condemned to Freeze------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The mist of the early morning was cold and damp. The bare wooden boat rocked back and forth in the calm seas to the east of RuneScape. The cool wind chilled the air, and the salty smell brought tears to the eyes of the sailors in the area, for they knew that they were nearing the land of RuneScape.

The sailors went about performing their daily tasks, but one person on the deck was unaware of their existence. It was a young woman, and she was huddled in the corner, shivering. It was not from the cold air that she shivered, though. It was because of the white sphere she held bundled in cloths at her side. It was a powerful, important object that must remain alive. The priests on the blessed island where she came from could not stress this enough: the dragon in the egg must remain alive.

The dragon inside the egg had a strange curse placed upon it by a powerful Zamorakan. It was a curse that plagued it to this day. The curse took away from it all of its body heat, forcing it to drain heat from all others. The priestess was its host now, her body heat the only thing keeping the beast alive. The shivered with both the cold of the damp morning and the weight of her responsibility to Saradomin, for the dragon was Saradomin'* ultimate weapon against Zamorak.

Suddenly, a loud blast resounded around the ship. The priestess raised her eyes and saw the sailors falling to their deaths over the side of the ship. Then, a man appeared by her side.

"Ah, Andarra," the man boasted. "It looks as though your attampt to save that pathetic egg has failed. Now, hand it over and you may not die."

Andarra looked up defiantly into his cold eyes and said, "Like anyone could ever trust your word, Agaben. This dragon will live, I swear to you."

Agaben cast a telekinetic grab on the egg, and it soared from Andarra's grasp into his hands.

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Agaben felt the heat draining from his body immediately. He tossed the dragon egg to the ground. "I see the curse is still in full effect. Too bad I have been ordered by my Lord Zamorak to kill it now."

Agaben raised his hand and relinquished some fire and air runes, plus one death rune. The fire emerged from his hand and lashed out at the egg. Rather than destroying it, however, the egg simply absorbed the heat of the spell and emerged unscathed.

Agaben looked surprised, but he recovered quickly. "Apparently I have underestimated its powers. It will not happen again." Agaben raised the dragon scimitar that was sheathed at his belt and struck the egg with a crushing blow. Even though the attack could have destroyed even the most powerful warrior, the egg was not damaged at all.

Agaben looked frustrated, unable to even put a scratch on the egg. "I see that there is only one way to kill the egg, and that is to make sure that it cannot absorb any heat." Agaben pointed ahead to the ship's destination. "Ahead is Port Phasmatys, a place where you will be hard pressed to find even a single living human. After the egg kills you, it will freeze to death with no source of heat."

Agaben walked to the gangplank of the ship. "Best of luck in the afterlife," he scoffed at Andarra before he vanished into thin air.

The ship continued until it reached Port Phasmatys, and Andarra knew she could not hold on any longer. She wept for herself, but more for the dragon and the entire population of RuneScape, for without the dragon alive, Zamorak would be unstoppable.

Andarra felt the pain of death, but she would not relinquish the dragon egg from her clutches. As she froze to death, her attachment to the beast kept her in this life, and she returned as a ghost, the trasparent guardian of the egg of the silver dragon.

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----------Chapter One: Andarra's Call----------------------
Kaisen skulked through the damp mires of the evil land of Morytania. He despised this area of the world, but Mr. Zavistic Rarve of the Mage Guild had ordered him to come here. Kaisen was a novice mage, and therefore he was not allowed in the mage guild with the masters. He was a student at Yanille'* Mage Academy, which prepared young mages to one day enter the guild. Zavistic Rarve, who was among those that doubted Kaisen's future as a mage.
Kaisen had teleported to Varrock, but he only managed to warp to the barbarian village, for his aim was off. He then traveled to the werewolf city of Canifis and then on across the seacoast to the city of Port Phasmatys. His mission was to collect a sample of the Ectofuntus for the mages in Yanille, as part of an experiment to set up a magical spell that teleported to Port Phasmatys. He was almost there, and he was already dreaming of returning to Yanille.
"I hate this swamp," Kaisen grumbled to himself as he trekked through the marsh. He wore plain blue wizard robes, standard among the novices, and carried a fire staff. He looked weak, and that was just what others labeled him.
Kaisen approached a tall temple that rose high above the Morytanian landscape. In the middle of the temple was a statue that held a large amount of liquid. It was the Ectofuntus.
Kaisen walked into the temple and approached the Ectofuntus. Inside it was the sample of ectoplasmic energy that Zavistic Rarve needed. Already tasting both his success and the praise of his mage masters, he scooped a vial into the mass and it was filled with a glowing green slime. It was disgusting, and yet Kaisen loved the sight of it. It meant he could leave the swamps of Morytania.
Suddenly, Kaisen heard a wail from inside the city walls. It sounded like a ghost was in great agony, but it sounded human. He decided to take a closer look.

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Kaisen ran to the city gates and looked inside. The ghostly citizens of Port Phasmatys wandered around blankly, unable to pass on to the next world. There was one among their number, however, that was not a ghost. At least not yet.

A young woman stood in the middle of the crowd. She was screaming in pain, but she would not let go of a bundle of cloths at her side. Kaisen watched in horror as her body disappeared, leaving only a transparent image of herself on reality. She was a ghost, but she would not let go of the bundle that held the dragon egg.

"Hey, you!" Kaisen shouted to her. "Are you okay?"

The woman looked up blankly at him, and then her eyes widened in shock that another living person was in this area of the world. Perhaps Saradomin was looking out for his dragon after all.

"I can't be okay, I'm dead."

"How did you die? You were fine just a minute ago."

"I haven't been fine since I left my home. What are you doing here? Surely this is not your home."

"No," Kaisen announced proudly. "I am Kaisen, mage of Yanille."

"Nice to meet you. I only wish that it could be under better circumstances. I am Andarra, a priestess from the Blessed Island. By the order of Saradomin, I was entrusted with the protection of the egg of his silver dragon."

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"So you were killed by someone seeking the dragon egg?"

"No, I was killed by the dragon egg. A curse was placed upon it many years ago by a powerful Zamorakan. The curse drains its body heat. To keep from freezing to death, the dragon inside saps the body heat from those around it. Without them, it would freeze to death."

Kaisen became apprehensive of what Andarra wanted. "You want me to take the egg, don't you?"

Andarra lowered her gaze. "I am dead, so I have no body heat to give it. Also, my spirit cannot pass on, for I have not completed my mission of protecting the egg. Without you, the dragon would die. The dragon is the ultimate weapon for Saradomin. It must not die!"

Kaisen scoffed at her. "I am a vassal of Guthix. I am not interested in Saradomin."

"But you must despise Zamorak, as a follower of Guthix."

"Yes, I do."

"This dragon is the bane of Zamorak. It can destroy his demons with ease. Surely you are interested in that."

Kaisen thought it over. "I am. So, how am I supposed to help this beast?"

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"The curse must be ended. If not, the dragon will not be strong enough to hatch. You must take the egg and do away with the curse."

"How am I supposed to do that?"

"You might want to find the sorcerer who originally cast the spell, if he still lives. You may be able to persuade him to tell you how to dispel it."

"Where can I find him?"

Andarra sighed. "I do not know. The only clue is the record of where the dragon egg was first branded with the curse. It happened in the Wilderness, in an old city of Zamorak named Ak'Namozk, which is no longer standing."

"If it's no longer standing, then how am I supposed to find it?"

"I do not know. This land of Morytania is Zamorak's land. There might be some records in the swamps to the west as to the location of the city."

"I don't think it is very likely that I can pull this off."

"You must always have hope, adventurer. Will you accept this task and save RuneScape?"

Kaisen thought about it, but there was really no choice. If he was going to be a great mage one day, he must do it. "I accept."

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Andarra finally relinquished the egg to Kaisen. As the egg entered his hands, he felt its cooling effects immediately. He felt the heat flee from his body and enter the dragon egg. Shivers ran down Kaisen's spine as he began to freeze.

"I can't stand this," Kaisen complained. He fished around a pouch at his waist and brought out a chaos rune and some fire and air runes. The bolt of fire rushed from his hand and into the egg, quenching its thirst for heat for the time being.

"Good idea," Andarra complimented. "I would keep doing that so you don't die of cold. Best of luck, traveler."

And with that, Kaisen left Andarra behind, beginning the great quest of his life.

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