The bridge is rather ordinary looking, owing its craftsmanship to no race in particular, something a diligent craftsman would notice. Otherwise, this bridge is conspicuous in its derelict manner. Originally wide enough to fit two carts, perhaps a column of marching infantry or to accommodate trolls, it has now collapsed in the middle, the thick blocks of stone have fallen out of sight into the dark ravine below. A stone archway remains above the entrance, it depicts a wicked dragon beast at battle with a undaunted hero.
The surrounding woodland has encroached heavily on the bridge, choking the bridge making it very difficult to spot from above whereas the original road has since been swallowed by the march of nature. Very little light breaks through the canopy. Noticing this bridge from above or the ground would prove challenging but not impossible, an ordinary bridge in the ordinary woodlands of Ashwood.
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The length of the ravine glows blue exposing its deep sides, its light casts shadows off the ancient trees with seem to unnaturally dance as if alive. An illuminated orb appears above the broken segment of bridge and pulsates; with each pulsation a wave of cold energy ripples outwards, spreading further with each pulse, with each ripple.
A shattering sound pierces the air as the orb, volatile in appearance, explodes throwing out powerfully negative energy. As the wave breaks amongst the wood, fauna and bridge they are immediately frozen, entombed in thick ice, the wave culminates in a bright blue flash followed by a smothering silence.
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A disembodied voice distorts the silence as a sledgehammer would distort a thick slab of stone, "Awaken. Yield to my command, my eternal servitude as i breathe life unto you. Bring worthy sacrifice. Bring worship. Bring adulation."
A screeching wind blows across the bridge whilst the disembodied voice assimilates the chanting of many bodies.
The ice on the archway begins to crack, the archway topples inwards, the fresh rubble and melting ice form a mound at the entrance. A piece of the broken archway buried within the mound, a serpentine eye from the dragon, flickers with life. The swelling chanting continues as a form appears from the mound. Yahgrk steps out of the rubble, a dragonkin formed from the thematic archway carving.
Yahgrk steps forward and tests his body and wings, tightening his powerful muscles and beating heavy wings. A great power surges through the dragonkin, incredible godly power, he crackles with magic, radiating supremacy, a nova of pure energy.
Yahgrk roars his allegiance and servitude to the life giver.
The chanting changes immediately, heavy and grating, each word slams against Yahgrk crushingly. The wind returns and as if a feather, pulls Yahgrk over the ravine. He struggles, fighting with his immense power but to no avail. The intensity of the chanting escalates. The winds swell containing the dragonkin with his wings stretched above the deep ravine, the chanting voices become unintelligible. The beating winds scythe at the scales of the dragonkin, cutting thinly but readily. The dragonkin roars and fights, his wings beat but no relief is gained. Soon droplets of black blood appear over the dragonkin's body. The buffeting wind continues to cut and draw blood forming a black mist that surrounds Yahgrk, obscuring the frozen ordinary bridge.
Yahgrk's strength begins to fail him, the chanting booms in his head, he winces in pain, the strong beating wings falter to a limp. The mist darkens and in this darkness, with a lucid thought he began to understand, perhaps too late; the darkness was solid and real. He could feel it quest his limbs, exploring and moving, gliding through his conscious. It slipped behind his eyes, into his mouth, into his lungs...
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Odd stone blocks of the bridge faintly pulse a dim blue glow, the ravine returns to darkness, the trees remain blasted with thick ice and the fallen archway reduced to a mound of rubble has lost its depiction of heroics, instead replaced by a basic impression of what was once whole.
The ordinary bridge remains.