“Something is very wrong with General Vicar. I am no Long Beak, it’s true, but even a lowly jester can see the man has changed. I suppose fighting a fire elemental dragon and watching your soldiers implode would be enough to change anyone. Maybe make them reconsider a few things. But this is different. The General doesn’t sleep. He whispers to himself. He hasn’t taken his gilded plate off since that night. He hasn’t even washed the blood from it. And he holds his shield to close. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say there’s something… dark about that shield…” The first record of a Dragon Shield in the Modern Era, from General Vicar’s jester’s writings