The Flight of Dragons

Gorbash! Gorbash! Come!

There was time between the

waning age of enchantment

and the dawning age of logic

when dragons flew the skies.

Free and unencumbered.

Look down there Gorbash, my friend!

On that troubled earth below us,

confusion and chaos reign.

All mankind is facing an epic choice.

A world of magic or a world of science.

Which will it be?

d Flight of dragons d

d soar in the purple light d

d In the sky d

d or in my mind d

d Flight of dragons d

d sail past reality d

d Leave illusion d

d behind d

d Is it the past d

d I see d

d When I look up to the heavens d

d Believing in the magic d

d That I know could never be d

d I want to go where they are going d

d Into the world they've been d

d Can I open up my mind d

d enough to see d

d Flight of dragons, d

d heavenly argosies d

d Catch the wind, d

d rise out of sight d

d Flight of dragons, d

d pilots of fantasy d

d In the sky d

d or in my mind d

d Flight of dragons d

d Flight of dragons d

This cannot be.

The worlds of magic and logic

must exist side by side.

Not destroy each other.

Take care!

Be careful with your

machines I say.

Who is making all that rumpus?

It's that balmy old gent

what lives upstream.

Your motors must not

crowd out all magic.

For the world is lost.

How sort of magician I hear?

I am Carolinus!

The Green Wizard.

Your loony you are. Get

back to where you belong.

I belong everywhere, for my

domain is the green world.

Nature itself and all its inhabitants!

Envatos... Umabella... Flamenca...

Away with your mill wheel.

A ball of blue magic to make it disappear.

Disappear say I!

Kala!

Magic he calls it.

My little boy could do better.

- Father you need rest.

- No time.

Just was not there.

I called upon magic and there was none.

Oh

- The pain again?

- I can't let it bother me.

Have you written the

messages as I asked?

Yes father, but...

Then summoned The Silver

Owls Of The Full Moon.

- But...

- Summoned them I say!

Is it true?

Did they stone you?

Well, me and young Gorbash will fix um'...

We'll burn down that mill and

devour every living one of them.

That would do no good.

Just a little scared then... uh?

A short fiery blast to turn

their hair white uh?

Smrgol, please!

Father, the owls.

Smrgol, I'm summoning my

brothers to a meeting.

Our first in four centuries.

Away.

Ommadon too?

The ancient laws command he be included.

Make Gorbash ready for the journey

to the Temple Of All Antiquity.

I wish I could carry you, old friend.

No, you serve me well as the past.

Let young Gorbash bear your burdens now.

Father, who are these brothers?

You never spoken to me of them.

I know you are Green

Wizard Of Nature Realm.

But the others?

My brother Solarius, is the Blue Wizard.

Lord of the depths and the heights.

He's realm is outer space,

deepest ocean, highest mountain.

My brother calls council, but why?

Lunarian! Lunarian!

And my brother Lo Tae Zhao.

The Golden Wizard.

His realm is light and air.

He is lord of transcendence,

healing, contemplation.

I was expecting this, it was inevitable.

Shen Zu, Shen Zu!

And finally, high in Loathly Tower.

My last brother,

Ommadon.

The Red Wizard.

Lord of the devils domain,

seducer of darkness,

master of that heartless

magic the world calls black.

Bryagh, Bryagh!

My fool brother has just

realized the inevitable.

Well, I'll go.

It should prove amusing.

Bryagh I say!

Astride the terrible Bryagh,

he is absolute ruler

of that infernal like mass of

primordial filth which is his domain.

But why does Antiquity force you to

include something so abominable?

As evil is a part

of all things,

evil is a part of

our world of magic.

For the irony of all existence

is that good would be

totally impotent without

the contrast of evil.

Oh father, take care.

- Gorbash stands ready.

- Then I am on my way.

Ah? Whether does thou

command me, Oh Master?

Gorbash, for pity's sake,

no formality please.

Heh,... Well I ah,... Like to

do things by the book.

To the Temple Of All Antiquity.

- Right. Where?

- I'll guide to as we go.

Away.

Dear brothers, we meet today in

the Temple Of All Antiquity.

Come, come get on with it.

Why did you summon us?

As you must have noticed, our magic

powers have been growing dim.

I have so noticed.

It is because man is

choosing logic over magic.

- But why?

- Because logic is so,... Logical.

So what are you going to do?

Sit around like a bunch of old

nanny's and let it happen?

Please, hear me out.

I propose we create the

last realm of magic.

- Magnificent!

- Incredible!

The Magic Realm, where

all enchanted things

might retreat before

their age ends.

If we consolidate our powers

there will be enough magic left

to create such a place.

Sealed off from the rest of the world

by the Midst Of Invisibility.

You would defeat science and logic with,...

a foolish retirement village?

Not defeat my brother, enhance.

The world though it does not realize

it cannot do without magic.

For example, man hears of the

dragons invulnerable skin

and lo, he makes

armor, battleships, tanks.

A fairy flies and furiously jealous man

himself defies gravity with

machines he will call airplanes.

A magician looks into this crystal

and sees and hears halfway

across the world.

"Aha", says man, "if only it could be so."

And centuries from now

he conjures up miracles but

calls them radio and television.

If man is to surmount the insurmountable

there must always be magic to inspire him.

The world needs magic.

Magic cannot die.

It shall be.

I will bring you distant

stars, wonders from the sea.

And I will bring you peace and harmony

so that every magic thing

might live together

and share what enchantment remains.

No! Never!

I will not concede defeat

by this modern world!

I will not retire to

this "Fool's Paradise."

But we have no choice! The inevitability

is the strongest magic of all.

I have weapons you would not dare use.

Fear rules men.

By summoning all the dark powers

I will infest the spirit of man

so that he uses his science

and logic to destroy himself.

What havoc and raze. Turn

brother against brother.

Greed and averous shall prevail.

And those who not hear my

words shall pay the price.

I'll teach man to use his machines.

I'll show him what distorted

science can give birth to.

I'll teach him to fly like a fairy.

And I'll give the ultimate answer

to all his science can ask.

And the world will be

free for my magic again.

Stop! This must not be!

We want none of your dark magic.

While your powers die, mine will flourish.

Man will never inherent my domain.

For I am making man mine.

He will understand and

come to desire my magic.

It is inevitable.

You shall see.

This dark determination

I swear.

By this red crown.

The source of all my dark power.

So be it!

Now and forever!

Farewell.

Can you not feel the world

turning in my direction already?

Can his dark magic be stopped?

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