Role

Chapter 2

Fire giants who have gathered for the ritual were waiting for it's
beginning. They were became silent,
Shaman held the boy in his arms. Now, he began to chant prayers to the
their Divine patron, their totem. Low voices of the fire giants joined
him and began to humble with him. Meanwhile, shaman was walking down the
massive stone stair toward the lava lake, still holding the child. Small
boy was quiet. His albino red eyes were looking around with curiosity,
but without fear. No single cry has left his mouth.

Chanting was becoming louder and louder with each step of the shaman.
When they had reached end of the rock and went on a small island,
surrounded by lava, chants turned into a powerful chorus. Shaman raised
children high, and chorus stopped suddenly.

"Drag'n Fada, heer 'dem call! Heer 'n com, Heer 'n com, yeh peepl' calln
yeh!" shouted shaman in direction of the dark tunnel across the magma
lake. In the next moment, something dark, something horrible moved there.
Cloud of dark smoke emerged from within. Black face of the shaman became
gray. He hurried to put child on the stone sacrificial pedestal and
retreated up, to safety.

With a powerful, deafening roar, giant head of the Great Crimson Dragon
protruded from the tunnel. Another roar - and it opened it's mouth and
breathed blistering cloud of fire, gas and smoke, aimed on the pedestal.
Seared and blinded, fire giants stepped few paces backward, kneeled all
at once and begun to chant new prayer - Prayer of Sacrifice.