Aelrindel

Nature & Mirroring

Reserved, rarely “thawing” — beneath it, enormous power. Aelrindel mirrors Mirianwe’s nature directly: a hard surface, great depth beneath.

Her feelings, rarely shown and then overwhelming, strike through to the dragon most fiercely via the emotional mirroring — because they come so seldom, their force is all the greater.

Dragon Watch

Aelrindel is one of the four remaining family dragons that guard the stone circle grave of Althaea and Eldrinath without interruption. They sleep nearby and take turns — the grave has remained untouched for 300 years.

The Blood Bond

The blood bond between elf and dragon is created by a powerful elven spell that succeeds only under two conditions: the dragon must have been born on the same day as the elf — and it must have a kindred nature. Finding both together requires very old knowledge; in the present day, Ammetharion alone guards it.

• Paired Immortality: As long as one of the two lives, the other is immortal. The effect always applies only to that particular pair.
• Emotional Mirroring: Under strong emotion, the partners feel one another — love and hate alike break through, while everyday life remains muted.
• No Coercion Possible: Elf and dragon must consciously consent to the bond; in the moment of its sealing, the soul and spirit of both beings touch. A forced bond collapses.
• Opposite Sex: A family-wide rule of House Sternenfall: the dragon is always the opposite sex of the bonded elf — no coincidence, but a prerequisite of the bonding magic.

How Dragons Speak

With the bonded partner there is an emotional-telepathic connection: moods, warning signals, diffuse impressions — no true conversations. The dragon is not a conversational partner, but neither is it a mute object. Dragons can also communicate among themselves; this is how the dragon watch at the stone circle grave coordinates its rotation without a single command.