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The Last Rider

The kingdom's last dragon rider lands on your tower at midnight. He flies to the border at first light.

7–8 min · 4 decisions · 4 endings · headphones on

Start the story to answer him, or hear the first scene right here. The opening is free. Answering him needs Plus or Gold, or one of your Starter unlocks.

Every night for a month you've charted the stars from the top of the castle's tallest tower, alone with your lamp. Every night for a month, something enormous has passed over it. Tonight it lands. He is the Captain of the Wing, the last dragon rider in the kingdom, and at first light he flies to a border where things don't sleep. He has one night, a dragon called Seren who likes the smell of ink, and a saddle with room for two. Choose where you sit, how high you fly over the sleeping kingdom, whether you hold on or open your arms when Seren falls out of the sky, and what you tell him on a mountain ledge as the east goes grey. A sweeping, protective, quietly lonely fantasy romance, written for headphones and open windows. Four decisions, four endings (one of them a Gold bonus).

Read the opening

Easy... easy. She won't hurt you. She's just curious. She's never seen anyone awake up here at this hour. Neither have I, come to think of it. Good evening. I'm the Captain of the Wing. The last one... so it's a very small Wing. And this is Seren. That noise? That's her telling me you smell of ink and candle wax. She likes it. I've seen your lamp in this tower every night for a month. Charting the stars, aren't you? Every night. Alone, up here, in the cold. I fly to the border at first light. I don't know when I'll be back. So tonight I thought... someone who spends every night looking up should see the stars from closer. Come flying with me. There's a saddle with room for two. In front of me... or behind?

Your turn: “Seren lowers her great shoulder for you.”

This is the free opening, word for word. Hear it above, or start the story to answer him.