A confluence of historical stories, science, and circumstance is where this story left off in Part 3.   Nine dragons shot down from the sky in banishment.  This rare solar event initiated nine of those absorbing energy in 2017.  All of them are in a seven-year preparation to regain a position of worship.  Anthropomorphizing human acts of jealousy, greed, revenge, and hunger for power may be misplaced, but is it so far removed from possibility? Can such behaviors exist beyond our troubled species?  Or is it our inability to comprehend the larger struggle at hand?

Seeking Growth Energy

The Dune Dragon Pan is finding the freshwater lake environment of this region quite hospitable.  This water-loving dragon will spend time gathering strength beneath the surface of the Great Lakes.  Here, it can efficiently utilize the materials of well-preserved, ancient shipwrecks to grow larger and more robust.   Each year, with the gales of November, it will seize the massive energy in these waters.   Should Pan prevail, it will have poetically harnessed the energy in water to swallow the ultimate source of fire and power.

Yet, the dragon called Fucan prefers the fiery environment of a volcano.    It has been 2.5 Billion Years since there was an active volcano in Michigan.   That could explain the only partial reveal of this Dune Dragon.  It surfaced long enough to harness some energy from the eclipse and then burrow deep within the sand to find its preferred source of growth energy.

Year of the Wood Dragon

It is hard to forecast how the coming years will unfold, waiting for the Year of the Wood Dragon to arrive.   It is hard to know if there will be any sightings of these dragons in the meantime.   While humans continue to warm the planet, we may create an epic great arena for a competition like no other.