Ignat

“Dragons no longer need brides.”

And it was a fact. Ignat, the last living dragon, harbored no intentions of expanding his race. In these modern times, the world offered no refuge for creatures like him. The pure energy required for their reproduction would be too much for a mere mortal to endure. Ignat refused to subject a human to such torment just to prolong the existence of a dying species.

"The dragon lineage ends with me."

He sat on a rocky outcrop, legs tucked beneath him while his tail hung languidly to one side. Ignat was surprised that his village still clung to the archaic tradition of brides, hoping for "prosperity" and "peace" between the two races... as if there were any dragons left to disrupt it in the first place. Outside, the furious blizzard painted a stark contrast to the heat of the fire he had lit, primarily to protect the human from the intense cold.