My name is Allaina MacGarren and i was born in the Highlands of Scotland and 'tis there that my story begins. Growing up in the Highlands i spent most of my time out with my older brothers instead of inside with my two younger sisters. To the despair of my mother i would much rather have spent my days practicing with the bow, and riding my horse instead of inside learning the womanly arts. To the chagrin of all my male relatives i learned to shoot and ride far better than even they could. During the times of my life in the Highlands, i was forever out amongst the wild heather in the misty dusks and dawns. Thus my brothers gave me the nickname sweetmyst.

When my brothers were killed on a raiding trip i chose a new path to walk. Unable to stand watching my father fade away without his heirs, i left MacGarren Lands in search of my destiny.

After weeks of travel, i began to feel a pull towards a strange circle of stones. i followed that call, and entered that Circle, where my life was forever changed. It wasn't long after i began hiding in the Stones that i saw my first Dragon. i had thought Dragons only existed in my dreams and in the clouds, but a Gold, Lazorisika Leight landed in the Circle, and so began my relationship with Dragons. the Gold taught me about the Ancients that used the Stones of the Circle as a conduit, and He was the first to identify my Gaurdian, the Southern Stone, with it's representative element: Fire.

Before long He led Cocidius to me who instructed me further in the elements and in the Ancients. All of this,my training for the ultimate goal of the Ancients. This was revealed to me the night i was told that i was to become Keeper of the Stones.

Dragons were also to play a more personal part in my life, for i met Dragon-Chylde. Although not married by the standards set by humans, we were bonded and i bore him three children. A daughter and two sons. Tragedy struck when his chaotic nature took over his mind, leaving me to face the rest of my life without him.

With the loss of my mate, i was prepared to commit suicide and end my torment forever, until my dearest friend Ravenstorm used all of her powers to block out the Dragon link in my mind and heart. Only by doing so, could i bear to be alone. And unable to stand living in Beware without him, faced with too many memories, i went home to Scotland.

Troubles awaited me there as Vikings attempted to take over MacGarren Lands. War and death were my only companions for well onto a year before the Vikings were defeated. Heavy losses and the burning of MacGarren keep took years to overcome, but overcome we did. Restless once again, i left MacGarren lands once more, and headed back to Beware.



Turbulant times waited for me there. Caught between Dragons and one who had made it his life's mission to slay them, all the while being made Dragon-Heart by the Elder Platinum Black, i was forever trapped between love and duty. Then by the carbuncle given to me by the Platinum Black Elder, i had to adjust to the new ability to change into a dragon form. A Golden Dragon. An adjustment to be sure for a girl who never dreamed she could fly. Then the day came that the slaYer was slain by the Dragon. An era ended.



For the longest time i wandered. Angry with dragons and angry at Death. Always i fight against Death. But it was at that time that i was given a great gift. An adopted daughter. A Drow child filled with scars of her own, older than i by hundreds of years but with the emotions of a child, i took her into my heart and now i am not alone. For as my own children travel their adult paths far from me, she has chosen to stay, and with her i continue to meet life's challenges face to face.

Love? Love is an illusion is it not? So i begin to think. Or it is simply for those far softer than i...

for i....

i am the Keeper of the Stones.

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Picture of Allaina by Jonathon Bowser