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They tried to keep him From shattering the world Yet no chains would hold him, But his own.So they taught him to fear. For fear could not be shattered. They put him high in a windowless tower. And so he learned to fear the darkness.In the short time he spent in the light He was set upon by dragonets his age. They first tried to bite him But soon learned to taunt him. And so he learned to fear dragons.But what he feared the most were the spears. There were two of them Two, that could not be shattered. Two, the last of Five, Enchanted by an ancient Queen To heal wounds of frost.He feared them, Loathed them. He feared not the guards that wiel...

A lonely egg, Wrapped in snow, Hatched a dragon Of the cold.The soldiers came, To take him away For a prophecy foretold His coming.They touched his scales And cried out in terror As their claws shattered In his biting cold.They begged the Queen to kill him Out of mercy and out of fear. But the Queen was greedy, And wanted his power.So they called him Shatter. Shatter, for the prophecy that foretold His coming. Shatter, for the lives he took Without knowing.Shatter, of Ice Scales.