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They were afraid of him, but then, as far back as he could remember, people had been afraid of him Even his mother had looked upon him with a certain measure of fear He had learned to hen he was but six months old, could converse with his elders by the time he o, could turn water into ale at three

As a child, he had not understood the aifted as he He had been well and truly surprised to discover that those he came in contact with could not read his h few, stood in awe of his ability to create fire and summon thunder at his will

He had cherished his unique powers, not knowing that, as time passed, those who knew hiry for poould go to any and all lengths to learn the secret of his awesome powers, his eternal youth Feared and held in suspicion by those who knew him, pursued by those ould steal his power, his very life, he had taken refuge inside his father&039;s keep

Now, three hundred years later, all those he had known in his youth were gone, and he alone re at the top of a high mountain