It all happened in an instant! He had been playing the game with the Inter-dimensional dragons for decades. Using the antipathy between the Seelie Court and UnSeelie Court to satisfy the hunger of the dragons. They needed the life force of the fae, it mattered not whose side they were on, only that they provided what the dragons needed, the spirit force of the fae. The humans spirit force was nice as well He had it set up perfectly, ever since he discovered that he could control some of the gates that connected the human realm to the fae realm and the inter-dimensional realm. All he had to do was set a trap spell and whenever a fae used the special gates, the gate would not transfer the fae to their desired destination, but rather the inter-dimension, where the dragons would feast on the spirit force of the fae. This worked so well, there were 5 gates in all that could be tripped to send the fae to the dragons' realm. Whenever he got the call, he set the trip-spell. This also had the effect of increasing the tensions between the UnSeelie Court and Sellie Court as well as the humans. With this increase in tensions, came, naturally an increase in the conflicts and therefore more gate usage and it fed the dragons even more-so. It all fell apart in an instant. His lovely wife and two daughters were out traveling and they decided to use a gate to get to another part of the realm.... They found him, head thrown back, sightless eyes, mouth open in a silent scream. There were no more disappearances after that. Thank you all for the wonderful comments and faves of the last few images I want to thank Rita aka three_grrr for valuable advice on operating Apo. Thanks Rita!!!! I hope everyone has a great week! Mike