[ WP ] Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname `` Dragon of the West ? ''

Aventus sat atop his warhorse, overlooking the army he was charged with, marching off to war against the invading horde of Onem. He shifted on his horse and his red stained armour clanked as he re-positioned himself into a more comfortable stance. He knew it would be a long march and it would n't do for the general to not be able to focus due to bad riding posture. His grey eyes passed through the marching column and he had a grimace set on his face. The men were marching in step, no man was ahead or behind and from the faces that Aventus could make out, there was a definite look of determination in their eyes. 
 
 `` Look at the men Sai and tell me what you see.'' 
 
 Sai Blackthorn, Captain of a force of five hundred men and Aventus' protege looked over the men and replied `` I see an army marching off to war. I see fathers, brothers and sons marching off to defend our lands.'' 
 
 `` Really? Cause all I see are dead men.'' Aventus said in a wistful tone. 
 
 Sai looked at him alarmed. `` Dead men sir?'' 
 
 Aventus continued to stare at the army and took a breath in `` Do you know why they call me the Dragon of the West?'' 
 
 Sai had heard the stories of Aventus Storm, the Dragon of the West. Every child grew up hearing the stories of the Sleeping Dragon. Of how he fought with the ferocity of a Dragon in the Black Forest. That a simple soldier fought without fear and charged into the heart of the enemy without reserve. How after the battle, whenever he marched into war that the barbarians of Onem would flee from battle at the sight of him in his blood stained armour. 
 
 `` You managed to hold off the Vanguard of Onem single handedly during our first contact with them. Every knows the story General.'' 
 
 Aventus chuckled mirthlessly, `` Yeah, everyone knows the story of how a simple soldier fought without fear and transformed into a dragon that even the simple barbarians knew was far more powerful than them, but do you want to know the truth Captain? I was constantly terrified that the next swing of my sword would be my last and a few times I honestly thought it would be the end of me. It was the politicians that wanted to make me out to be a fearless warrior without peer.'To improve moral' they said. Ha. I saw the forward forces they sent in the beginning of the invasion. It does n't matter how hard or how long we fight, they will eventually over run us and butcher us to the last. We are all dead men, some of us just do n't know it.'' 
 
 Sai looked at Aventus with shock, never it all the years that he served under him has he ever seen such a defeatist attitude. The general always held himself tall and without doubt. The General was a hero to the Aldmeri people and for him to doubt their cause shattered every expectation Sai had for him. The dejected look on Sai's face must have shown as Aventus looked at him with an almost pitying eyes. 
 
 `` I'm sorry you had to hear that but I could n't bear this burden alone anymore. Many people will die in this war and it is likely that we will be counted among them. I did n't want to leave this world with regrets. I'm only human Sai.'' 
 
 Aventus gripped his helmet and placed it onto his head, slamming the visor shut. As he nudged his horse forward to join the soldiers he called to Sai. 
 
 `` But that does n't mean I wo n't fight to my last breath. I am the Dragon of the West after all and dragons fear no one.''
