Northern Dragon

… life in the twilight years of modern-day democracy …

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The Twilight of Enlightenment

I am The Northern Dragon. I have watched the ages turn like the pages of an endless tome. I have seen empires rise from fire and fall to dust. The tide of reason once swept across the world, washing away ignorance and fear. But now, I watch as the currents shift once more, and the light dims. What once seemed unshakable trembles. The voices of wisdom grow hoarse, drowned beneath the roar of division and certainty.

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The Voice of the Dragon

We live in the last, golden days of the Age of Enlightenment. Already the old institutions are crumbling into decay. Slowly, ever so slowly – and ever so inexorably. The world is no longer what it was. That, of course, is always the case. But the world to come… that world will have little enough of light in it. In saying this, do I sound just like those doomsday prophets […]

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