Father Dragon, also known as Al Diaz, is a fire dragon who is an English-Spanish translator, an artist and a philosopher. His mother language is Spanish. He studies humans and their nature in order to write stories about them. He has one hundred and fifty dwarves as his loyal but not always efficient minions. They guard his treasure and his cave in Mexico City. He can shift into human when the occasion calls for it - although usually occasion gets the wrong number.
He is the owner of the official Dwarf Cheering Squad formed by: Sessin, son of Tassin; Tassin, father of Sessin; Pancholin, grandson of Manolin and Milin, son of Carmelita.
Father Dragon believes pictures of himself may bring the unwanted attention of dragon hunters. That's why he has a dragon mascot to do some of the exposure job for him. His Mini-Me keeps the circus style mane to remind him of his inner clown (one he ate long ago, thereof getting the funny accent.)
He is the owner of the official Dwarf Cheering Squad formed by: Sessin, son of Tassin; Tassin, father of Sessin; Pancholin, grandson of Manolin and Milin, son of Carmelita.
Father Dragon believes pictures of himself may bring the unwanted attention of dragon hunters. That's why he has a dragon mascot to do some of the exposure job for him. His Mini-Me keeps the circus style mane to remind him of his inner clown (one he ate long ago, thereof getting the funny accent.)
So what are you doing here? Are some of you real people? Do some of you want to fly, travel in a time machine or travel in a spaceship? Okay let me explain, this is inspired by a post made by Al of Father Dragon Writes... on his Facebook page of people thinking that he actually might think he is a dragon for real, well that is what I took away from it. I think in this place we call home, we can be anything... everyone or like Al... the thoughts of being strong like a dragon.
You be... what you want to be... What do you want to be?
-Jeremy [Retro]
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I can verify, Al is really a dragon. He really has Dwarf minions. (I borrowed them during the A to Z Challenge and after an encounter with the clone machine, he had four times that number.)
ReplyDeleteNice feature for Al, Jeremy! He's one of my best buddies and a true friend.
And nice touch with a Rush video...
An amazing tribute to a fine dragon.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for dragons, really I am. But, to reference a story from the novellas of the 'Dragon Lance' series, dragons will, quite frequently, take on human form so as to move freely amongst us unhindered or threatened. This one particular story focused on the love between an elf and an elven maiden, who turned out to be a silver dragon. Sad, touching and very well written - this is how I like to think of dragons. So maybe Al IS a dragon after all :)
ReplyDeletewe love dragons and hate dragon hunters!
ReplyDeleteJeremy I want you to know you've just worked as messenger for the Higher Powers. You've brighten up my day and renewed my strength in a day that had started rather gloomy. Thank you very much for this and for the wonderful badge that returned the smile to my face. May your days be blessed, my friend.
ReplyDeleteLoved this, Jeremy!
ReplyDeleteGreat post for a great Dragon ;)
Al is a true dragon in spirit. LOL Great job Jeremy.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, got to love the Father dragon. Besides if we can't be what we want here then where can we?
ReplyDeleteHi Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I know that Al Diaz is really a dragon. The 150 dwarves are all parts of the dragon's persona. The flames of hope emit from your kindness, Jeremy. And the flames of hope shall make Al's gloomy times be part a passing phase.
Nicely done and my comment will not dragon
Gary :)