However, the dragon swooped down, landed on the ground, and stopped right in front of the main gates of the city, as if suggesting that we dismount (we've had our fun). I quickly jumped off the ground and took cover from the arrows behind the dragon, when a commanding voice boomed from the city wall: "Keep them in your sights! Do not fire without orders!" And then, addressing us: "Drop your weapons, and we might spare you. And don't count on the dragon; we'll take it down quickly." More than a hundred iron bolt tips were aimed at us from the wall and battlements...