Steel

Steel is the tentative title for the first Work in Progress since before Ernie's marriage in August of 2005. It is the product of an online class in collaboration with a student of Brandon Sanderson's based on the classes that Brandon teaches at Brigham Young University. The collaboration is called "Write About Dragons".

The story is intended to be a stand alone Novella somewhere around 30,000 words in length.

Introduction
The Tanniyn are a kind of dragon divided up into over a hundred different breeds. This story focuses on Iyrex, a young Tanniyn of the Sideron breed. As a Sideron Tanniyn, Iyrex has dedicated his life to defending his people from raids by a race of giants called the Nephanak who harvest the Tanniyn as a primary resource.

One of the primary laws of Tanniyn society is a prohibition against mating between the distinct breeds. In times past, such interbreeding has wrought great devastation on the Tanniyn. So, of course, Iyrex finds himself caught up in a romance with Coara, an Anthrakeutic Tanniyn.

Characters

 * Coara
 * Daggexis
 * Hyakarth
 * Iyrex
 * Kaari
 * Marivawn
 * Megnas
 * Parlux
 * Pherus
 * Platinermous-Gar'umil
 * Saolum
 * Sasha
 * Shimmerphaeth
 * Thanderwaen-Trevanis
 * Tyrsia
 * Uirvawn
 * Verisa

Kinds

 * Tanniyn
 * Nephanak
 * Phantim

Flora and Fauna

 * Stamdiir