Dragonsbreath

He unclipped his own flare pistol, knowing it was unloaded, and tested the trigger action, squeezing harder until it fired and it was loaded and the flare roared out like dragonsbreath.

“Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath.”

They walked all the way to the stairs of the royal palace. There was no great gate around this palace as the entire city was considered impenetrable. Either way, there were plenty of guards and more dragonsbreath.