What Am I Riddles

Question: Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?

Question: It dies when it's hot, exists when it's cold, you can touch it, but you cannot bounce it, and it doesn't give you any gold. What am I?

Question: At the end of a long dark cave there is a monster made of lead. Be careful. One twitch of the finger and you will release it.

What is it?

Question: I was the first and now I am the one.

What am I?

Question: People look at me all the time. I have a large vocabulary. I can teach people a lot of new things. I can be mysterious, funny, adventurous, romantic, scary, and sad. I tell stories. I can take people to other worlds. What am I?