Prologue

                                    Prologue

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom to the west in a land called Krydáin. The kingdom was the home to a race of man known as the Dragon Lords; who rode and bred dragons, the sigil of their banner. Their castle and city was made of stone and rock on the flat peak of the second tallest mountain in the Feorn Mountains. As it was only accessible by dragon back, it was a safe place to live and easy to defend when would-be invaders came to pillage the land.

There lived a great and noble king with his fair and noble queen. Together they ruled their kingdom with fairness and kindness, and everyone loved and cherished them. Even though King Cainon and his Queen Raewen Ríoga were happy in their marriage, they were sad. The Queen had yet to give the kingdom of the Dragon Lords an heir. King Cainon and Queen Raewen were slowly losing hope that they would have an heir and that their kingdom would be without guidance after their death.

Finally a day came when Queen Raewen found out that she was with child. The King and his people were happy that they finally had their heir. There was much rejoicing over the coming months.

Then Queen Raewen gave birth to a baby girl, who was to rule the throne of the Dragon Lords. They named the baby girl Kennera, after a legendary female Dragon Rider. They rejoiced and hoped that she would grow up to be just as kind and noble as her parents.

But that happiness would not last long. For an ancient evil had returned, the Lich King. He hated the light and despised anything good and honorable. The monster was ruthless, cynical, and unimaginably cruel. No attempt was made to hide this, even from his own minions, whom he openly regarded as worthless cannon fodder to be sacrificed for his glory. The Lich King also possessed an unending hatred of the living, and all who opposed him. He did not hesitate to inflict sadistic punishments upon them. Whispering winds told him about King Cainon’s and Queen Raewen’s good fortune of finally conceiving an heir. He decided to kidnap the princess with evil intentions to prevent a secret prophecy from happening. No one knew how he learned of the prophecy. Only the elven knew of it but the Lich King had and led an army into the domain of the Dragon Lords with the purpose of getting the baby princess. I'm not sure how to word this.

In order to prevent the Lich King from taking her daughter, Queen Raewen had snuck out of the castle with the baby during the fighting and taken the baby into the ancient forest. She headed to the hut of a former Dragon Rider she knew. As she put her daughter on the doorstep, before she left, she reached into her gown’s sleeve and pulled out a necklace with an engraved dragon on it.

She slipped it into her daughter’s blanket and whispered, “May this be useful to you as it to me, my dear Kennera.”

Then the Queen left, disappearing as suddenly as she had a few year ago. This way the Lich King would never use her to find the child. And so the Dark King left the Dragon Castle after decimating half of the kingdom to lie in wait, as his minions scoured the land for the child.

And so the princess Kennera was raised in secret by the former Dragon Rider, Kerrich, in the ancient woods, safe from the Lich King and his minions. Kerrich taught her how to forage and find healing plants, track, hunt, and how to defend herself. He also instructed her how to sneak into places while being unseen and unheard. But most of all, her adopted father had taught her how to be kind, caring, strong and reliable person; To consider the feelings of others and to ensure their well-being. Lastly the old rider mentored her on how to become a Dragon Rider, teaching her how to ride and care for a dragon when she was old enough to have one. All of these traits would aid her in her fight against the Lich King and his army.

So the Lich King waited in silence for her to come out of hiding, never leaving his palace in the Dark Lands. As he brooded in darkness he drew every evil creature and being to him to fight under his banner…

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