Valerie lives as a lowly beast washer in the rugged outposts of Dragon Valley, scrubbing toxic monster pelts while taking insults from swaggering garrison sentries. None of her tormentors realize that beneath her mud-stained tunic stands the empire's greatest fallen general, who commanded imperial legions until dark curses poisoned her bonded dragon, Nidhogg. To shelter her recovering partner from execution, she endured years of quiet obscurity, feigning helplessness while nursing the ancient beast back to full health.
Tranquility vanishes when a ruthless military commander marches into the sanctuary, framing peaceful tamer clans for treason to pillage sacred mineral deposits. As corrupt war hounds and forbidden hexes threaten to slaughter defenseless villagers, Valerie discards her humble cleaning rags. Drawing upon suppressed elemental power, she summons her titanic dragon into the sky, joining forces with an idealistic visiting knight to incinerate the tyrannical invaders before her sanctuary burns to ashes.
