Serafina grows up despised on a volcanic penal outcrop, believed to be an ominous black dragon runt while the pampered Princess Leyla basks in imperial adoration at the royal palace. In reality, an assassin's dark hex corrupted Serafina's golden scales at infancy during a bloody palace coup that claimed her royal mother's life.
Whenever demonic incursions threaten the empire, Serafina fights on the frontline, only for Leyla to steal credit using gilded illusion draughts before the high council. But with every catastrophic clash, the dark curse chips away under Serafina's growing valor. As treasonous plots threaten the realm, Serafina shatters her hex completely to reclaim her birthright before her grieving father.
