When an arranged union with a disheveled vagrant threatens the vain social climber Victoria, she scoffs and forces the unwanted wedding onto her quiet sister Evelyn. Evelyn, bearing facial scars and physical disability from a past accident, accepts the union without complaint, treating her ragged groom Ward with sincere gentleness.
Neither sister knows that beneath Ward's frayed garments rests the legendary sword of the imperial dragon champion, hiding in plain sight. When hostile mercenaries attack the estate, Ward unsheathes holy steel to defend Evelyn, igniting her envious sister's furious regret when she realizes what she threw away.
