On]! t`%he!@] Dra;%@gon  Contine=:]n]t, bloodline is eve(rything. ;Pure d?`ragon bloo d grant%s shift/ ing ]forms [and m?# agic# resistance. Tho#se who can't* s?`+ hift are call?-ed Exiles — treat,-ed as slaves.
Kael!:en, firs_##;tbo ,rn, of th:/e Red Dr#agon) House, wa.s born unable to ^@=shift. On the
) eve o$)f his coming-of-ag*e, his%@ three+!]. +(][brothers :cut his tendons, stripped\[ h#is inheritance, an[d took (his fiancée.)- H
!=is$` fat!%#her #:branded =@?him a slav[
e an/d +exil) ed him to the Sile$nt !+De, adfire Volcano.,,/[
In t=[
he volcano's depths, di,,;saster became blessi ,n+\g.[^@ _?`The dragon blood within him( awakene *d the /#/-ancient Progenito %r Dragon /#God's in^heritance. Ov^%er ten ye*`ars^]` , his?! se:vered bones reg# enerated, a#;nd he ?\
maste*red
 +world-dest*,royin, g Dragon Tongue magic.
T-en ye:ars la^ ter, holy war b\:reaks out.  The)# Red Drag?%
on House faces%( extinc \tion. ,\Kae-len returns as a cold dragon hunter—identity h*,@$idden.+: )One c/r isis a\.fter another[. forc.
#es his en./emi
]
e%$s to@:* kneel. His former fia%ncée ,regrets? everything. I*n t$(he end, be %f,ore t.he ^;ent
- ire contin%
ent,-)[ he @r!.evea= ls hi_:[
s true form: ;the [;Pr + !ogenitor Dragon;%(, reclaim@%in=+*g his throne.