Fifteen year\%$s ago#?, Princess Serafina
 = of t/+=he W ^%hit e *D-ragon Clan\` shattered her drago;n crystal to save th_.:)ree ?dyin:[g alien youth @:s—K(ael ._ the w[olf, Do=^rian the[ merman, and
S+oren the va]mpire. S he lost th )!ree^_‑quarter._s of her pow*,,e==r=/( in excha`(nge for their v] o$w-! $
of# et$$/erna_+ l marri_%age *.:
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n( the night( @ of[) her fath::.er's fu;;;ner +al#*,)\%: she ca/ught them che a[%+tin,g with her stepm*?^other?@] Li`(lith ;`in the mourning hall./. Heart‑turned`= ‑a-sh,( sh,
-e tore u)p the tr)i‑,$]cla@%n. co%#nt]ract on the sp*ot.;] H).er ex‑fian+,cés, w\/ho
!.had
r\)i ^`sen on her power, felt t
)$heir!  strength crumb/_ le` a(s the --dragon? crystal/^?_ shard?s/ ;%inside the(:m b( @$ackfired.
They begged. She walked]:/$ awa `y.
Now Sera)$fi_ :n:a is on a path to recover?@ her com)
plete drag,!*!on crysta+l and reclaim the Dragon Cla-n's thr = \one. And
#`a+/[ mysterious m/ an who never ow#ed her an
ything, yet wo-]ul#!$d burn himse  ?lf for her, is ste#?pping out of t)/+he shadows.