Introduction: A hidden cave. A conquered forest. A royal hatchery.Three eggs. Three beginnings.One war.Fáolan is a prince, one of two of the King Lightbringer's clutch, one of two who one day might rule. When his sister excels in all of their father's trials an unextected opportunity presents itself in the shape of a white-eyed dragonar. With so much at stake the offer seems too good to be true, but what cost will it demand, and will Fáolan be ready to pay?Cynobria is away from her homeland, away from the plague of conquest laid think upon the land by the Lightbringer line. She is a curious soul, and when a sleepless night leads to an overheard conversation, questions begin to pile up, and Cynobria is determined to find answers.Zhyr would love little more than a simple life. He loves the forest around his village. He loves his family, even with no ties of blood. But life is not simple in Vyl—one of the lands already claimed by the Laightbringers' greedy paws. As years trickle by, he will have to make a choice—to accept the chains of their opressors, or to fight.The war looms above them all, and in time each will have to choose their side, and no decision will be free of cost....