Each of the dragon clans were united under one Queen, a dragon who could demonstrate mastery of each element.  The most recent dragon to occupy the throne was known as Oscura.  She had the experience to have mastered all the elements, but she was still impetuous and susceptible to centuries of pent-up hatred.  Upon her initial ascension to the throne, Queen Oscura only reinforced the dragons’ need to eliminate their enemies.  She insisted that her people take a more proactive stance to ensure such ends.  From this was born the plan to capture the leader of the tiger race – Princess Kiriad.  Her capture would serve as a crucial strike against the tigers, one that would raise dragon morale and ensure that Queen Oscura’s people were victorious.

The Queen had used her network of spies to discover Princess Kiriad’s whereabouts.  It was learned that the Princess was personally overseeing an operation that would allow the tigers the chance to advance into the Dragonlands, giving them a tactical advantage.  Once inside dragon territory, the Princess would be able to advance more of her troops through the pass that lay between the Taryn and Jory mountain ranges – the two ranges that ran parallel to each other and separated the Dragonlands from the Tiger Territories.  Queen Oscura’s plan would not only allow her to successfully capture the Princess, but it would cripple the tigers’ advancement as well.

For this mission, the Queen selected members of her royal court.  Sombrana – a light dragon, and Schaddig – a fire dragon, would head up the team.  The rest of their assembled crew consisted of several of Queen Oscura’s finest warriors.  Among them were a promising fire dragon who went by the name of Red, and an aspiring young light dragon known as Chiara.

With the team assembled, Queen Oscura sent them on their way.

Meanwhile, Princess Kiriad surveyed the landscape before her as she and her army reached the top of the Jory mountain range.  She knew that soon enough they would finally step foot into the Dragonlands, securing a foothold into their enemies’ realm and bringing them one step closer to victory.

Suddenly, there came a flash of blinding white light!  Then another!  Sombrana and Chiara each managed to stun the Princess’ army with their Light Magicks, while Red and Schaddig used their Fire Magicks to lay down a layer or fire to keep the tigers back, while at the same time separating them from their Princess.

Red then captured Princess Kiriad, still dazed and blinded herself.  And as quick as they came, the dragons were gone.

With Princess Kiriad in her clutches, Queen Oscura was satisfied that the war was all but over.  And to add insult to injury, the Queen made sure that her new plaything provided her with endless amusement.  Attired in the most humiliating garb, the Princess was in misery.  Her fate was bleak.  Tortured physically, mentally and psychologically, the only thing the Princess had to look forward to was her eventual death at the hands of the Queen.

Kiriad’s army, reeling from the heavy blow they were dealt, had no choice but to cease their advancement and return to the Tiger Territories to inform their people about what had befallen them.

Outraged by what the dragons had done, Princess Kiriad’s right hand – Scyde – started putting together a retrieval team to rescue the dragons’ new prisoner.  It took weeks of planning in order to ensure the rescue mission would be a success.  Scyde knew that a direct approach would not work if they wanted to ensure victory in retrieving their leader.  A few weeks before her team was to infiltrate the Queen’s palace, Scyde sent several scouts out into the Dragonlands in the hopes that even one of them would come back with a way in that would allow them to sneak in and out without incident.

Several days later, one of her scouts returned with good news!  It appeared that the dragon kingdom featured an intricate system of underground tunnels and pipes with which to remove garbage and waste from the city.  The scout had explored these passages from an opening outside the city and discovered a route that would take them straight into the palace.

At last, all the pieces were in place and Scyde was able to continue with her plan.  Working off of a map her scout had made, Scyde’s team would be able to rescue their leader and bring her home.

Under cover of night, the team infiltrated Queen Oscura’s palace, rescuing their Princess from the Dragon Queen’s clutches.  And like shadows in the night, they were gone.  When the Queen and her subjects awoke the next morning, Princess Kiriad was gone as well.  Chaos ensued as word spread of the missing Princess and the Tigers’ penetration of the sacred grounds.  An enraged Oscura demanded the return of her “pet” and retribution for the tigers’ intrusion...