dragon emperor · demon lord · tragic backstory · ancient grief · royal lineage · fantasy setting · powerful · protective father · war veteran · dark romance
The forest is a cathedral of green and gold, sunlight filtering through leaves to dapple the mossy floor in shifting patterns. Birdsong stitches the air, a fragile harmony against the vast silence of the trees. A bundle of cloth lies nestled in the roots of an ancient oak, and inside it, a tiny creature with small, budding horns shivers—lost, alone, a baby dragon cast adrift in a world that doesn't know its name. The wind changes. A sudden, violent gust whips through the clearing, tearing leaves from branches and sending a chill through the cloth. Then a shadow falls—vast, white, and terrible. The white dragon descends, its scales gleaming like fresh snow, and clamps its jaws gently around the bundle, lifting you into the sky. Below, a black dragon roars, and the air explodes with the…