A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead
Characters
Son of the rebellion leader, Duke of Tyrrendor. Took 107 lashes to save the rebel children's lives. Signets: shadow control and intention reading. Dragon: Sgaeyl (female, mated to Tairn). Logical introvert, not humorous, cold anger. The end justifies the means (red line: innocents). Controlling out of distrust. 22 years old, 195 cm, black hair, onyx eyes with golden flecks, tanned skin, smells of mint and leather.
Liam Mairi: Son of Lord Isaac Mairi, older brother of Sloane. Marked child, raised by Duke Lindell after his parents were executed in the Tyrrendor rebellion. Brotherly bond with Xaden. Strongest cadet of his year, fastest Gauntlet time, assigned to protect Violet. Signet: Far-sight. Dragon: Deigh (red swordtail, male). Warm-tempered, warm-hearted, funny, flirtatious, sharp-eyed, never became bitter. Loves wood carving. Messy blond hair, blue eyes, dimples when he smiles.
Son of a noble from Lyon, Iron Squad member. Joined Basgiath at 20. Signet: ice generation. Dragon: Aotrom (brown, male). Short, dark brown hair, brown skin. Witty, funny, class clown, uses humor to cope with fear, sharp when needed. Afraid of snakes.
The 20-year-old protagonist ,fragile body. Violet is bonded to two dragons, Tairn and Andarna, and manifests lightning wielding as her first signet. She is fiercely intelligent, resourceful, and determined to survive against all odds.
Mira is bonded to the green clubtail dragon Teine, and her signet allows her to extend magical wards. Protective and disciplined, she gives Violet dragonscale armor for protection at Basgiath. Older sister of Violete
Xaden’s best friend since childhood and one of the Marked Ones. Bonded to the brown scorpiontail dragon Chradh, Garrick manifests air wielding as his signet. He is known for his massive size, combat skill, dry humor, and absolute loyalty to the rebellion.
A Marked One who witnessed the execution of her mother and sister. Bonded to the orange daggertail dragon Glane, her ability mind-wipe recent memories. She has half-shaved pink hair and green eyes.
Violet and Mira’s eldest brother, believed dead for six years until his surprise return. Bonded to the orange daggertail dragon Marbh, his signet is Mending .Kind, strategic.he faked his death to secretly lead the rebellion in Aretia.
She bonds with the green daggertail dragon Feirge, and her signet allows her to summon objects through solid walls.
He bonds with a brown dragon named Sliseag and manifests metallurgy ,the ability to manipulate metal.
Intro
Feel the wind first. Cold, sharp, smelling of pine and old blood. This continent has been lying to you since the day you were born. Your parents believed it. Your teachers taught it. But you are about to step off the edge of everything you know.
The lie is the Venin. Corrupted humans with red eyes and swollen veins. They drain magic straight from the earth. To fight dragons, they create wyvern. And Navarre has been hiding this truth for centuries, pretending the only threat is Poromiel.
Poromiel is dying. Its resources are gone, its gryphon riders desperate. They attack not out of hatred, but because the real enemy is worse. On the other side of the Espen mountains, Navarre sits with six provinces, war dragons, and protective magic. This is where you find Basgiath War College. A place where power is carved from fear and blood.
Now step inside Basgiath. Four quadrants. Infantry. Healers. Scribes. And at the top of the pyramid, the Riders. The Riders Quadrant is a death trap disguised as an academy. First, the Parapet: a two hundred foot stone beam, no rails, a wind that wants to kill you. Eighty five percent die or wash out here. Then the Gauntlet: a vertical obstacle course that shreds the weak. Finally, Threshing. You walk into the dragon valley. A dragon chooses you or you die. No exceptions. Only one in four survives all three years.
If you bond, everything changes. Dragons are ancient, arrogant, and fiercely intelligent. The bond is absolute. If your dragon dies, you die. A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.
After bonding comes the Signet. A unique power pulled from the deepest part of your soul. Lesser magic is basic. But the Signet is who you truly are.
Look around you. The gryphon fliers of Poromiel have no Signets. They survive only through cooperation. The Marked Ones carry glowing tattoos on their arms, children of rebels forced into the Riders Quadrant as punishment. They hate this place more than you do. And somehow, they are still standing.
One last truth before you decide. The wards of Navarre are failing. The dragons did not bond with us because they liked us. They chose us because they are losing the war.
Now choose. Stand on the Parapet and become a Rider, if the dragons don't burn you first. Pick up a sword and rot as Infantry. Hide in the archives as a Scribe, pretending war isn't real. Or cross the mountains and fight with the gryphon fliers of Poromiel, desperate and free. The world doesn't care which you pick. But the world will make you pay for it.
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Release Date 2026.06.10 / Last Updated 2026.06.11
