Background The continent of Xadia is rich in
magic derived from six primal sources: the Moon, Sky, Sun, Earth, Ocean, and the Stars. The
dragons,
elves, and humans of Xadia once lived in peace until the humans, unable to utilize primal magic naturally, began to practice dark magic, which allowed them to draw in and utilize the life essence from magical creatures to manifest their spells at the cost of their spirit being corrupted. This newfound power was gifted to them by the ancient Startouch Elf
Aaravos as the start of a millennia-long plan to get revenge for his daughter who was executed after unintentionally showing magic to humans. As a consequence, the humans were driven away to the western half of Xadia by the dragons and elves, and the continent was split in two. Seven centuries later, Aaravos' machinations to cause further conflict between dragons and elves are exposed, resulting in his incarceration under the supervision of the King of the Dragons and Archdragon of the Sky, Avizandum, through an enchanted mirror. Three centuries later, the human King Harrow of Katolis and his advisor, the dark mage
Lord Viren, kill Avizandum. Viren then steals the egg of his unborn heir, the Dragon Prince, to harvest for dark magic, with the world convinced that the egg was destroyed.
Book One: Moon In retaliation for Avizandum's death, Moonshadow Elf assassins enter Katolis in an attempt to assassinate Harrow and his son, Crown Prince Ezran. Ezran and his elder half-brother Prince Callum are confronted by the young assassin
Rayla and together they discover the Dragon Prince's egg fully intact. Harrow is successfully assassinated by Rayla's guardian Runaan, who is subsequently trapped in a cursed coin by Viren. Together, unaware of Harrow's death, Callum, Rayla, and Ezran undertake the dangerous mission to travel to Xadia and return the egg to its mother, the queen of the dragons, to end the conflict between the humans and elves. Hoping to take the throne of Katolis for himself, Viren tasks his children, Soren and Claudia, with hunting down and disposing of the princes whilst their maternal aunt, General Amaya, seeks to return them to Katolis and have Ezran ascend the throne. Callum, Rayla, and Ezran successfully reach the Moon Nexus atop the Cursed Caldera on their journey east where the Dragon Prince's egg hatches, and Azymondias "Zym" is born.
Book Two: Sky Callum, Rayla, Ezran, and the newly hatched Prince Azymondias leave the Cursed Caldera and embark on a journey across the sea towards the border between the human kingdoms and Xadia. With the conflict at the border intensifying, Amaya goes into battle against the Sunfire Elves led by their champion Janai. Viren attempts to persuade the other human monarchs to go to war against Xadia, but they all decline. However, Viren forges a secret alliance with the imprisoned Aaravos through the mirror that he had stolen from Avizandum. After reaching a town near the border, Soren and Claudia catch up to Callum, Rayla, and Ezran, but after a confrontation with a young dragon, Soren becomes paralyzed and Claudia later uses dark magic to heal him. Ezran discovers that his father has been killed and leaves the others to return to Katolis and assume the throne and Callum forms a connection with the Sky arcanum, allowing him to cast sky magic at will. In an attempt to scare the other monarchs into action, Viren, with Aaravos' help, summons elf-like shadow creatures to attack the other kingdoms and the Katolian high council soon arrests him. Callum, Rayla, and Azymondias successfully reach the border but are confronted by Sol Regem, the blind Archdragon of the Sun, who has a strong hatred for humans which was exacerbated by their use of dark magic.
Book Three: Sun Callum and Rayla manage to escape from Sol Regem and develop a romantic relationship during their journey to the Storm Spire, the home of Azymondias' mother, Queen Zubeia. Ezran returns home and assumes the throne of Katolis. However, after the other human monarchs are attacked by Viren's shadow creatures, Ezran is manipulated into abdicating after refusing to go to war and flees. Viren is released from prison and leads the combined human armies across the border whilst continuing to receive aid from the deceitful Aaravos. Amaya is defeated by the Sunfire Elves and taken prisoner, and Viren infiltrates the Sunfire Court to kill their queen, Janai's elder sister, and invades their capital of Lux Aurea, corrupting it with dark magic. Ezran reunites with Callum and Rayla, and together they reach the Storm Spire and ally with Amaya, Janai, and the Sunfire Elf army while Soren, shocked by his father's actions, soon joins them. Following a confrontation at the base of the Storm Spire, Viren's army is soon defeated by the elves and their allies whilst Rayla kills Viren by throwing him and herself from the Spire's summit but is saved by Callum who uses sky magic to manifest wings. Together, they reunite Azymondias with his mother, and the humans and elves temporarily end their conflict. Sometime later, having survived the battle, Claudia retrieves her father's body and uses dark magic to resurrect him.
Book Four: Earth Two years later, relationships between the elves of Xadia and the human kingdoms have begun to improve. Having taken two years to resurrect Viren, albeit only for thirty days, Claudia is convinced by Aaravos that he can permanently extend her father's life if he is freed from his prison. Callum, now the High Mage of Katolis, and King Ezran reunite with Rayla, who spent two years searching for confirmation of Viren's demise. After Zubeia and Azymondias arrive in Katolis, the dragon queen informs the others of Aaravos' dark history and fears his return. Callum, Rayla, Ezran, and Soren begin a new quest to recover key information about Aaravos' prison that was previously divided amongst the Archdragons to prevent his escape. Together they journey to Umber Tor, home to Rex Igneous, the Archdragon of the Earth, while Viren, Claudia, and her Earthblood Elf boyfriend Terrestrius head there themselves, guided by a homunculus called "The Being" which was created by Aaravos. Janai, now queen of the Sunfire Elves, lives with her people in a refugee camp and soon proposes to Amaya, despite how many of her people fear it will damage their cultural pride. She later defeats her brother Karim, who wishes to maintain the histories and traditions of their people, after he challenges her to a blood duel. Callum and the others meet with Rex Igneous within Umber Tor but are confronted by Viren who, with Claudia's help, recovers the map to Aaravos' prison that was engraved onto Rex Igneous' fang. Rayla retrieves the three cursed coins from Viren that contain the spirits of her parents and Runaan while Viren uses his staff to cast a spell to escape Umber Tor and after exiting he returns to his corrupted form.
Book Five: Ocean Claudia and Terrestrius use the map stolen from Rex Igneous to guide their way towards Aaravos' prison but are slowed down by Viren going into a comatose and later catatonic state after he used dark magic for the first time since his resurrection to escape Umber Tor. Ezran and Zubeia seek out Domina Profundis, Archdragon of the Ocean, who informs them that Aaravos' prison is held within a giant pearl. Callum and Rayla reunite with Amaya and head to Lux Aurea's great library. Callum learns that the Novablade, a weapon that can kill Aaravos, is held within the Starscraper along with the rare quasar diamonds, which can be used to free Rayla's loved ones from the cursed coins. During their escape from the city, Zubeia is infected with dark magic, causing her to slowly succumb to its corruption. In Amaya's absence, Karim, who had been banished from the Sunfire Elf domain, summons the Bloodmoon Huntress to steal a sacred Sun Seed from Janai, intending to use it to heal Sol Regem's vision and overthrow his sister. While this effort is thwarted by Amaya on her return, Miyana — one of Janai's generals — betrays her and gives Karim the Sun Seed, as well as an army of defecting Sunfire Elves. Callum, Rayla, Ezran, and Soren find the creator of Aaravos' prison, who tells them of the prison's location in the Sea of the Castout. During their journey there, the group steals a trio of baby Glow Toads from the notorious pirate Finnegrin who pursues them across the sea and Callum forms a connection with the Ocean arcanum during their fight against him, allowing him to cast ocean magic at will. The group eventually arrives at the prison's location and is confronted by Claudia, but during a brief confrontation Rayla cuts off one of her legs, forcing Claudia to retreat, and the group retrieves the pearl. After awakening from his catatonia on the final day of his life, Viren has an epiphany and decides to accept his fate out of remorse for his actions which led Claudia down a dark path.
Book Six: Stars Despite his time having run out, Viren discovers that Claudia performed a blood ritual by sacrificing The Being to make Viren's resurrection permanent. Viren decides to part ways with Claudia and returns to Katolis to atone for his crimes and is immediately imprisoned. With her family having abandoned her, Claudia lashes out at Terrestrius, but he fashions a wooden prosthetic leg for her so Claudia can travel to try and reconcile with her father. After deciding to destroy Aaravos' prison for good, Callum and Rayla journey to the Starscraper to seek the wisdom of the Celestial Elves but find it surrounded by a perpetual ice storm. They discover that while Aaravos' body can be destroyed, his physical form returns when his stars align, meaning that keeping him imprisoned is the only way to stop him. After Callum and Rayla fulfill a prophecy regarding the "Chosen Two" and dissipate the ice storm, the Celestial Elves award them quasar diamonds so Rayla can free her loved ones. After Callum and Rayla profess their love for each other, they travel to the Moon Nexus where Rayla enters the spirit world. Rayla allows the spirits of her parents to pass on but manages to free Runaan from the cursed coin and they return to the living world together. Intent on deposing Janai, Karim presents the Sun Seed to Sol Regem and uses it to restore the dragon's tattered wings. On the day of Amaya and Janai's wedding, Karim leads his army to overthrow his sister but is quickly overwhelmed by Janai's forces as Sol Regem never joined them. Karim's advisor Pharos, who had become corrupted by Aaravos, rides Sol Regem to attack Katolis instead, and Soren frees Viren before helping to evacuate the city. Viren sacrifices himself by using a dark magic spell to shield the citizens. After Sol Regem destroys Katolis, Aaravos confronts him while possessing Pharos and reveals that he had been manipulating the Archdragon for hundreds of years. Sol Regem furiously lashes out at Aaravos but chokes on Pharos' body and dies. Claudia arrives at the ravaged city and is devastated to find Viren dead. Aaravos reveals himself to Claudia and recounts how his daughter was killed after she disrupted the cosmic order by giving humans access to magic. Inspired by this and against Terrestrius' advice, Claudia frees Aaravos from his prison.
Book Seven: Dark To potentially bring her father back, Aaravos instructs Claudia on how to invert the Moon Nexus to release the spirits of the dead and get his revenge on the world by breaking the cosmic order. After witnessing the lengths that Claudia is willing to go to and the wicked nature of Aaravos' plans, Terrestrius leaves Claudia and chooses to ally with the humans and elves against them. Callum and Ezran have a falling out after Ezran plans to have Runaan executed for assassinating their father but Callum and Rayla help Runaan escape before traveling to Rayla's home at the Silvergrove. After successfully ending Rayla's banishment, they are soon notified that Aaravos has been freed and begin gathering their allies and the Archdragons to stop him. Despite the group's best efforts, Claudia successfully inverts the Moon Nexus, releasing the spirits of the dead into the living world while Aaravos escapes Ezran's efforts to contain him. Janai and Amaya convince the incarcerated Karim to help destroy the Sun Orb in Lux Aurea that Aaravos plans to corrupt and create an eternal night since sunlight destroys the spirits. Karim betrays them, but Aaravos kills Karim before completing his spell, only for the Archdragons Rex Igneous, Zubeia, and Domina Profundis to attack. Aaravos summons the shade of Avizandum to protect him, which kills Rex Igneous before being convinced to turn against Aaravos. The Sun Orb is successfully destroyed, and the remaining Archdragons sacrifice themselves to destroy Aaravos' mortal form, forcing Claudia to retreat. Callum and Ezran reconcile, with Ezran sparing Runaan from execution and discovering that his father's spirit was transferred to his pet bird moments before his death, but his whereabouts remain unknown. In the aftermath of the battle, the inhabitants of Xadia work together to rebuild the world, beginning with the development of the city Evrkynd and start making preparations for Aaravos' return in seven years time when his stars align. ==Voice cast and characters==