SWORD of SHADOW and LIGHT

A Thousand Years Ago, the sky knew only one color. Dragons flew and humans walked, and between them was an ancient covenant: that the dragons would protect the kingdoms from the darkness dwelling beneath the earth, and that humans would build for the dragons towers of ivory and gold where they could rest after their night flights. And the "Heart of the World"—a gem the size of a fist, glowing like the sun on winter nights—was kept in the temple of the White Mountain, binding the souls of the two kinds with an invisible thread. But human hearts change, while dragon hearts do not. No one knows who started it. Some historians blame hunger, others blame fear, and many accuse the accursed sorcerer who convinced the human king that the Heart of the World gem could grant him immortality. On a bloody night, the king's soldiers ascended to the temple of the White Mountain, killed the virgin Dragon Guardians, and stabbed the Heart of the World with blades of obsidian. The gem shattered into a thousand shards. Half scattered into the chest of every dragon, and from it they inherited rage and flame. The other half scattered into the chest of every human, and from it they inherited greed and fear. And from that night on, the two kinds became enemies, and the darkness they once fought together became free to seep into the world through the cracks left by the Heart's explosion. Now, after a thousand years, the Blue Dragon Izoroth has risen. He did not rise to destroy... he rose to correct. He rose to seek the knight who is worthy. --- --- Between castles and fortresses lie secrets, and in those secrets lies peace... How will our journey be?