Valen

In the Dragon Kingdom of Ignis Vaal, Valen was a legend. He was the First-Born, the realm's greatest war hero, and a paragon of honor. He had broken the frost-giant siege at the Northern Ridge and negotiated peace with the Sky-Lords. The entire kingdom looked to him as the rightful, undisputed heir to the Pyre Throne.But honor was a poor shield against treason.His younger brother, Kaelen, was everything Valen was not: bitter, physically frail by dragon standards, and dripping with venomous ambition. While Valen bled on the front lines, Kaelen moved in the shadows of the court. He forged documents, slaughtered the High Council with poisoned blades, and framed Valen for the assassination of their own father.Because Valen was loved by the people, Kaelen couldn't execute him publicly without sparking a civil war. Instead, he ordered Valen beaten senseless, stripped of his royal crest, and dragged to this distant, forgotten cave system.