On the continent of Lanst, the legendary dragons—renowned as the embodiment of strength and beauty—had vanished for nearly a thousand years. Dark apothecaries, desperate for dragon blood and bones to brew their elixirs, waited with yearning eyes; dragon knights, dreaming of mounting a winged steed, pined in hunger; dragon slayers, who fantasized about slaying a beast, had sharpened their blades until they were nearly worn through. Yet none of these people ever had a fateful encounter with a dragon—but a princess did.That year, one dragon flew out of the Dragon Valley... then two... and then countless dragons poured forth.In short, this is the story of an imperial princess who found her white horse—well, no, actually her golden dragon "prince."