Ashla was always hated and feared, although she was princess of the The Dragon legion, the strongest of the Three grand clans she was also a Ra'Dum, a child born broken, without a proper soul. To avoid the public and the pain of the anger the people have because of her she would go out for weeks at a time hunting Flatbacks, the descendants of the ancient dragons who have slowly become less powerful without the power of Oblion, the last true dragon. Soon she ran out of Flatbacks, as the wilds around Nelesa had be hunted dry, so one day she chooses to ride farther, accidentally traveling into the Sprawl, land owned by the Black Reach, one of the legions allies, but the peace was shaky, and a legionary riding on their land is something black reach would not respect.