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Chronicles of Elandris Book 1: Adventures of Princess Lyriana
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Prologue + 9 chapters
The narrator opens with the four great peoples - Elves, Humans, Orcs, and Dragons - who have warred for millennia, all living in fear of the Shadow Realm and its mysterious ruler. The story begins in Elandris during the Moonflower Festival, which blooms once every ten years.
At the heart of the kingdom is Queen Ilaria, the queen who never smiles, ruling from a crystal palace with an iron fist. Her eight-year-old daughter, Princess Lyriana - wild silver curls, spring-green eyes, far too curious for her own good - is the one elf who isn't afraid of her.
The crisis arrives by black-sealed scroll. The human kingdoms have united and demand Lyriana as a hostage to ensure Queen Ilaria stops taking human children. Confronted, the Queen reveals her secret: she had been taking neglected and abused human children to save them, but her grief over King Aldric's death twisted rescue into obsession.
Then Amon arrives - a human in mithril armor with four mithril orbs. The well-read Lyriana recognizes him instantly as the Shadow Sovereign. Rather than allow Princess Lysandra to be handed over, he proposes a political betrothal: not a real marriage, with either side free to back out, but a public commitment that places her under Shadow Empire protection. He summons Tiamara, the Mother of All Dragons, whom he raised from an egg, and Tiamara declares Lyriana Dragon Mother by dragon law.
General Karkan, the feared orc warlord who has secretly served Amon for fifty years, reveals himself and offers Sorath - Amon's ancestral homeland - as a gift. At the combined Elven and Human Councils, the weight of the orc legion, dragon legion, and shadow legions persuades all parties to quietly reframe the hostage demand as a misunderstanding. Lavish wedding gifts pour in.
The book closes with Queen Ilaria bowing to her own daughter, using the word Ne-Empress - one who outranks me. Tiamara gifts twin dragon hatchlings, Ember (fire) and Snow (frost). Rohka, a young orc shaman-healer, is assigned as Lyriana protector. The sisterhood and the federation that will define the series have their first quiet beginnings.
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