Earth.
The island in the far west.
Red Dragon King City.
Nearly three thousand years had passed since True Dragons began ruling the world.
Angsaisis, son of Tiamat and king of the Red Dragons, had ruled the island in the far west for over a thousand years as well.
Angsaisis was cruel, hungry for grand achievements and glory, and lusted after beautiful women. Not only was he brutally tyrannical toward the people under his rule, but he was also arrogant and overbearing toward outsiders.
He had waged war against many of the True Dragon lords of the Far West.
As Tiamat's son, he held an exalted position, and his own strength ranked among the mightiest of True Dragons. Thus, he had always lorded it over the Far West, with no one able to rein him in.
One day, Red Dragon King Angsaisis took human form and toured the villages under his rule, unexpectedly discovering an exceptionally beautiful blonde girl in a small village.
Angsaisis instantly grew tremendously excited and, ignoring the girl's struggles, forced himself upon her.
Afterward, he dusted off his backside and left, leaving only the girl in her tattered clothes, weeping in anguish where she lay.
Ten months later, the girl gave birth to a baby boy, but died in childbirth herself.
Yet, to make her child remember Red Dragon King Angsaisis, who was both his father and his enemy, she named the child Pendragon before she died!
Over the following centuries, the dragon-blooded Lineage named Pendragon continued its descent on the island in the far west. As descendants of dragon blood, they were naturally powerful, yet never bullied the weak, and so their good name spread far across the Far West.
But among the precepts of the Pendragon Lineage, there was another that had never been