In an era called End of Dragons, Vance Valfern, an orphan and infamous thief in the Kingdom of Soden finally ended up in prison. As punishment for his crimes, the king 's counselors enlisted him to a tournament of death. In his fight for survival, he learned about his ancestry—he 's the last of the fabled Dragon Hunters. With his true ident.i.ty revealed, the king offered him a pardon. In exchange...