Even though it has been years, Shirina remembers her mother like the back of her hand.
Lady Cynthia "Layla" Vennik, later Queen Cynthia Nishak, were some of the rarest females in the country of Nishak. A female Shadow dragon.
When a male shadow dragon was born into a family, he was praised, celebrated and treasured by the ones around them. But a female shadow dragon born into nobility, was seen as a curse, a bringer of misfortune to the people around her. So, they were generally locked and raised in secluded towers away from population.
Cynthia Vennik was no different.
Born to her father’s beloved mistress, she was sent to the tower immediately after it was confirmed that she was born as a female shadow dragon. Never specifically coming in contact with the outside world, Cynthia gre
