

The second princess Aella of Therasia was exiled to the North by her father. She awakened the Azure Phoenix Flame Power in Blackstone Gorge, which inherently restrains the Wights. Fighting alongside Northern Lord Reyne, she rose from an outcast princess to Supreme Queen of Ancient Valyria. When the southern nobles who once wronged her saw her again at the Sacred Court, Aella, robed in black and gold and wearing the Thorned Dragon-Nest Crown, looked down on all as a queen.

After a four-year relationship ends in heartbreak, Nova Silva is suddenly homeless, sleeping on the streets and fighting for food alongside beggars. According to state policy, Nova, now single, is assigned a partner—coincidentally, the wealthiest individual in the country. From that point on, Nova's life feels like it's on easy mode as she rises to the top, becoming the beloved of the richest person in the country.