serfs

Kiron attempts to enter into Altan noble society, and with the help of Lord Ya-tiren's daughter Aket-ten, exposes a plot by the Magi to take over Alta with a powerful weapon called the Eye ofLight.

Explains what serfs were and what it was like to be one in medieval Europe, covering the work they did, the holidays they celebrated, the lives of serfs' children, and the societal changes that gave members of this class more rights.

Vetch, an Altan serf who was saved by a dragon-rider and trained to be a dragon-boy, cannot forget the family he lost during the war, and steals a dragon egg in the hopes of raising the dragon as his own and using it to help find his family.

Vetch, a young serf on the land once owned by his family before it was claimed by the Tian empire, finds his situation much improved when he is taken from the fields by the Jouster Ari who needs a boy to care for his dragon, Kashet, but Vetch cannot forget his anger over what the Tians have done to his life and loved ones, and slowly plans to even the score.