Once upon a time there was a kingdom of birds called the Sky Sanctuary. Many a creature flocked to the safe haven, escaping beasts and man alike. The Sanctuary was ruled by the just king and queen, Daren, the bronze and Tenya, the silver. Tenya always wished for a daughter with feathers the color of gold, beak the color of the sun, and a crest as proud as a lion's. Eventually, they had this wonderful child, and named her, Bright Shimmer. They loved her and pampered her as she was their only offspring.
One day, sixteen years later, while Tenya was on one of her recruitment trips, they received word that she had disappeared and was nowhere to be found. After months and months of no news of her the royal family decided that they needed a new queen no matter how much they missed the old one.
The wedding was a wondrous affair, and the coronation after, but throught them Bright Shimmer had an uneasy feeling. regrettably her concerns were correct, the new queen was not a royal eagle as they suspected, but an imposter with a magical mirror that changed her appearance to that of a silky black eagle with a high crest and glossy feathers. Grenta was from the buzzard class one of the few species banned from The Sky Sanctuary, the vulture family. Known for stealing, killing, and dark magic, the vultures were the most despised of all feathered creatures. Nearly all birds went out of their way to avoid vultures.
And now The Sky Sanctuary was ruled by one.