~* Prologue *~

Read this page before you read further or you'll be very confused by the pages that follow.

Firstly, a fair warning that this story is not complete and will probably never be complete. However, the entire outline of the story is up, from beginning to end, if you want to see what WOULD have happened had I the attention span to match even that of a rodent.

All female dragons of the Black flight have "ia" at the ends of their names (males have "on"). Therefor, the main character's name is "Lia" (generic Black dragon name). Weakwhelp is her slave name, Blackwell is her human last name, and Blackwhelp is her dragon last name. During the time the outline section of this story was written she did not have a first name yet. While I was writing what few pages of chapter I have up I came up with an actual dragon name for her, which is revealed in the addon to the original outline.

This outline was written during the first month of Cata. As a result I was not aware of the coming lore changes (aspects loosing their powers, Thrall's questline, Wrathion, etc), so please understand that is why variations to the lore exist in this story. The one thing I knowingly changed is who is sitting on the throne at Icecrown.

This story takes place after and therefor has spoilers for "The Cat in the Bag: The Druid Pawn". "Hellcat" is a temporary nickname for Kayas. Her actual nickname is to be determined, and her real last name is a fearfully guarded secret.

This story was inspired by the though of an underdog. But what, I though, would make any Black dragon the underdog? What would make her free of the other Black dragon's corruption? What would make her important to the lore of Azeroth? The answer was simple: freedom from the curse of being a Black dragon. But how to unmake a black dragon? Again, simple: don't let them be a black dragon to begin with.

Prince Anduin appears in this story. When this was written I had no idea he going to play a role the next xpack. There are so many neglected story lines that I though they would pick up long before giving Anduin any lore love. I was wrong. Therefor, I'm glad my predictions of him being a rebel and a priest bore true. Even if they made him a Gary Stu imitation of Uther Lightbringer, the Perfect Son In a Box ™, I can still work with that.