Princess Jarolyn is the eldest of 4 princesses but Queen Sharma is her step-mother, she was 4 and her sister Marija was 2 when her father saved the Queen from a Dragon and fulfilled a Prophecy, that a non-knight would save a non-Princess from a Dragon, they would marry, rule over a Golden Age and live happily ever after. Morkyn was a common cobbler, the Queen a queen not a princess. They soon fell in love, married and had a happy marriage, with 2 more princesses added to the family, Crown Princess Lakole and Princess Sherune but no Prince. Queen Sharma needs an alliance with the Minor Kingdoms and Princess Jarolyn meets Prince Qinocci.