Herrelk lived a happy life with his parents, until his nanny betrayed him. He escaped his nanny's plot, but it cost his parents their lives. He is taken in by a kindly old dragon named Grimbly, and lives there for many long years with several other orphans, never questioning his past. But when Grimbly dies, and leaves them with a prophecy and some advice (beware the crows), Herrelk wonders where he has come from, and why the crows want him. Will he accept his destiny, defeat the Crow Queen, and learn his past? Or will the secrets from his past consume him?