Princess Lily was always a bit of an odd duck. She was born into an Imperial family, but she was always more interested in playing with swords and getting dirty than in attending fancy balls and wearing pretty dresses. When she was four, she saw a group of knights riding by and she begged her father to let her become a warrior. He laughed and said that she could be a warrior when she was older.

Conley was not like other empires in the continent as it allowed women to train in combat but it was only the nobility who did so, normal people just didn't have the time for it. Even noble women are very few that train with swords because after all the empire is still very new.

But Lily was determined. She started practicing with a wooden sword and shield that her father had made for her. She would spend hours every day training, until she was as strong and fast as any of the knights she saw. When she was eight, she entered a tournament for young knights and she won. After that, her father cou