The Dragon Prince — A Review or Rather a Writer Fangirls Hard

When the Dragon Prince first appeared on Netflix, I watched it. To me, it was a cute children’s series, but it quickly became more than that. For a while now, children’s shows have had much more representation, and sadly, much better stories than the current adult shows that are produced.

The Beginning

The first season of the Dragon Prince, the opening introduces you to the world of Xadia and the human kingdoms. There are six primal sources of magic; Sun, Moon, Stars, Earth, Sky, and Ocean. The magic system in this show is refreshing. Of course, there is also a seventh form of magic, dark magic. Dark magic caused a rift between the humans and the elves and dragons. So, of course they must stay separated.

As you get through each episode, you learn the history is much more complicated and current events even more so. King Harrow wants nothing to do with dark magic and his high mage, Viren, has a different view.

In the first episode, Moon Shadow elves are assassins, but you meet Rayla, an assassin who can’t kill. She betrays her people due to her act of mercy and as a result they all die, or so she thinks. Runaan, her gay dad, gets taken prisoner. Sadly, Rayla becomes a ghost in her own home and is banished. I don’t want to accidentally summarize the series, so let’s move on.