They live primarily in The Desert and Princemarch. A sorcerer may be trained as a Sunrunner, but the faradhi rings burn on their fingers when sorcery is used around them.ĭragons are the rulers of the sky.

They are able to cross water without harm and are less susceptible to iron, but are vulnerable to mirror spells. Sorcerers use the starlight in addition to the moon and sun. They were the old rulers of the world and of the Merida - a race of assassins. Sorcerers, or diarmadhi, were thought to be extinct for many years. Most Sunrunners' greatest fear is to become Shadow Lost - the failure to return to one's body before the sun sets. Full Sunrunners become violently ill while crossing water and will die if pierced by iron while casting. As a Sunrunner learns more skills they receive rings. Sunrunners can also call air and fire and conjure images using these abilities. On the light Sunrunners can communicate with each other over vast distances, watch or spy on the doings of others, and cast spells. Sunrunners each have a unique pattern of colors - described by the jewels associated with the color - which they weave into the light. Separate from any princedom is Goddess Keep, the home of the Sunrunners, or faradh'im, who are governed by the Lord or Lady of Goddess Keep. The princedoms and titles usually pass down to the oldest son however, women have acted as regents and have ruled their own Keeps. During the Rialla the Princes gather to make new laws and alliances.

It is divided into thirteen Princedoms (Desert, Princemarch, Cunaxa, Dorval, Syr, Gilad, Ossetia, Meadowlord, Grib, Kierst, Isel, Fessenden, and Firon) all of which follow the rule of the High Prince, whose seat is Princemarch. The Dragon Prince novels take place in a world of political intrigue, Sunrunners, Sorcerers, war, and Dragons.

Sunrunner's Fire by Melanie Rawn