World of Kalador
‘The ringing of the bell flowing from the town announced the beginning of the ceremony. It was the greatest secret of Kalador, the ancient ritual, that all Kaladorians hoped would work like it did in the past. Without Lord Dragon, it was said, the country would surely fall. The Tiger, the Serpent, and other neighbors, many of whom boasted of divine favor, would rush it, and it all would be the horrors like in the days before the first Dragon’s coming. Cities burning, men in chains sent to work in the mines, women becoming playthings for the invaders.’
They called for the Dragon, and they’ve got him.