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Well, being animated “Dragon Prince” isn’t given its due, thanks to the contempt that most animated work is treated with. If this sounds interesting to you, you may be asking yourself why you haven’t heard of it. Through a series of tragic events, the human Princes, Callum and Ezran, find themselves joining forces with Rayla, a Moonshadow Elf, all sharing the goal of returning the egg back home to its mother, in the hope that peace can be found between their warring nations. After many years of this arrangement, humans use their dark magic to kill Thunder and steal his egg, the titular Dragon Prince. A border is formed and is guarded by Thunder, the King of the Dragons.

The Elves, who find the humans new “magic” abhorrent, cast them out to the opposite side of the world.

Dark magic extracts magical energy from other living creatures, killing them, but gives the dark magicians great power. Humans, who are not born with magic that Elves possess, have developed dark magic. The world of “Dragon Prince” is divided, literally. At just nine episodes a season, it leaves you craving more. Much like Avatar, “Dragon Prince” is full of humor and heart that make the 25-minute episodes a breeze to watch.

Thankfully, Aaron Ehasz, the head writer of “Dragon Prince”, brings the same love to this series as he did when he was head writer of “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. ​ Of course, none of that matters if the characters aren’t enthralling and the world is not ripe for exploration. It is really refreshing to see inclusivity in a genre that has historically not been. There are gay couplings, interracial marriages, people of color, and even warriors with disabilities. “Dragon Prince” still has the hard to pronounce names, but is filled with a diverse cast that brings mirth and heart to the proceedings, without ever steering into tokenism. Normally, when dealing with high fantasy (ala Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones) there are a bunch of white characters with hard to pronounce names. In season one and two of Netflix’s “The Dragon Prince”, we explore an engaging high fantasy world that subverts many of the common tropes of the genre.