 "Shadow Scale" starts about three months after the events of "Seraphina".A war between rebel dragons and those dragons loyal to the peace treaty with humans has begun.Seraphina sets out to search for other half-human/half-dragons like herself in travels that take her away from Goredd to the states of Samsam, Ninys, and Porphyry, in the hopes that the other half-dragons will be able to protect Goredd from attack.