Dawn Must Follow Night

Cavaar is a nine-year-old street urchin trying to survive. When the city guard catches him and throws him in the dungeon for stealing a loaf of bread, a man visits and offers to take him to a castle where all his needs will be provided for. Cavaar has no choice but to go with him.

When he arrives he meets other young students training to fight terrible beasts that the man insists will come from the Black. Cavaar's habits born from looking out for himself before all others make it difficult ...