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The Story

1425, France. The Welsh Dragons—a lineage older than England itself—were thought erased, crushed by English steel. But in the shadows of war-torn France, a forgotten bloodline carries out its final duty: to guard and raise a child of faith chosen to reshape a kingdom.

 

When 14-year-old Jeanne d'Arc is sent to live with the hardened warrior Enith, she enters a world of violence, survival, and buried history. As England's ruthless Earl of Warwick hunts rumors of Welsh ghosts, two women—one faithful, one faithless—must navigate prophecy, duty, and the cost of resistance.

 

A story of hidden royalty, faith, oaths, and the collision of families.

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Prologue

History remembers the Hundred Years’ War as a struggle between England and France — a century of crowns, incestuous bloodlines, broken kings, and bleeding borders.

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But beneath the clash of empires, another royal house died in silence: 

The Welsh Dragons — a lineage older than England itself.

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By 1412, the world believed it erased, crushed by English steel and by the Earl of Warwick, whose family swore the Red Dragon would rise no more.

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Now, in 1425, the Treaty of Troyes lies in ruins.

A boy sits on England’s throne, while his ruthless Regent rules France in his name, plotting the final devouring of the French kingdom and the end of the Dauphin’s claim.

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France is fractured, starving, and dangerous. 

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But something moves among them.

Someone strengthens their resilience from the shadows in the south.

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A royal bloodline thought extinct still carries out its final duty: to guard and raise a child of faith that has been chosen to reshape France.

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But when the lineage is uncovered, England will stop at nothing to bring

DEATH TO THE LAST WELSH DRAGON...

Visual Journey

Score Inspirations

This playlist captures the sonic identity of the pilot — ancient Welsh hymns, medieval melodies, and choral lamentations fused with modern electronic pulses. A reversal of Bridgerton’s approach, this score blends old-world soul with contemporary rhythm, creating a world both timeless and unnervingly alive.

Y DDRAIG GOCH A DDYRY CYCHWYN

The Red Dragon Shall Rise

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Story Of
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The boy beneath the tree is me. As a child growing up in the south of England, I often found myself drawn to the quiet majesty of trees—especially the ancient English yew. For centuries, yews have stood watch over churchyards and villages, their roots intertwined with both heritage and memory.

Our family’s story rests beneath one such yew. My grandmother would take me to visit my grandfather’s grave, where his ashes were laid under its sheltering branches. Those moments became a quiet ritual: a boy, a grandmother, and a tree older than any of us, holding space for grief, remembrance, and love. The yew is more than a tree. It symbolizes endurance, legacy, and the passage of seasons. Its life stretches beyond our own, yet it reminds us that even the most enduring things are not eternal.

 

Just as trees shed their leaves and renew, so too do our ideas. They outlive us for a time, carried by others, until they fade and make way for new growth.The logo of Contentious Films is a patronage to my grandmother, my heritage, and the belief that storytelling—like the yew—creates shade and shelter for those who come after us. The hope is simple: that the stories we plant may inspire others to grow their own.

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