If you are a Construction Engineer, and happen upon a large scaly beast ... DON'T WAKE IT. Unfortunately, this instruction was never added to the manual, and a 12 year old boy watches helplessly as his CE mother stumbles across a very big peacefully sleeping Dragon. 20 years after the beast - and it's offspring - take out their anger at mankind for the rude awakening, and the boy now adult - Quinn - played by Christian Bale (who gave a very literal meaning to American Psycho) feels a responsibility to surviving members of mankind by defending and protecting a small community from the barrage of fire raining attacks. Quinn's Castle Enforcer - Creedy - played by Gerard Butler (Dracula 2000 and Attila the Hun), provides both comic relief AND makes sure that all members of the community obey the rules.