
Ik-su tells them the legend of the first king of Kouka, Hiryuu, and the four dragons who unified the kingdom. Under the suggestion of Hak's grandfather Son Mundok, Yona and Hak search for an oracle named Ik-su. Hak intervenes and saves Yona and they escape from the castle to Hak's birthplace, the Village of Wind.


Intending to tell her father that she cannot forget her love for Soo-won, she visits King Il's chambers and witnesses him being killed by Soo-won, who reveals that he will now properly rule Kouka. During a party being held for her sixteenth birthday, her other childhood friend and love interest Soo-won comes to pay tribute to her. Yona lives the carefree life of a princess in Hiryuu castle, being sheltered by her pacifist father, King Il, and protected by her bodyguard and childhood friend Son Hak. The story follows the redemption of Yona, the sole princess to the kingdom of Kouka.

An anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired between Octoand March 24, 2015. It has been collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes. Akatsuki no Yona: Yona of the Dawn, known in Japan as Akatsuki no Yona is a Japanese manga series by Mizuho Kusanagi, serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from August 2009.
