Legends whisper of a pastry box containing not merely sweets, but a gateway to the farthest reaches of culinary temptation. It is a box that wishes to be opened. And it shall be, heedless of its cost, or calorie-count.
When the dragons find out that Ember won the Gauntlet of Fire through cheating, they revolted and forced her to call for another gauntlet. This time, the rules were slightly different.
Ember is very proud to be the dragon lord, and very satisfied with her life, however, by accident the "innocent" Crackle will take everything from hir, maybe forever or maybe not.