"Imprisoned am I but not for all time. I will be freed, and the Key to my prison will be a Child of Einlienn, of my brother's fated people, a cunning wolf among ignorant sheep. All shall know too late of their folly, weeping bitter tears of despair."

- The Helkorex Noxim

Against all odds, Ba'tvian Delthanurk managed to leave his serf family behind, along with their derision for his gifts, his ambitions. Now a sponsored student at the Trinity College of Magery, the most prestigious school of magery in the world, he is determined not to fall back into the dirt of his inferior origins. Yet his aspirations have led him down a darker path than his teachers had intended. Once begun, he cannot stop, and so he will descend into darkness...