Years ago, Zhoe's mother died because she was killed by a leader of the syndicate father of her best friend Allie, she wanted to kill him but when she found out the truth it was Allie himself who helped her find the hidden syndicates. But a terrible tragedy awaits her.

"I'm more terrified of remaining terrified than the actual terror itself." Willow griffin, An orphan from the poorest district in country of Etherea, has only ever known one reality. The one where she was at the bottom and the rest of the world was above her, living every day knowing the world doesn't expect her amount to anything. A series of events leads her to Blackwater academy. A school tasked in raising the powerful and turning them into Etherea's first defense, Mages. Little did she know, this action was going to open up a lot of doors. Doors that were closed for a reason. She's a beginner in a world that glorifies the powerful, that makes her weak. Find out as Willow uncovers the secrets to her mysterious past and follows the path to her ever changing future.