Many centuries ago, there was an Evil Emperor and five mages: Light, Darkness, Ice, Fire and Mind. The Five overthrew the Emperor and spread the knowledge of magic over the world. Light cursed whoever had the blood of the Emperor to be unable to use magic. Mind then betrayed the other four by attempting to kill Light. He was exiled for this betrayal. Generations later, Eislyn Emeralda is hiding amongst the many children of the Emperor's Aid, who were unfortunately born as the Emperor's descendants who can't use magic. She is the descendant of someone worse, Mind. When her name is volunteered in the Mage Games without her consent, she has to complete and win the games while having to go along with her advisor, Lumina Gleam, who was a direct descendant of her own ancestor's enemy.