Most of Jacks childhood consisted of being bullied and teased for wanting to be a magician of the Lamhad house. As Jack got older he began to lose all hope of becomming a magicican at all, for only the pure of heat could cast. Jack now being 14 and having to fend himself from being mocked and laughed at by everyone, has convinced himself that his dreams where nothing but that; dreams. At a hollows eve event Jack is chosen to be a volunteer. It's when something goes wrong and Jack survives that makes everyone interested in him, especially the bored of mistics. Jack is given a sort of scholarship to attend the Gand Academy, where he will study the arts for two years before being selected into a house. Will Jack be able to complete his training with all the reqirements, and in time to be selected into the Lamhad house.