The First Pupil: Mattias

Two of three things

What is a truth when the liar believes it?

Casual kidnapping

Training begins!

Foolproof? No, but believe it!

Wayward Malice

&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;span style=&#x22;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&#x22;&#x3E;A promise is a powerful thing, especially in Alefrun. One need only look to the strongest mage in the country: Maude Floran. To the structures of light that glimmer and glitter with the energy that constructed them. Most cannot even fathom the promises made to conjure such strength, Avei certainly cannot.&#x3C;/span&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;&#x3C;span style=&#x22;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&#x22;&#x3E;With her lack of any potential at all, let alone the capacity to cast a single spell, she can&#x2019;t even fathom it. And yet here she was as an apprentice to Maude. Can a pathological liar ever glimpse a fraction of the power the most honest mage in the kingdom holds?&#x3C;/span&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;