Only by focusing, one can wield magic," Rolin thought when she heard these words. Her mind was instantly transported back to a time long before, when she first discovered her magical abilities.
For her, it was devastating news, as swift and shocking as a bolt from the blue.
Known to have short lives and an uncontrollable destructive power, magic users were seen as cursed by most. For this reason, magic was always perceived as a curse.
Rolin, still a young girl then, was cursed in such a way.
Her parents, without any hesitation, abandoned her. Tearfully, Rolin fled into the forest, running wildly without care until she lost her way.
She thought she would die there, but just as she was on the verge of starvation, she saw her older brother.
It was her brother, Lorcan, who saved her. Without speaking much, Lorcan took Rolin away from their birthplace, a small village, to a nearby city.
