After impressing the wandering assessor with her academic talent Faine has been invited to attend the Academy of Soras where wisdom and intellect are transformed into a more potent force. When all of her peers are backed by the wealth, influence and legacy of their esteemed houses how will the daughter of farmers compete? Bloody determination  This is the story of someone without any advantage in her favor,  her only objective to graduate, no one has high expectations but she'll claw tooth and nail till the bitter end.  One component of the magic system in this story that will become apparent was inspired by the idea of 'pay to win'. I really wanted to write the story of someone that would go as far as they must just to keep pace with her peer