Fifteen year-old Claudius has been given a once in a lifetime opportunity: a scholarship to the prestigious Meridian Academy, whose alumni have free reign to rise as high as they want in the world. Will he break the shackles of poverty and make a future (and a fortune) for himself in one of the wealthiest cities in the world, or be broken like many before him? Fifteen year-old Thorn has been entrusted with leaving his village deep within the jungle and mastering his abilities as much as possible in order to lead his community and honour the last wishes of the man who raised him, but can he learn the lessons he must in a bustling metropolis and return the same person? Fifteen year-old Ciella is a thief, doing anything and everything to pay back an insurmountable debt to shady figures, but just how far will she go to pay those debts, and what will it truly cost her in the end? Three seemingly separate lives and paths will become inextricably intertwined in a web centred around the prestigious Meridian Academy as they discover the best and worst that city has to offer, all the while malevolent forces seek to puppet them to unknown ends. Currently no schedule for updates. Criticism welcome.