Ernest Gravehill is a budding mage of many talents and faces, one embarking upon his first apprenticeship. Seeming respectful, polite, educated, and determined to escape a looming fate, he sets out with deceitful words and amoral objectives to a land of crime and chaos.  The journey turns out to hold much more than he desired, along with much more than he expected to handle. — This story’s chapters are around 4,000 words minimum, usually much more. — As this is a hobby, OMAM's updating rate will be fairly slow, with likely one to two weeks between each chapter. — If all goes well, this story will be long and take place over a few volumes/books.