What makes a monster, monstrous? Kal enters the Arcanium, secret pseudo nation-state hidden in a parallel pocket world with a millennia-long history of rearing mages. Kal believes he’s off to a good start when he passes a trial by fire designed for failure, but doing so only serves to paint a target onto his back. As a budding arcanist, Kal must learn to fight a new monster of epic proportions: a heavy-laden schedule of classes… and all this while being hunted by Otherworld assassins. Kal’s rivals, enemies, and allies collide on the Arcanium, forcing him to juggle a complex web of tenuous relationships that will catch flame with the tiniest of sparks. That spark arrives in the form of the serial killer, Red, who tears through the unsuspecting student body like a fox in a henhouse. In order to step into his power and become a mage, Kal will need to absorb a library’s worth of magic theory to expand his current ability set while facing down the monsters barring his path forward. At least Kal can count on the help of his sylph familiar, the faery, Bell… right?