Introduction: When one can be exploited for great gain, seen as less than a person, those with power will always do so.How one reacts, bending or breaking, is what determines their measure.Found by a farmer in the woods, it was clear that something was different about him when he rarely cried, when his pale skin never darkened under the sun.His magical talents became clear when his uncle, a veteran soldier, realized that he could see mana without training.Yet these things mattered little to his parents, to his sisters, or to him, because they were a family.And Harlan would do anything for his family....