Characters
Handrake - An Archmage, somewhat peculiar yet nevertheless powerful and respected.
Soloture - Handrake's apprentice, the main character of the story. The story told in the view of Soloture, in first-person narrative style.
Princess Herthruyne - The princess of the Kingdom. In this novel she is described as a little girl but with very high intelligence, often referred as a genius.
Chimaera - An accidental creation by Handrake, made out of rubbish such as broken broomsticks, old vase and rotten Mandragora.
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