Four months later. The four friends hadn't been very close after the incident. It was as if the bond was slowly dying, Parele wasn't Parele anymore - he spent most of his time alone in the alchemist tower with the new novices. Joz was always busy, moheazttha was always frustrated with herself and everyone else, it began the day she received a letter from her elder brother, he had begun having suicidal thoughts. She had to go home and look after him, and Leomere, well, he was just Leomere - he didn't care. So the friends were slowly drifting apart.
Jaxaphine was brought to the palace, she had stolen again. But this time she had accomplices, her 16 year old brother Otis, and sniferoo; her dog with the magic nose. Jaxaphine was very young, just 19. However, it was obvious she had a rough life. They were brought to the palace in a pathetic state, beaten black and blue. Even sniferoo wasn't spared.