Servant becomes a Mage! The Arcanist of Astramor — Saga I, Movement II: The Making of a War Mage

Please Consider Supporting the channel on Patreon   / blackmountainstories   The Arcanist of Astramor Saga I Movement II — The Making of a War Mage Chapters 7–12 Aranvar Cooper has left House Elrich behind. For the first time in his life, his future belongs to something he chose. Movement II of The Arcanist of Astramor follows Aranvar as he enters Crown service, swears his oath before Averon, and is sent to the ancient fortress of Erancour to be forged into a military mage. There he learns that power alone does not make a war mage. Discipline, reliability, formation, restraint, and the ability to make the soldiers beside him more likely to survive matter just as much as the strength of his Gift. After training, Aranvar is posted to Velleron, the great capital of Astramor. For the first time he earns his own wages, chooses what to do with his own hours, explores the Royal Collegium, discovers the deeper study of thaumaturgy—and meets a young woman named Lilly. For a little while, Aranvar builds something dangerously close to a life of his own. Then Castle Lancaster falls. The King calls the banners. And the Crown finally demands the service Aranvar swore to give.