The Transformation Arts Department of the Marshall Academy was unlike any other.
While most paths drew students from scattered families or minor factions, the Transformation Arts classes were dominated by the Transformation Arts Faction itself.
This was no coincidence.
It was all related to the prophecy that had spread across the continent. It said that the Academy would one day become the leading authority of the Arcane Paths, shaping the future of magic itself.
The elders of the Transformation Faction feared that if they did not send their best, their younger generation would be outpaced by rival Paths.
And so, they dispatched their elite youths. They were great shapeshifters, beast-blooded prodigies, and rare talents whose bodies and souls were attuned to change.
Indeed, among the first-year students, several carried beast‑blood from another realm.
