A young girl who wields a secret magic, a descendant of a powerful family in the empire.  Trying to escape the clutches of her mother's influence, she runs off in hopes of creating a legacy on her own.  However, she soon learns that her mother's reach extends deep into the criminal underground, causing her to become paranoid of everything around her.  Her fear eventually gets her lost in the woods, where she comes across a rugged man with grand aspirations of his own.