The Black Witch

The narrator, a seventeen-year-old with no magic who is the image of her legendary grandmother and starts at Verpax University to train as an apothecary.

Elloren's rival, a Level Five Mage rumored to be the next Black Witch.

A cruel Gardnerian student at Verpax who torments those he sees as lesser.

A powerful Level Five Mage whom Elloren's aunt pushes her toward in a wandfasting match.

A fellow student at Verpax with unusual speed and strength who steps in when others are tormented.