Odarita was born in the family of Baron O'Salcarn. The latter owned the entire northeastern part of the windswept Westor rocky coast and part of the Salkar Sea. Life there was harsh, as were the people. Therefore, it was so important for all those living in the barony that each next mistress of the lands possessed ancestral natural magic, which she could generously share, helping to grow the next crop. After all, you can’t survive on one fish for a long time and you can’t keep people in place.

   It just so happened that it was this kind of magical gift that was passed from mother to daughter. But only one of the daughters, if there were several of them, could inherit him. At the same time, it was fully opened only after the death of the previous carrier. But Odarita's mother died ten years ago, and the girl's younger sister inherited the gift. She, Odarita, as a dummy, from which there was no use, moreover, for whom one would have to pay extra for someone to marry, they sent to the monastery to atone for the sins of the family. After all, the gods listen best to the prayers of children and innocent virgins. Yes, of course, the monastery also had to pay for the girl to be taken to the monastery, but much less than it was necessary to give the dowry to the one who would take her as a wife. 

  The first child in the baron's family was a girl. No one was surprised that almost immediately she woke up, albeit weak, but still the magical gift of the wind. She inherited it from her father. The second in a year and a half was born a son and heir, who has good water magic. But the father was not enough to have two children. He needed a daughter, the bearer of a natural gift, which she would inherit from her mother. In the future, she could either be exchanged for another girl with the same gift, or sold to someone more expensive and bought out a suitable bride for the heir.

    In addition, the baron needed another son, because in the harsh conditions of the northern coast, not all children survived. And this was confirmed by the death of O'Sulcarn's next two children. They died as infants a few days old. Odarita was the fifth child. But, despite all her soreness and fragility, she was able to survive. But the boy born a year after her died.

   The baroness lost her next child in the womb. After all, that year was almost without heat and summer, because of which she had to make a lot of efforts so that people could harvest at least some kind of crop and not die of hunger. But a year and a half later, her mother gave birth to her second son, a healthy, strong man. Despite the fact that there was no magic in him, this did not stop his father from loving him. And all because a man, even if he is not a magician, can build an excellent career as a warrior, ambassador, adviser, and many other things he can become, in contrast to the dummy of his daughter, in which, apart from a burden and embezzlement, no one saw anything. Well, at least the girl, due to her age, did not yet understand all this, and she had enough of the warmth and love that the nurse and kind cook gave her, constantly pleasing the baby with her pastries.

  In a good way, the baroness, constantly nourishing the rocky land poor in vegetation with her magic and constantly being demolished, should have been given a rest. But her husband needed a daughter who could be traded for a suitable bride for his eldest son. And yet, a girl is born. But her mother's body can no longer withstand such a load, which is why, in a birth fever, the baroness dies, passing her gift to her youngest child.

     At that young age, only having lost her mother and exiled immediately after the funeral to the monastery, Odarita did not yet understand what fate she had managed to avoid. That is why, when all this happened, the baby prayed to the gods for several nights in a row to give her at least a small particle of magic. Just so she can stay at home. But her requests to the Almighty couple were not heard.

    Now the situation has changed dramatically. Realizing what kind of fate awaits her, the girl has been praying for the past few days about the opposite. Now she asked the heavenly intercessor mother to take her gift. And all because she liked life in the monastery, the measured daily routine and the respect that people showed her for helping in the hospital at the monastery. She also enjoyed helping the Mother Superior and looking after abandoned babies in the orphanage. And, of course, one cannot fail to mention the opportunity to read books from the temple library about the deeds of the saints, as well as about their travels around the world, and then talk about everything read to the children, given, as she once was, to be raised in a monastery and trained here. . Over time, Odarita dreamed that she herself, if she was considered worthy, will be able to become a mother superior and head one of the cloisters. But all this was not destined to happen because of the awakened gift.

  - What happened to my sister?

   Little Istella Odarita did not remember at all. After all, when she was exiled to a monastery, her younger sister was not even a month old. And now she was dead. Otherwise, the gift would not have passed to her, and even immediately in such a volume. When this happened, the garden at the monastery not only bloomed in early spring, but overgrown so that people had to be hired from the nearest village to clear it and cut off the branches of trees that had grown overnight. And all this because of the incredible release of magic that occurred during the awakening of the force.

  - She fell off her horse during a failed kidnapping attempt.

  Here is another item in the piggy bank of the reasons for her unwillingness to return to the family castle. After all, nothing good awaits her there. Only a stern, formidable father, who in the next two years will try to sell her at a higher price to some wife. And a lot of prohibitions and the danger of being kidnapped or dishonored. And after all, no one cares about the girl herself, her desires and aspirations. Only her gift and the ability to pass it on will be important. So what awaits her is the same disenfranchised life that her mother had. And the same death from exhaustion due to constant childbirth and the use of the gift. And it was at this moment that Odarita regretted that, despite the pain, she had not died in childhood.