
But he's surprised to find Clariel so full of raw magical power. In the city it's completely out of fashion. Kargrin isn't surprised that Clariel knows so little about Charter Magic. And every afternoon she's sent to learn more about magic with the town's Charter Mage, Magister Kargrin. Now Clariel finds herself stuck in a crowded city, dressed up in fancy robes, and expected to learn how to serve some weird drink they call tea. But her mother, a master goldsmith and a cousin to the king, decided it was time to move her family up in the world.

She escaped to the woods often to hunt and lead as solitary a life as possible. She was perfectly happy living in a small town with her family.

Clariel didn't ask to move to the city of Belisaere.
