A nobleman's daughter and accomplished student of magic, who earned the admiration of her teachers. Although her efforts were to prove her worth to her fiance, he felt threatened by her abilities and pursued an affair with Line, the conniving daughter of a wealthy merchant family. Line and the fiance plotted to overthrow Tiaana to invalidate the engagement by framing her (and her magic teachers) for being part of an academic cheating scheme.
Noble society, more concerned with maintaining reputation over the truth, expel Tiaana and the teachers. Tiaana's calculating father, more concerned about the family reputation, makes her choose between disownment; or marriage to a prominent but corruptly evil noble, she chooses disownment. She makes her way to the adventurer city, but cant find work due to a current glu of magicians. She turns to gambling at dragon races for comfort.