So Qifrey was an Unlernead, interesting, for some reason i got the impression that he was of some line of witches ( not nobles, just old ) and that he had been betrayed by someone close but he doesn't even know any detail of who stole his eye.
This is much more interesting and i have to say i don't have any idea of how his losing eyesight on the remaining eye will impact the future of the story, it explains thought how he seemed to relate with that boy with the eye problem ( shamefully forgot his name ).