Runnel is an outcast in his town.
His father beats him, his mother forgets he is there, and his brothers and
sisters tease and mock him. He is the ninth born with nothing in store for him,
no chance of inheritance or marriage. One day he takes it upon himself to up
and leave his village. Once out of his village the world becomes a strange
place. Runnel has never had to deal with money, or outright rudeness as things
like that were just not part of his culture. When he nears a village he
discovers that the only way to get food and drink is to pay with moneys, and
the only way to get moneys is to get a job.
Befriending a girl, she tells him
that he is now in the city of the water mages, but if he helped her carry her
burden back to her masters house she would try and get him a job. Luckily, he
is able to gain employment, but to the stone mage. The stone mage is an
outsider. Always watched and observed since the water mages are vary of him
taking over the city. Runnel works hard and quickly, becoming an intricate part
of the household.
Eventually Runnel is approached by the water mages to spy on
his master, a job which he agrees to but only on the surface. He only passes on
information that cannot be used against his master, playing all sides of the
field.
After weeks of employment, Runnel
is discovered to have power of stone, and not a learned power but one that he
was born with, he is a stonefather. Things quickly become crazy as the water
mages attempt to take over the stone mages, but they are ultimately unsuccessful.
This novella sets up the Mither Mages series, the first of which is the Lost
Gate.
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