[center][b][color=f7941d][h1]Callum Algard[/h1][/color][/b][/center]
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"I believe some of you are under false assumptions, you see if you are accepted as an apprentice, you go through your first test and if your not good you die, for the magic that will pass through your veins will rip you apart from the inside" [/color]

A cold sweat came over Callum. He'd be torn apart from the inside if it didn't work? He'd never read anything about that. Why didn't any of the books talking about mages and their apprentices mention that some of them would be torn apart. Was this just a ploy to scare them off? To see who was really committed to learning? He took one look at the golem's stoic face, though, and could immediately tell that this was not the face of deception. The creature almost seemed incapable of lying, compassionate and apathetic at the same time. "Whelp, guess we'd better get it right the first time," he said with a nervous chuckle as he rubbed the back of the head. 

The courtyard they arrived at was a true wonderland. Upon exiting the carriage, he simply stood dumbfounded, unsure where to look first. Exotic plants that he had never seen before, strange creatures he hadn't even read about. In an instant, it became apparent just how little he knew of the world. The journey here had been a learning experience. He had seen places and met people he never knew existed before, but never were things this... alien. He was pulled out of his reverie when Sophia spoke up. "Umm, I guess we go up and knock," Callum replied. He was pretty sure they wouldn't become apprentices by loitering on castle grounds.