Lyra Alexanders, a 16 year old electricity and sword user, is an orphan residing in the country of Victoriana. Due to her assumed origins and a marking she has associating her with a dangerous terrorist group, she is often the target of spite and hatred, but upon finishing her final years of schooling, she and the rest of her peers are about to enter into the recruitment training stage of their 2 year conscription into their nations military, something all Victorianan element users must undergo after ten years of childhood schooling, and now the young soldier in training is becoming more and more determined to gain the respect of those around her and be a part of something important, as well as learn about her true origins as more and more questions of her past begin to arise.