While each hero ultimately walks a different path of ascension, they all strive to reach the same destination. Alexa is no different in her path to becoming a hero. Striving forward in her academic life, she balances her personal relationships, hidden addictions, and ever-emerging dual personalities. Constantly battling between the person she has always been and the person she wishes to be, all while being forced to walk a far more treacherous path than anyone has ever had to stride before to become a hero. Forced to fight necromancers, corrupting elves, diabolical orcs, and far more insidious creatures of the night, Alexa finds herself striding forward, silently leading the way through the darkness. All while trying to find who she truly wishes to be when her journey is over. This is a story of magic, trying to understand love, and finding hope.