This act is felt even in the far away town of Ariss, where staff of the university that exists there to train mages travel to the village to see what happened.

She does meet and sleep with a young mage, which is expressly forbidden as sex is supposed to be harmful to magical talent.

A series of murders occur; primarily targeting young mages with potential.

Faia's body is taken over by the spirit of the murderer, who it turns out was actually a woman (and is the same person from the legend) and proceeds to start killing the mages of the university.

She escapes the university, the staff of which still bear a grudge against her, in spite of explanations, and begins to travel.