It's a matter of talent and education, darling. First, you must have the aptitude to use it, and then the great fortune to either have a tutor, or be sent to the war college. [ A beat. ] Unless you are on the other side of the continent. They barely have spellcasters.

[ Soldiers could use magic, after all, but the War College's mages were simple. They knew how to do magic for war, no creativity, no ability to do more than that. She was lucky, that her father had been her tutor. ]

The conditions otherwise are... [ She held a hand to her lips, as if in thought. ] Do you have figures in history, who reached great renown, in your land?