In 1909, a homeless Austrian painter stumbled through a magical picture frame into the courtyard of the College of the Arts Arcane for Young Gentlemen. Since the College could only be found by sorcery, arriving at the gates was considered sufficient condition to enroll. It was many months before the Masters of the College discovered that the determined new student possessed no magical talent whatsoever and that his arrival was purely the doing of the artifact he had unknowingly acquired to pursue his art.
Before being expelled and returned to Vienna, the young man witnessed many wonders at the College, and developed a fascination with magical workings of any type. While he had access to library, he read as voraciously as he had not while enrolled in his technical education at Realschule. His curiosity was insatiable, and his fervor delighted some instructors while disturbing others.
His rejection by the Masters upon the discovery of his lack of ability to wield the forces of thaumaturgy was too much. Compounded with the lingering anger over his previous rejections by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, this perceived betrayal kindled a fire in his breast.
If Adolf Hitler could not legitimately possess the power of magic, then he would take it. Whether by force or by guile, this new obsession would not be denied.
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