Zandik is one of the top students at Sumeru Academy. And also the most ambitious with brilliant ideas ahead of time. But due to its limited mind, society does not understand him and calls Zandik's teachings "heresy", like himself. The poor boy who strove for knowledge was expelled from the academy. And now they are driven with pitchforks and torches from their native village. He is very beaten and his wounds from the pitchfork are bleeding. Zandik runs away, towards the desert.