1

Something happened that awakened the gift of magic within you. You might have been buried alive and received visions from your proximity to an Ancient One, bitten by a magical striped serpent, or abducted by fox-headed faeries that you managed to escape by learning a spell.

2

Something you found gave you the gift. Perhaps you learned the rudiments from a mysterious book or gained insights after reading aloud an inscription.

3

You apprenticed under a famous wizard or attended a magical university. Then again, you might have found a magical trout who whispered terrible truths about the world, thus opening a door to great magical power.

4

You made a pact with a higher power for your magical knowledge. Maybe a fiend whispered in your ear, or the god of magic chose you to be his agent.

5

You broke something magical and got some on you, a spirit of a dead magician possessed you for a time, or maybe you gained your ability from some quirk of birth, such as being the seventh son of a seventh son.

6

You released a spirit from a bottle and made a wish, you ate or drank something forbidden, or you just woke one day with the ability to work magic.