Rented Lives

гостевая.You do not own your life; you are merely a tenant in your own body, and the Elders are the slum landlords who control the mana that functions as your heat and running water. Each day you pay your rent through obedience, through quiet desperation, through the tithe of your magical potential.

Gilded Cages

о мире.They call them “sanctuaries,” “enclaves,” “protected settlements,” and adorn them with illusionary beauty and the promise of safety. But the walls are not there to keep danger out; they are there to keep the residents in, docile and accounted for.

Transmigration of Sparks

регистрация.The soul is merely mana imprinted with memory, a candle flame in the wind of mortality. But even a dying flame can be caught, sheltered, and placed within a new lantern

The Ley Line Paradox

нужные персонажиThe prevailing theory holds that mana cannot be synthesized, only refined. This paper will demonstrate that this is not a law of nature, but a carefully constructed economic and political lie.

The Price of a Name

реклама. They did not create the world, they merely acquired it through a hostile takeover millennia ago.

No Gods

партнерство.The universe is not governed by benevolent deities or cosmic destinies; it is run by a board of directors who view existence as a portfolio.