The Lures Of Magic

As the local saying goes, ‘Magic chooses its victims’.

While most ordinary mortals do not sense magic and cannot learn to cast spells, some of those who experience an extremely traumatic and damaging event in their life (be it physical or emotional) can be touched by the ethereal and open their psyche to magic. Such an event is known as First Contact.

Only one in a hundred remain alive for more than a few hours following the experience. Neither mortal body nor mortal mind is usually able to withstand the full potential of magic: Complete mental breakdown swiftly followed by death is the best an average mortal can expect.

However, some are able to survive First Contact. Those who do are commonly known as Chosen: Individuals who are able to bend reality by unleashing energies from interdimensional space into our world.

As a result of the twisted experiences preceding and during First Contact, every single Chosen is a broken and twisted being. Most suffer from serious mental issues, battling inner demons their every waking moment.

Furthermore, there is another, an even greater, price of spellcasting. Every single day, the Chosen experience the Lures Of Magic: A dark calling of magic itself to open the gates of one’s psyche wide open and fully accept absolute Power. However, if unleashed to their full extent, the magical energies of the interdimensional plane would tear the Chosen apart in seconds.

This is why the Lures are an never-ending struggle for the Chosen: Magic itself constantly tempts them to open the gates of their mind just a little bit more, but their fragile mortal body cannot sustain its full promise. Most give in to the Lures Of Magic within days. Very few resist or survive long enough to even begin to comprehend what magic truly is and how to control it. "You Are Your Own School Of Magic""There are no predetermined ways to wield magic. Every Chosen has an approach to spellcasting that is uniquely personal. Some use chants. Some use sacred rituals or divine inspiration. Others go the way of concentration and self-control feats paralleled only by Buddhist monks. There are as many methods to the madness called Magic as there are Chosen."