The Magocracies, the most tyrannical forms of state to exist in all Ardan history, were not original in thinking. What then, where they based off?
The Trial-and-Error evolution of Magic, so cruel and unusual, was not the first thing to use live mortals as test subjects. What then, was?
The Era of Worldbreaking, the shattering of Arda, brought a Chaos to the world that should have never existed. Yet why did Worldbreaking begin?
I am despised by Divines, that is simply plain to see. I see it on their faces, I see it in their eyes. The reason is rather simple: Before the advent of Magicians, what kept Divinity in check?
- Excerpt from "The Great Equalizer", written by Elassa, Goddess of Magic.
