No one really knows what happened — or why it happened.
One day, the sky was on fire. The earth cried.
And the world was consumed by an energy nobody had ever seen.
It swept in silently, raging across the continents as if it were a living storm, consuming cities, forests, oceans — and humans. Billions were gone. Only pieces of humanity remained.
The survivors would come to refer to it as:
The Great Eruption.
And the power that altered their world forever? They called it Mana.
Everything was different afterwards.
Those who survived the cataclysm woke… altered.
Some could manipulate water with a wave of their hand. Others could call fire or break rocks in two with their fists. The most uncommon among them warped space itself, manipulated minds to obedience, or even beheld fragments of the future in shattered visions.
Skills that were once the purview of myth had become a reality — and awesomely widespread.
Years went by, and humanity did what it always does: it adjusted.
They trained. They studied. They warred.
Out of the ruins of a lost civilization came a new world ruled by power, discipline, and control.
There were academies to instruct those born with the talent.
Clans, sects, and bloodlines staked territories and claimed resources.
Later, ten mighty powers emerged over the others — the Ten Hegemonies, each with its own culture, philosophy, and power. Together, they now dominate what is left of humanity.
But beneath all their glory and harmony.
the world still shudders in secret aftershocks left by the volcano.
And in a remote corner far from the towers of the powerful, a boy is about to stir — not merely to power.
but to the truth of it all.