On the surface, it could have been our world… Ignorance is bliss, as they say…
On the surface, it could have been our world… Ignorance is bliss, as they say…
The general populace believes magic is nothing but a fantasy, just the work of performers and writers entertaining us. However, scratch that veneer of normalcy and you would see a far different story…
You see, behind the scenes magic is everywhere. A secret society, so secret that no-one outside the organization even knows its name, rules this world. Using magic, they manipulate those in positions of power. Their methods are the definition of cruelty. Defy them and those close to you die mysteriously, try to tell anyone and not only do they die, but so do you, and your very existence is erased from the memories of those around you.
Example:
3 politicians are preparing for an upcoming vote that will decide national policy. The Society wants a particular result.
All 3 politicians receive the same note, found lying on their desks, the room still sealed right up until they walked in.
The note reads something like this: "You will vote for us. The result will be (x). If you fail us you WILL regret it!"
Politician A agrees to go along with the note's instructions, nothing happens to him or his family.
Politician B and C both refuse, the next morning their beloved children won't awaken, all they do is writhe and scream in agony and the doctors can find nothing to cause it or to treat.
Politician B capitulates and agrees to vote the way they want, that very afternoon his child awakens and is fine.
Politician C still refuses to give in. He and his family vanish, no record or memory of them remain to the public, only to the Society.
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This is what your main character must face... Fate is a cruel mistress...
Care to join him in the fight for freedom?
While the majority of people are only touched indirectly by the effects of magic and never even know about it, some are not so lucky. Learning of it is the beginning of the end, very few survive, and those that do are divided into one of four groups. Of these four, you either join them and rule from the shadows, or live in terror, waiting for the day they come for you.
If you can conceal your knowledge, you can live a semblance of normalcy as long as you don’t slip up.
However, fail to keep the secret and you can only hope for a life of ridicule as the local “conspiracy nut†if you are lucky.
Those that remain are the ones who have magic and resist the Society’s control.
This is the story of one young boy’s struggle to live in freedom after learning the horrible truth about the world he lives in…
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