Legends & History

The Council of Elders

For every country in which there is a magical community, there is a Council of three of the wisest and most respected sorcerers. They operate out of the Sanctuary--their base of operations, from where they pass the laws, supervise the army of Cleavers, and assign cases to the various detectives and agents they have at their disposal.

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The Hollow Men

Mindless creatures of evil who, while looking human, are merely papery, leathery shells, bloated from the inside by the foulest of gases.

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The Book of Names

A single volume that reportedly contains the three names for every living person on the planet. How the Book gathers its information, nobody knows. The Book is kept behind a mystical shield.

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Elementals

A discipline of sorcery that allows the user to manipulate the four elements of fire, water, air, and earth.

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Adepts

A separate discipline of sorcery that itself splits off into a potentially endless series of magical abilities, usually performed to inflict pain.

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The Faceless Ones

Dark gods who once ruled this world, beings of incredible power driven by cruelty and hate. They were eventually driven out of this plane of existence by the first of the human sorcerers, but they wait on the edges of what we know. Waiting to return.

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The Ancients

The first of the human sorcerers; the first mortals to discover and wield magic. Although their demise is recounted in the myths and legends of the magical communities, there is still no solid evidence to explain their disappearance.

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The War

Official records show that the last war between sorcerers lasted for more than three hundred years. It began when the sorcerer Mevolent refused to curtail his attempts to bring the Faceless Ones back into our reality. The magical communities all over the world were torn in two--those who worshipped the Faceless Ones sided with Mevolent, and those who didn't, rose up against him.