Mastery
Backstory
Setting. 'Mastery' is set in a semi-medieval world where magic cleaves toward the elements that surround us, taking on the aspects of Air, Earth, Water and Fire. Ships and wooden vessels are the premise of the extremely wealthy, metals are in short supply and the compressed air battery is a vision of the future. Specifically, the story is set in the fantasy kingdom of Cerend, an island nation located off of the coast of the Ryburn peninsula. Similar to most, Cerend has a King and a Queen as well as its assorted aristocracy, but it also boasts the largest and most famous school of Elemental Magic in the entirety of the Southern Kingdoms. It is the existence of this coalition of Mages, infamously independent and historically dangerous if crossed, that has shaped and moulded Cerend’s dual ruling classes into what they are at the point our story begins.
Plot. Suffice to say, it is long, convoluted, and much too complex to explain in its entirety in one sitting. Basically, our plot is a collection of tales, focusing on the stories of several very different young men and women from different backgrounds and eras, growing up in a time of political upheaval, who in their own ways, large or small, influenced the shaping of the kingdom they call home. (They’re all more or less inter-connected, but each has his or her own plot and storyline.)
Protagonist the First. Rhys ver Elden, Fire Mage. Second son of a powerful noble House. Time focus spans year 1042 A.P. (age 11) to 1052 A.P. (age 21). Joined the Keep at age eleven, predicted then to eventually be a great Mage. Eventually becomes the youngest Master in centuries at age twenty-one, though he only holds the astonishing mantle of Youngest for a devastatingly short two years.
Protagonist the Second. Prince Soren re Lanus, Water Mage. Time focus spans year 1050 A.P. (age 16) to 1060 A.P. (age 24). Third son of King Edmund re Lanus. Younger brother to Crown Prince Leopold, twins Prince Everard and Princess Evelyn, and Princess Annelie. Older brother to Princess Corina and Prince Friedrich. Epileptic, asthmatic; the younger son who was ushered out of sight and out of mind. Becomes King through a horrifying twist of fate, at age nineteen, spends the first year of his reign finding and executing assassins and conspirators, as well as dealing with the political consequences of being a King who is also a Mage.
Protagonist the Third. Leannan Mason, Earth Mage. Time focus spans 1057 A.P. (age 18) to 1067 A.P. (age 28). Daughter of two Mages; grew up around the Keep. Apprenticed under the Keep’s First Healer, eventual Healer in her own right. In later years serves as a pioneering field medic in the Ryburn Invasion and spy before coming back to take up the position as First Healer and Physician of the King.
Protagonist the Fourth. Blythe Dorian, Air Mage. Time Focus spans 1081 A.P. (age 17) to 1091 A.P. (age 27). Son of a prostitute, street rat, learned his tricks from an old entertainer who took a shine to him. Started at the keep age 13, went into special branch of study specification age 16. Switched to combat speciality aged 17 due to a sudden infatuation with one Danica ver Elden (16), daughter of Rhys. Eventually a spy and assassin working for Cerendian spymaster, comes to be known as the Ghost.
Secondary Characters. Elliot Elyson, Air Master at age nineteen, sly, cheeky bastard and Rhys’s rival. Kara Elyson, strong Fire Mage, Elliot’s much younger sister (somehow turning out pretty normal for having a brother like that), Leannan’s best friend and apprenticed to Rhys. Gabriel ver Tallan, bodyguard, valet and best friend to Prince Soren, involuntary and reluctant spy for enemy conspirators. The Rest are either too far in the future or do not have a major bearing on events, and therefore will be introduced in good time.
Backstory
Setting. 'Mastery' is set in a semi-medieval world where magic cleaves toward the elements that surround us, taking on the aspects of Air, Earth, Water and Fire. Ships and wooden vessels are the premise of the extremely wealthy, metals are in short supply and the compressed air battery is a vision of the future. Specifically, the story is set in the fantasy kingdom of Cerend, an island nation located off of the coast of the Ryburn peninsula. Similar to most, Cerend has a King and a Queen as well as its assorted aristocracy, but it also boasts the largest and most famous school of Elemental Magic in the entirety of the Southern Kingdoms. It is the existence of this coalition of Mages, infamously independent and historically dangerous if crossed, that has shaped and moulded Cerend’s dual ruling classes into what they are at the point our story begins.
Plot. Suffice to say, it is long, convoluted, and much too complex to explain in its entirety in one sitting. Basically, our plot is a collection of tales, focusing on the stories of several very different young men and women from different backgrounds and eras, growing up in a time of political upheaval, who in their own ways, large or small, influenced the shaping of the kingdom they call home. (They’re all more or less inter-connected, but each has his or her own plot and storyline.)
Protagonist the First. Rhys ver Elden, Fire Mage. Second son of a powerful noble House. Time focus spans year 1042 A.P. (age 11) to 1052 A.P. (age 21). Joined the Keep at age eleven, predicted then to eventually be a great Mage. Eventually becomes the youngest Master in centuries at age twenty-one, though he only holds the astonishing mantle of Youngest for a devastatingly short two years.
Protagonist the Second. Prince Soren re Lanus, Water Mage. Time focus spans year 1050 A.P. (age 16) to 1060 A.P. (age 24). Third son of King Edmund re Lanus. Younger brother to Crown Prince Leopold, twins Prince Everard and Princess Evelyn, and Princess Annelie. Older brother to Princess Corina and Prince Friedrich. Epileptic, asthmatic; the younger son who was ushered out of sight and out of mind. Becomes King through a horrifying twist of fate, at age nineteen, spends the first year of his reign finding and executing assassins and conspirators, as well as dealing with the political consequences of being a King who is also a Mage.
Protagonist the Third. Leannan Mason, Earth Mage. Time focus spans 1057 A.P. (age 18) to 1067 A.P. (age 28). Daughter of two Mages; grew up around the Keep. Apprenticed under the Keep’s First Healer, eventual Healer in her own right. In later years serves as a pioneering field medic in the Ryburn Invasion and spy before coming back to take up the position as First Healer and Physician of the King.
Protagonist the Fourth. Blythe Dorian, Air Mage. Time Focus spans 1081 A.P. (age 17) to 1091 A.P. (age 27). Son of a prostitute, street rat, learned his tricks from an old entertainer who took a shine to him. Started at the keep age 13, went into special branch of study specification age 16. Switched to combat speciality aged 17 due to a sudden infatuation with one Danica ver Elden (16), daughter of Rhys. Eventually a spy and assassin working for Cerendian spymaster, comes to be known as the Ghost.
Secondary Characters. Elliot Elyson, Air Master at age nineteen, sly, cheeky bastard and Rhys’s rival. Kara Elyson, strong Fire Mage, Elliot’s much younger sister (somehow turning out pretty normal for having a brother like that), Leannan’s best friend and apprenticed to Rhys. Gabriel ver Tallan, bodyguard, valet and best friend to Prince Soren, involuntary and reluctant spy for enemy conspirators. The Rest are either too far in the future or do not have a major bearing on events, and therefore will be introduced in good time.
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