A person who suffered a great series of tragedies in the previous world he was from. He woke up in a new world. Now living in and operates the store "The Mystic Emporium", under the guidance of a mysterious entity now known as Onyx.
He welcomes customers who stumble into the store and helps gives them “salvation”.
A student within the Shroom Pact collage at the university. Feeling down about being a Null Mage, he was going to engage in a bunch of self destructive behaviors, until he met John. His life then took a strange turn.
Had a poor relationship with his family.
After receiving the book of grand design from John, he seemed to develop some sort of strange ability related to mathematics.
Often simply referred to as just "Scarlett", is a famous disgraced archmage, of sixty years of age, that once worked for the Graheel University. Was famed for her enchantment magic and contributions to the field of archeology.
Is an exceptionally powerful Pyromancer and labeled as one of the most wanted Black Mages in modern times.
A senior investigator working for the police in Graheel. Was investigating the former gang leader Rob Anvil, before an unfortunate event occurred. He is now in the middle of case of a suspected murder.
A senior investigator working for the police in Graheel and partner to Joe Striker. Has a reputation for being the more calm and level headed of the two investigators.
A recently graduated officer from a isolated community. Was assigned to Joe's investigation unit after Joe made an agreement with the chief of police Murdock. Seems to lack a lot of common sense when it comes to mutants and the city.
A mysterious being that has taken on the form of a old man that seems to be responsible to John current circumstance. The being intention are alien and unknown. Name was given to by John.
Archmage and the headmaster of the arcane eye college. Is the unofficial leader of Graheel University. Extremely famous and said to be the strongest mage on the continent.
Was once friends with Scarlett, but betrayed her.
A
Lionheart student that originally lived in the Gix Empire before his
home was attack by the Endless War Cult. Moved to Graheel and became
good friends with Jafar and Sere. Is also friends with Cid Miles, a
childhood friend from Gix.
He
is tall and stands at six and half feet (1.92 meters). Has a lot of
emotional trauma from being displaced from his home and losing friends
and family.
A
childhood friend of Alan. Was there to help when their home was
attacked and they needed to flee. Lived for some time away from Alan,
and only recently reconnected when they both ended up attending the
Lionheart collage at Graheel university. Is hailed as a combat prodigy.
Very carefree and cheerful.
Was killed and turned into an undead by Sorin
A
friend of Alan's since he first came to Graheel. She was the daughter
of the Lockheart family and was originally expected to become a combat
mage. She defied that expectation and went into the SIlverwing college
to become a healer.
She has silver hair. Is also quite temperamental.
A
Embers Gear student and friend of Alan's. Is someone that specialize in
arcane mechanical apparatus. He was the one who overheard the
conversation between Professor Black and Patariki about the mysterious deaths going on at the university and then told Alan about it.
Is quite studious. Has poor hygiene.
A professor of the Grayscale collage who specializes in Arcane law and
is highly proficient in binding magic. Was discovered by Jafar that he
was working with professor Pitter to cover up the discovery of
formaldehyde in Edwards body from the Scefer family.
Was secretly turning students into undead before was killed by Cid
A surgeon professor of the Silverwing collage, and manager of the university morgue.
Discovered that there was formaldehyde in Edwards body and went to
Sorin to talk about it, was then convinced by Sorin to try and cover it
up.
Was turned into one of Sorin's undead
A member of the endless war cult.
Was responsible for the destruction of Alan's home town.
A herbalist working at a store that sold various herbal remedies.
Helped Joe by giving him information on Rob.
Was growing weird stuff in the basement of his store.
Was revealed to be secretly a member of a nameless cult. Cult he belong to is known as the "Putrid Rot".
Head enforcer and combat instructor working at the university. Nickname the “green-haired demon” due to possessing naturally green hair and training people in a way that looks like torture. Draws some sort of strange pleasure from making people go through her tortuous training.
Is a S-class mage and highly trusted by Lazarus.
An informant of the skull crusher that infiltrated the Nighthounds under Robs orders. Since skull crushers dissolved, he full joined the Nighthounds. He never told the Nighthound leadership he was originally a snitch and Joe Striker used that information against him.
Is a coward.
A Priest and former Hand of Light.
He had a calm temperament and was generally beloved within his congregation. However, Beck blackmailed him, threatening him with excommunication if he didn't destroy the speaker's decrees. To protect the mutant members within the church, he made the difficult decision to retire and began openly disparaging Beck.
Was Sheridan assistant.
More commonly known as Archbishop Beck, he is a prominent religious leader within the Church of Light. Attempted to try and blackmail Crowley into destroying the speaker decrees so that he could secure his position as the next Light speaker. He is ruthless and willing to undermine sacred traditions and betray his principles to achieve power.
Is cunning and manipulative.
The saintess and leader of the Red Church. Known as the "Saintess in Red and White".
Posses extraordinary healing abilities.
A wealthy entrepreneur who had built a successful empire in the automotive industry and appeared to have received assistance from John in the past, though the specifics of that aid remained unknown. Behind his public persona as a self-made mogul, he secretly works under Yin, another mysterious figure with a hidden agenda. Driven by loyalty—or perhaps something more sinister—he became deeply involved in Yin's secretive "cause".
Within Yin's inner circle, he was known by the code name "The Mechanic".
Was first communicated through a golem that looks like him.
A major city state within the Golgatta peninsula. Famed for it's university that shares the same name.
Was the place where John woke up in this world. Originally just an empty space, but after John converse with Onyx, it became a strange antique store. As long as John was in this store he could manifest things just out of sight.
The store seems to have a mysterious power that makes it hard for people to find. It also seems to have all kinds of other strange effects on people that are inside the store.
The largest and most extensive repository of knowledge on the arcane in the western continent. It resides in Graheel, but predates the city. It used to require that scholars submit their own works into the archive before they were allowed access to it, resulting in the Arcanium Archives acquiring the largest bodies of works on magic.
A very large unclaimed geographical area that encapsulates the north of the western continent. Is uninhabited due to strange and terrifying creatures that reside there, as well as strange and unexplained phenomena.
The Wildlands is separated from the rest of the continent by enormous warding stones, built by giants, that pervert the strange creatures and phenomena from coming down south.
An alliance of different nations and city states that encompass the eastern side of the western continent. It is a political, military, economic alliance originally created for the single goal of protecting themselves from the influence of the Gix Empire.
A massive empire that encapsulated the western side of the western continent. Was the most powerful nation on the continent until political strife, caused by a succession crisis, made the empire collapse. It has now devolved into a series of states that are constantly at war with each other. People now commonly refer to the former territory's of Gix as the "Warring States".
A vast swamp land near the coast, located south of the former Gix empire. Is difficult to explore due to the terrain and hostile fauna. This has resulted in the area being a popular place for cults to hide. Historically, the territory has never been under the control of any nation.
Is currently under the control of the Red Church.
A small town in Agado swampland that is slowly being completely taken over by the Red church.
A strange energy that exists within all living creatures and is used to cast magic and power magical items.
A classification of mages that use their magic to commit heinous acts, and or crimes. Often associated with nameless cults and using forbidden magic.
A classification of mages that exclusively fight against and restrain black mages. A term often used to refer to law enforcement.
A type of mage that has no elemental affinity. Sometimes this kind of mage can develop or use unique types of magic, but if they don’t, they're seen as an inferior type of magic caster. Spells without elemental power infused are significantly weaker.
The world's majority religion. Preach the word of light in an attempt convert people to the path of light in order to save there souls in their beliefs.
Sworn enemy to all nameless cults.
A series of fanatical organizations that worship mysterious god-like beings. This group of worshipers is often maligned and disparaged within most civilized society, as the majority of the followers engage in violent and cruel acts in service of their gods. Despite scholars grouping the cults together, they never been unified in any action and are even in conflict with each other
These cult practices say that their gods have unspeakable names, so instead they created monikers to denote their gods.
A nameless god cult that is dedicated to creating a never ending war. Is one of the three largest known cults. Is also suspected for destabilizing Gix and causing the civil war there.
A notorious group of mad necromancers ranks among the top three largest cults and stands as the most significant necromantic order in history. Their devotion to their deity is demonstrated through the creation of horrifying bone effigies, often crafted from the remains of their victims.
Many of the members seem to be failed artists and are the most psychologically unstable of any know cult.
A newly formed religion spreading within the warring states. Is most practice in and around the swampland of Agado. Lead by a someone called "The Saintess in Red and White" who is said to have extraordinary healing abilities.
Is suspected by many within the church of Light that this new religion is secretly a nameless cult.
A crime syndicate that has almost complete control over everything everything on the east side of Graheel.
Their main base of operation is within the red-light district.
A cult that appears to worship a nameless god related to rot.
One of the few cults that are relatively harmless, and pose no threat to other people.
even though it's not a story I'd normally look for, I absolutely love it and can't wait for the next chapters
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I love the story, a concept applied with great skill and a lot of depth in each character. Sometimes it can get slightly heavy or slow, but it is a completely original universe with great ideas involved and I sincerely hope to see how far the story goes. At the moment I look forward to every Saturday to see the continuation of the story. I love the interludes because they give more life to the story and the illustrations between chapters make you imagine the events more easily, it has great potential.
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