A Magical History

[Alissa Ming]

"The years of fear were a terrible time. They started after the fall of Camelot, and before William the Conqueror truly took control. In fact, Camelot was the last time for many centuries that mages truly felt safe. Though the end of any peace between magic users and normal people ended when William the Conqueror took over England. He outlawed magic, and sought to seal it away forever. In fact, he did so. With no one to talk him out of it, he had the church find a way to seal magic away. It was bound to an object. A church window, in fact. But it was not to last. Magic users believe the earth will die without magic to sustain it. And certainly, the world was not as vibrant during those years. But its death was thankfully slow. It was during World War Two that the window was finally shattered and magic rushed back into the world. Mages, as well as other magical creatures, who had had to be careful with the magic they used in order to not dry up any reserves that might be left keeping the world alive, however barely, were suddenly having massive amounts of magic flow back into them. But by that time, it was too late. Normal people knew too little about magic and feared the unknown too much for mages to come out from the shadows. However, with the help of some magic users, a force of protectors was formed to help keep the balance between the magical world and the normal world. They wore collars and carried swords. This somehow (no one really knows how, but it possibly has something to do with how magic was sealed away) makes them immune to magic if they know what they're doing. And so it went. Mages formed conclaves to keep their laws and give them a place to stay safe. The first sign of a break in the years of fear was in the early 21st century, as more people became interested in the idea of magic. But the actual break, the actual conclusion would not be for many centuries

-Excerpt from the notes of Merlina Zanash, Archmage on the Years of Fear.

 

[Alissa Ming]

"When the world was first created, man had no access to magic or it's energy. Magic was mostly, if not entirely contained within the earth and the creatures that roamed it before humanity had even thought to first appear. This made humans extremely vulnerable to magical creatures, leading to the rise of Hunters. Dragon Hunters, Vampire Hunters, etc, who killed on site. One day, one such hunter came across an artifact containing great magical power. He didn't know it had magical power, and took it home as a souvenir. After years of exposure, he got married and had a child, who was born with abilities he'd never seen before. However, his child couldn't control her abilities. Or rather, what they did depended on her emotional state. However, this was the first record of a magic user. As more and more people started taking artifacts home, and more and more children were being born with magic, more and more people were figuring out what was going on, and how to teach their children to control their power. However, it was still emotion based, meaning that extreme emotions could cause the magic to go out of control. Eventually, there was a mental based system, where they could use their thoughts to control their power. But even that came with sever consequences. If one of the mages were to get distracted, the magic could, and often would, go horribly wrong. It took centuries to bind magic to one single language. Which was by far better for everyone involved, if slightly less powerful. Magic was growing more and more powerful in the blood, until it was in every person, and every person used it to some degree. Some were more powerful, some were less. And those that were more powerful didn't always use it in the best way possible. However, this Golden Age did not last forever. Gradually, those who used it least started to give birth to magically barren children. These children had no access to magic, and became afraid of it. And fewer and fewer families had magic in their blood. The main magical language was almost completely forgotten, and a new magical language emerged. Latin. In fact, magic is still bound to Latin, and it's various branches, to this day. As time went by, mages found themselves vastly outnumbered by the normal blooded. But mages, by that time, played an important part in keeping others safe. They kept the peace between the magical world, and the normal world. It was only during the time of William the Conqueror that things would change forever, and the Years of Fear would overcome us all.

-Excerpt from the notes of Merlina Zanash, Archmange on Magic's Rise and Fall