Today, I witnessed magic that works not by fundamental truth, but by collective belief. Mariama conducted the Cascade Bearers’ warding ritual. She used the oils …

A quiet morning, the Cascade Bearers presented a starkly different task: defensive ritualistic magic. To create a ward against minor fey, they required three specific …

Our day starts with yet another confusion about how the dorm works. The windows in the dorm are strikingly similar to doors, which we are …

The Khafesi Market was a lesson in moral ambiguity. A place boycotted by the Academy for its reckless dispersal of magic, yet thrumming with a …

The first day of arrival in Nantambu. The air is thick with the scent of river mud, incense, and possibility. The journey through the jungle …