Experimentalmagic Stories

In a world where heroes operate under government control, power is no longer measured by compassion-but by authorization. When villains attack, heroes respond... if the paperwork allows it. Marshall Darkflame knows this better than anyone. As a child, he watched his hometown burn while licensed heroes stood aside, unwilling to risk themselves without clearance. His family died trapped in the flames, and with them died his belief in the system that called itself heroic. Years later, the world knows him by another name. Mystic-an unregistered vigilante sorcerer whose magic defies classification. Drawing from ancient texts, modern witchcraft, experimental spellcraft, and raw elemental force, Marshall doesn't follow one discipline-he creates his own. He fights not for fame, approval, or control, but for people the system ignores. When a corrupt government places a bounty on his head, Mystic doesn't disappear. He steps into the storm. Alongside a small number of true heroes-those who still act without hesitation-Marshall forces the world to confront an uncomfortable question: > Is a hero defined by law... or by action? As public trust fractures, villains take notice, corrupted heroes plot in secret, and the line between justice and authority begins to crumble. This is not a story about replacing heroes. It's about who deserves the name.

Essence - strength, intelligence, life itself - can be transferred from person to person, but there's only so much to go around. What one person gains, another must lose. Or perhaps not...