The Aracana, a dimension filled with incredible and mysterious forces. It is through this dimension that mana leaks into other dimensions, causing the creation other worlds. Mana, in itself, is the building block of the world. Mana manifests itself in many ways, and everything in the world has it.
Mana is a very odd concept to grip onto, but those with the incredible ability to influence or manipulate mana, they are the Wizards of the world. Wizard is a gender neutral term, and is used for all who are able to influence mana.
These Wizards gather together in special academies, these rare places are incredibly secure- though the students attending these schools are allowed entry and exit willingly.
Though mana flows through living creatures, not everyone or everything is able to manipulate it- these who are able to produce it, but not wield it, are average to see. Only about .0001% of the population are Wizards, which is about... well, .0001 % of 7.442 billion is 7,442.
Mana allows for the Wizards to use their own Arcane Arts, most are very average spells that every Wizard can use, but some Arcane Arts contain different types of magic that are rare or unique to that group, lineage, or otherwise.
WARNING: MAGIC STUFF, GAY STUFF, ROMANTIC STUFF, GRAPHIC STUFF, BAD LANGUAGE, BE WARNED.
This story follows the lives and events of a few special individuals that belong to the Wizard Community or otherwise.
A Steampunk/ Gaslamp Fantasy Romance set in the industrial revolution era of a fictional world.
Magic, mad science, multicultural ambiance, and political intrigue all tightly laced up into one corset and powered by the steam of two romances - one F/M and one M/M.
For mature audiences, 18+.
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All creations carry a trace of the maker's ethereal energy, whether deliberately placed in the magical Artifacts made by the Alchemists, or unwittingly left in the handiwork of ordinary people.
Kazia can feel that energy, in both machines and people. She may not be able to do any of the grand magic other Alchemists can, but give her a damaged machine and she can trace its energy to the problem, and know precisely how to repair it. She does have one other ability. One far more dangerous. One she will never acknowledge, and will never use.
Fleeing her villainous father rather than becoming his pawn, Kazia finds a peaceful life on a farm in a neighboring country, where no one knows that she is the daughter of Prince Gorvan Devratha. But with war looming between her birth country of Valesk and her new home in Caedra, how long can that peaceful life last?
She can be safe in the Caedran capital, among the Queen's Alchemists, but will anyone there trust her - especially the handsome but embittered Lord Kelvaran Meratha, who suspects Kazia's father of murdering his family?
Abrizhen is Kazia's older brother. He does his best to play the role of the Prince's good son and heir, but when tasked with retrieving his wayward sister, he must return to the city he'd called home for many of his youthful years. There he'll have to reckon with his past, and finally choose between the life of a dutiful prince, or the welfare of his sister - and the rekindling of an old flame.
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Please see the introduction for detailed content warnings.