He was chosen not for power, but for silence.
Eldrin never asked to be a mage.
He was just a village boy- son of a blacksmith, reader of old tales, dreamer of impossible things-when the reclusive sorcerer Tharion came calling.
With a single glance, the master of the tower saw something in him: not raw strength, not ambition... but the rarest gift of all.
The ability to listen.
Now, Eldrin climbs the spiral stairs of a tower older than kingdoms, where candles die without wind, where fire flows like water, and where the stones whisper in a language only the quiet can hear.
His days are dust and chores. His nights are silence and stars. But beneath the routine, something ancient stirs.
For Tharion is no ordinary mage.
He is an Aetheric Mage- Master of the Fifth Root- the unseen force that binds earth, water, air, and fire.
A wielder of time.
A guardian of balance.
And he has chosen Eldrin not to inherit his power...
But to remember what magic once was.
Before spells. Before war. Before the world forgot how to listen.
In a realm where true magic lives not in grand incantations, but in the stillness between breaths, one apprentice will learn that the greatest power is not in changing the world....
But in understanding it.
Welcome to Tharion's Tower
Where magic begins not with a word...
But with a whisper.
📚 Slow magic. 🌿 Deep lore. 🔮 First-step fantasy.
Perfect for fans of Earthsea, The Name of the Wind, and quiet, soulful fantasy that lingers like candlelight in the dark.
Feared in boardrooms and hated in silence, 26-year-old CEO Evelyn Vireaux built an empire with an iron will and a cruel tongue. But no amount of power or wealth could stop the truth-she was dying. Terminal illness claimed her body, but not her soul.
When Evelyn opens her eyes again, it's not in a hospital bed-but in a different world, inside the body of Selene Astera, the frail and neglected daughter of Duke Astera. Mocked by servants, scorned by her siblings, and invisible to society, Selene was as powerless as Evelyn had once been ruthless.
Now reborn in a world of nobility and magic, the soul of a cold-blooded CEO simmers beneath Selene's soft smile.
They wanted a weak girl to ignore.
They'll get a villainess they'll never forget.