Diffraction
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Complete Tue, Dec 20, 201612h 29m
As the only aeramental in Northridge and the adopted daughter of the town's Eldest, expectations weigh heavy on Lyllithe's shoulders. Everyone assumes she'll follow in her parents' footsteps, becoming a Devoted of the Light, ministering healing to those wounded in battle. But that path is bound by strict guidelines of purity and pacifism.
The heritage which separates her from the other villagers also grants access to Refocusing, the arcane art of manipulating elemental energies. But her rudimentary understanding and late start would make acceptance to the Arcanists' Hall unlikely at best.
Lyllithe quickly finds herself torn between two worlds, opposed to the strictures of both.
Yet seasons and times pay no heed to one girl's indecision. And events in the last vestiges of the fallen empire threaten to bury everything Lyllithe and her friends know and love under a spreading shadow of bloodshed.
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