Of Shadows and Earth

The realm is fractured, made up of city states ruled by the five magical houses, each with its own elemental magic. Peace is fragile in a world ruled by immeasurable power, tensions are high and war is always just around the corner.A powerful Chronomancer from House Caelum is cursed. Thalion once helped end the Mage Wars but the cost of his magic was beyond what he or anyone else could have imagined.A void-born princess of House Virelin, Caelia is one of the most powerful mages of her generation and trained as an assassin from birth. She is sent as emissary to House Caelum, to get close to the Earth Mage that left her kingdom in ruins. In truth she has been ordered to destroy him and tip the balance of power in her kingdom's favour.Their fates seem determined by everyone else, but when they take it into their own hands, they discover they can change the very fabric of magic in their world.