<p>Hace and Cyphira meet their enigmatic, eccentric, and punkish mentor, Fera Fitzgerald.</p>

Hace and Cyphira meet their enigmatic, eccentric, and punkish mentor, Fera Fitzgerald.

Episode 4: The Nature of Magic

A long-form, contemporary fantasy series following wizard detectives in a world where everyone commands the power of magic. Supported by patrons of Patreon.com/AnnoAmagium.

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The scholar-warriors of the Amagium swear themselves to a sacred charge: governing humanity’s inherent capacity to wield magic. Through a complex licensure system, they decree which spells and arcane artifice are permissible for public, “asfalis” use.

Arroyo, The City of Bridges and Roses, is a suburb of Los Angeles that seems like it crawled out of a storybook. Five palatial terraces of land are connected by a myriad of bridges over gulches where the brambles of a colossal, petrified rose briar reside. But this seemingly-tranquil city seethes with dark secrets and otherworldly threats amass in its shadows.

Sevardin Harker, a newly minted member of the Amagium’s Peacekeeping Force, is thrust into the deep end on his second day on the job, when he has a life-threatening encounter with a form of magic most people believe to be fiction.

Meanwhile, Hace Matthews and Alinore Valmont, two precocious aspiring peacekeepers, begin their 11-year matriculation at Arroyo’s Athenaeum, the Amagium’s rigorous training ground...
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For more episodes, references, and other information, please visit AnnoAmagium.com. I hope you enjoy the story! If it resonates, please share it with fellow fantasy fans, and consider backing us to fund more episodes. Thank you for listening!  -Hank

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A long-form, contemporary fantasy series following wizard detectives in a world where everyone commands the power of magic. Supported by patrons of Patreon.com/AnnoAmagium. --- The scholar-warriors of the Amagium swear themselves to a sacred charge: governing humanity’s inherent capacity to wield magic. Through a complex licensure system, they decree which spells and arcane artifice are permissible for public, “asfalis” use. Arroyo, The City of Bridges and Roses, is a suburb of Los Angeles that seems like it crawled out of a storybook. Five palatial terraces of land are connected by a myriad of bridges over gulches where the brambles of a colossal, petrified rose briar reside. But this seemingly-tranquil city seethes with dark secrets and otherworldly threats amass in its shadows. Sevardin Harker, a newly minted member of the Amagium’s Peacekeeping Force, is thrust into the deep end on his second day on the job, when he has a life-threatening encounter with a form of magic most people believe to be fiction. Meanwhile, Hace Matthews and Alinore Valmont, two precocious aspiring peacekeepers, begin their 11-year matriculation at Arroyo’s Athenaeum, the Amagium’s rigorous training ground... --- For more episodes, references, and other information, please visit AnnoAmagium.com. I hope you enjoy the story! If it resonates, please share it with fellow fantasy fans, and consider backing us to fund more episodes. Thank you for listening! -Hank

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