"A wizard does not make mistakes, he makes unexpected possibilities."

It was the best of times,

it was the worst of times,

it was the age of wisdom,

it was the age of foolishness,

it was the epoch of belief,

it was the epoch of incredulity,

it was the season of Light,

it was the season of Darkness,

it was the spring of hope,

it was the winter of despair...

{ CHARLES DICKENS, A TALE OF TWO CITIES }

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄: 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈...

𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦 as 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞

𑁋 the royal painter's son, a budding artist

❝𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬.❞

𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 as 𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫 "𝐳𝐚𝐧" 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐧

𑁋 resident of the wild wood, a forgotten spellcaster

❝𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?❞

𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚 as 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐚

𑁋 commander of the gumm-gumm army, a threatening force

❝𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝.❞