Imagine a world where visionaries struggle to bring wonder to the mundane. Picture a war where the winners decide the fate of the world, and the losers are hunted for their presumption. That world and that war has happened. The old war is over, and it's time for the survivors to take charge. Old age and treachery have failed; now, youth and speed will make their mark in a desperate struggle over the entire human race.

For ten thousand years, humanity has struggled to understand the cosmos, life and reality itself. Seekers of knowledge look for rules to the universe, but only a few Awaken to the understanding that the only rules are the ones created by belief. Forging their own rules through the power of will, these enlightened few cast the shape of tomorrow. Ultimately, they seek to surpass the limitations of the universe, to transcend this reality through Ascension. Their special wisdom sets tham apart forever - they are mages.

For the common man, the world includes televisions, automobiles and fast food. Magic spells, ancient pacts, spirit quests and shamanic visions belong only in the fiction of stories, books and Hollywood movies. People tell their tales of magicians and wizards, envision the spells of lost cults and the wisdom held in dusty tomes, then go back to their normal lives. Magic is just a thrill and a fantasy. The world is an orderly place, where what you see is what you get.

Except that it's not. A shadowy world exists underneath the everyday picture. Myths and legends say that only those with the proper insight can communicate with this other layer of the world. Using rituals passed down from antiquity, enchanters and sorcerers commune with powers that no common man can see or believe. These mages see a world far different from picture of the commoner. Their beliefs shape the very form of that world, even when their actions remain unseen.

In a world where mages vie for their individual visions of reality, this struggle reaches into every belief of mankind. Mages have long guided humans with their foresight, but they also battle for the right to shape their own destinies. For some, their own magic is enough. For others, theirs is the responsibility to lead all humanity down in a single, unified path. The very right believe is the focus of war. Humanity's future rests in the balance as each mage struggles for Ascension, whether as an individual or for the entire world.

Now with the point of this part of the retreat. Below you will find various visions of the White Wolf Mage, that I have thrust into the World of Darkness.

{ Kiril Zingaresche }

{ Louis Quinn }