Magister

Do You Believe in Magic?
In the ancient days, magic was common throughout the Earth. It shaped the course of human history - gods, monsters, and myths lived alongside mortal men, engaged in an eternal battle with darkness.

Until, milennia ago, darkness won.

The magisters of old were slaughtered mercilessly by creatures beyond the realms of man, their teachings stamped out. Unchecked, this evil seeped through into our world and set mankind down a much more morbid path. This rot spread and grew more powerful with each passing century, until in the 1800's a group of monks found a secret tomb that was home to the remains of Allamu, the final mage who stood against the forces of darkness. Buried with him were the last of the mystic teachings, which the monks devotedly studied to become a new generation of mages. They began a secret society, dedicated to passing on the ways of magic to a new generation, kept in the shadows for fear of the ancient entities of evil discovering that mankind has once more begun to fight back.

It was this secret society, the Order of Magisters, that found Henry Sharpe, a recently orphaned boy. They were drawn to his palpable power; he had an innate potential for magic unlike anything the Magisters had ever seen. Frightened that the forces of evil would corrupt him for his power, they took him into their care and inducted him into the Order. Trained in the ways of magic, Henry quickly became an accomplished mage.

But he had a rebellious streak in him, and had difficulty understanding why the Order had to be kept secret. At the onset of World War II, he felt he could no longer stay silent - though magic forces of evil worked behind the scenes, human evil was directly confronting them. Unable to convince the Order to intervene, Henry left to offer his services to the Allied forces, creating enemies out of his former allies and broadcasting his existence to the extraplanar entities that he had been trained to fight.