Kael Vireth took his first breath in Aetherra, not as a scientist, but as a newborn child. A child of House Vireth—a once-great noble family now reduced to ruins and whispers.
By the age of five, Kael had already mastered reading ancient runes and dissecting spell formulas. By ten, he rewrote the fire incantation used for generations, doubling its efficiency and halving the chant length. His teachers feared him. His peers whispered about him.
But Kael never sought fame. All he wanted was understanding.
The world of Aetherra was torn between two great magical doctrines:
Archaic Magic: fueled by spirit contracts, ritual bloodlines, and spoken incantations.
Construct Magic: built upon logic, magical formulas, and structured glyphs.
They were enemies. But in Kael's mind, they were incomplete pieces of one truth.