As Elias opened the first page of the notebook, bold and vigorous writing leapt off the page.
[The glory days of the Magic Empire are long gone, the great deeds of our ancestors now buried in the dusty annals of history.]
[But when we delve into ancient history, it's clear that magicians were once the darlings of the gods, omnipotent, the group closest to the truth.]
[So, what led to the downfall of the magicians?]
[The wise elders of the successive councils tell us that it was the magicians' excessive greed, their audacious attempts to pry into the world's truths, that enraged the gods, bringing down punishment. Since then, power became a curse, insanity a constant companion for every spellcaster.]
[But I reserve judgment on this.]
