Mana exists everywhere, in the form of elements.
Most live their lives brushing against it without consequence.
The unlucky few are born too close.
Four main elements exist in the world, all driven by mana. On rare occasions, a calamity forms, reminding humanity that some forces were never meant to be mastered..
"These elements shape wars and build futures—or end them—if
they can be tamed before the danger takes the talent… or before opposing
kingdoms extinguish a growing threat.
Some families sought to engineer power through marriage. Most
learned too late that elements had rules of their own"
— Phillip Hymn, Imperial Historian (Second Epoch)
The age of calamities was approaching.
Some would arrive as disasters.
Others would learn to live as one.