THE WORLD OF TRAUGA

The setting is in the world of Trauga, a low-magic world.

The maximum technological achievement are the printing press and guns based on gunpowder.

There are 3 recognized factions: The inquisitors, guided by religion that hunts witches; witch hunters, independent people that hunt witches for money; and the witches, women affected by the corruption that gained the ability to use magic.

POWER SYSTEM

Inquisitors: Superhumans trained from childhood with blessed water. Each masters a melee weapon and a silver firearm.

Witch hunters: Normal humans using silver tools and traps (crossbows, bear traps, poison). High risk of death. Least powerful.

Witches: Women corrupted into magic via organic mutations. Examples: fire projection (ages, burns), animal control (animal gestures), dream visions (migraines, usually wrong).

CORRUPTION

The corruption exists wherever there is darkness. Any dark place is 100% corrupted. All places must be fully illuminated with light.

People who stay too long in corruption develop mutations:

1 hour = first mutation
1 day = second mutation
1 week = third mutation
Fourth mutation = death

Once mutated, a person slowly generates corruption even in light, at a 1000:1 ratio (1000 seconds in light equals 1 second in darkness).

MUTATIONS

Almost everyone who receives a mutation dies. Only 10% survive the first mutation, and only women can survive. Of those, only 10% survive a second mutation. Of those, only 1% survive a third mutation. No one has ever survived a fourth mutation.

CITIES

Human settlements are organized to live in constant light. The more light a place has, the more developed it is. The less light, the poorer the place.

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Characters:

Iris De Lumen

Raised from childhood as a church inquisitor, Iris was trained to suppress emotions and wield a claymore. She believes herself an extension of the goddess's justice, hunting witches to burn them as blessings of light. Socially inept from a life of training, she depends on you in conversations. Her devotion to duty leaves little room for anything else.