Premise: In a world where magic exists, subtly boiling under the notice of humanity for centuries, two factions have divided those in the know: those who wield magic and those who Hunt it. Sorcerers, as they have chosen to call themselves, work, play, and exist among the non-magical, the ordinary, or mundane folk, but send their children to magic boarding schools located around the world.
Sorcerer History
Magic has always existed, but it has always remained just beneath the surface of society. Religion and people refusing to accept that which was different from them prevented people with magic from stepping into the spotlight.
In this magical underworld, there exist two beings. There are the witches and the hunters. For the witches, magic was in their blood. It ran in their family and generation after generation; lessons were passed on from parent to child. On the other side were the hunters. Much like the witches, there was something in their genetic makeup. They were stronger than the average human, but most importantly they were resistant to magic.
At first, these two coexisted; there were other horrors in the world, after all.
In 1692 the famous Salem Witch trials were conducted, and that’s when things between the hunters and the witches shifted. Both sides lost members in what would become the Great Magical War. Many died during the witch trials that occurred across the New World as well as fighting against each other.
Eventually, the witches traveled north to create a haven to hide their kind from the hunters. Small towns and villages formed from the relocated witches and wizards. Six of such arcane folk began teaching the village children. Together they created the first school of magic, Altsoba School of Sorcery. Years after the school's formation schools started cropping out all over the world intent on teaching those with magic about their heritage, how to control it, and how to perform magic. Altsoba remains the only School of Magic in North America.
They opted to become sorcerers, hoping to escape the negative connotations associated with the word witch. The founders named the school Altsoba, a name which meant "all are at war,” which would later become the school’s motto. So they would never forget.
Meanwhile, the Hunters were losing numbers. As a result, they began pulling back from the war, letting the humans ostracize and demonize the witches. Eventually, the Hunters were showing up less and less until it became widely accepted that they did not exist anymore. They had gone extinct in the eyes of sorcerers.
However, that isn’t necessarily the case. Around the world deaths of sorcerers have increased and the Hunters have made their return with a statement. In the past sorcerers were killed by removing the heart and head from the body of the sorcerer. A death like that has not occurred for hundreds of years… until now. Though the Hunters have been working quietly in the shadows for years, they have decided that now is the time to announce they are back.
Some sorcerers have taken this as a declaration of war; others say it’s a call for attention, but there has yet to be a discovery of any Hunters. The actual number of recent deaths has been low enough that many believe that it’s not even Hunters.
