"The World of Rukh and Ruin"
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Magic is not learned—it is inherited. Born. Bleed for. Every spell costs something. Every power has its price.
In Shaeltharyn, all magic flows from rukh—invisible particles of life energy that permeate all living things and the world itself.
To the magically sighted, they appear as golden-white butterflies drifting through the air. To the mundane, they are nothing—unseen, unfelt, unknown.
The Greatest Heresy
Black Rukh — power stolen by draining life force from others rather than expending one's own.