Mirrors and Shades

In a chaotic world, the strange and the familiar collide. The world is being slowly taken over by mana anomalies, adding mystical realms and monsters to the battered land, yet the politics and conspiracies do not stop. Would the next generation of mages be able to break past the shackles of their traumatic pasts to bond together and face the upcoming disasters?

It's a slow burn progression story as things unfold. No OP characters. No system cheats. Some plot armor.