First off, I would like to compliment you on your work with the detailed backstory and the world that you have built. It is very good, and it was a pleasure to read both the backstory in the first post as well as the descriptions in the glossary. Second, I'm obviously interested in participating (if I wasn't I probably wouldn't be posting, would I?). And thirdly, my first question is how long magic has been around. The lore provided so far states that it has returned and is present at the start of the RP, which I'm guessing will be year 56 of the Age of Dawn. I guess what I'm wondering is if the magic returned during the Years of Dusk, somewhere around the transition into the Age of Dawn, or just a few years back? I have a character idea in mind(two actually if that is allowed), and how long magic has been around will obviously influence the degree of mastery that the character has. There will likely be more questions in due time, but that is all for now. Regards, Carthang