Ice Warriors- The Runaway Mage

In an empire of endless rifts and callous rulers, wave after wave of mutated creatures rampage, destroying all life hindering them. Perplexed, the empire gathers all mages, tasked with only one quest: kill!
Its not easy though. Daily life turns grim within a breath, reforms are made, all in a bid to curb the mutation rate. Leafing through the ancient texts a fateful day, the current emperor discovers a jolting secret...
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They're not perfect.
A mismatched team; two orphans, one vandal, a girl whose history points to homicide, and a rebel. Innocent? Guilty.
They've seen horror. They embody it. This is a world where the strong rule. They've been at the bottom of the rung before. Know what it's like to be preyed on. But not anymore.
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