The world
Once upon a time, humanity was lost. Lost finding their way after the shattering of high civilisations, toeing the line between not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the ancient ones but still needing to build on their heritage.
In that time, humans first and foremost looked for light. Clean, bright light that would shed clarity into their lives, bring order and structure and something to hold on to. They feared the random, they feared chaos and passion and anything that might spin them of their course - a course to security, to stability, to prosperity. A safe haven in the ashes of old civilisations.
And then there were those that instead of balancing the act of stability and conservation, decided to stray off the safe path to find their roots in what humanity is deep inside: Animals, creatures of impulse and emotion. Beings of nature that seek nothing more than connection, to love and to be unapologetically happy. They went back to the woods, to the ocean and the clear mountains and they danced beneath the stars. They felt the wind between their fingers and howled with the wolves at night, for both wind and wolves are their siblings in this world.
They strayed off the safe path because it held nothing for them. Only loneliness and routine when all they yearned for was to live, to feel and to be a part of this world.
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The world of Forever and a day is loosely based on the Dark Ages of our real world. It is a time of strict normality where anything that might threaten that normality was shunned and persecuted.
It is not, however, a historical representation of that time. Not at all. It's taking an idea, a taste of it to turn it into the story we want to explore with you.
In this world, magic is real. It is fueled by one's connection to the land, the elements and one another, to the roots of the trees and the tips of their leaves. With connection, with emotion comes power - power to engage with that energy and become a part of it, flow in it and shape it. People who wield that power are called witches.
Witches are often the ones that stick out from an early point in their lives, trying to find their place in a society that does not meet their needs. Some witches might never break out, some are removed forcibly from human society before they realise there are others like them.
But some witches manage to leave their old lives and join a coven: A band of witches that chose to be family to each other and explore their connection to nature, to each other and the world around them.
It isn't without it's risks as covens are shunned and hunted for who they are, who they dare to be: Defying human norm, questioning stability and safety.
But in the end, that is just it: If you have to sacrifice your passion and identity for safety, are you truly safe within yourself?
Know your grammar:
The word "witch" is used genderneutrally in our setting. Anyone can be a witch - whether you are male, female, both or either, or whether you're transcending between them like the moonlight between the water of a lake and its shore. Witches do not care for such distinctions, they care only for who you are in your heart.