time-magic

The heartland of Ve's time-magic theocracy, where the Grand Imperial Ecclesiarch has sat unblinking upon the throne for generations, seeing futures that guide every aspect…

The order of high priests that governs Avalon by interpreting the immortal Ecclesiarch's slow pronouncements into policy, and guards every approach to his throne.

A hidden Avalon network that intercepts null-Declared children and moves them out of their districts before their families grieve and let them go.

A forest of ancient trees spreading across northern Avalon, where the kingdom's heartland meets the Sestran border.

An Avalon Declaration-priest who forged a child's destiny to save her life, and now holds that forgery over the immortal Ecclesiarch.

The Grand Imperial Ecclesiarch of Avalon, an immortal timemaster who has read the nation's futures from a throne of slowed time for generations.

A girl who received a null Declaration, the verdict no Avalon child has survived to adulthood; a priest forged her a future and she lives hidden.