A new type of magic emerged with the coming of the tempests, and its users called themselves Stormlings. But as decades passed in this changed world, the original magics that disappeared did not stay gone forever. Rumors began to circulate of young children with gifts over the elements. The question was whether those powers came from the goddess or if some of the original magic users had survived the Time of Tempests after all. Because the storm seasons did not ease, many believed it was the latter, and that the storms would never truly end until every witch was eliminated. Stormling cities outlawed the use of elemental magics, and those born with the gifts learned to live their lives in secret.

—An Examination of the Original Magics