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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

• Kôra Halin: Our main character, please wish for his maturity and better judgement.

• Haren Tsiyu: Main character's tired uncle, currently worried of what he was getting himself into.

• Keane Lampblack: The fairy-kind who was accomodating Kôra. Does he know everything except what you want to know, or is he just trolling?

• Meara Tsiyu: Kôra's adoptive mother from Earth. An adaptable fellow, too bad she died before Kôra could know the truth (else this story would finish sooner).

• Diana Lampblack: Keane's younger sister. Unlike him, she will not trick little children to eat vanillin powder and unsweetened cocoa.

• Iota: The pacifist bad liar who is also involved with Keane. What regrets did she have?

• Naldo: Just your average caring batchmate who occasionally smokes electronic cigarette (do not be a snitch!). He sure pays attention to Kôra.

• The Hanged Man: Currently we know very little about his motive, yet Kôra answered him with hostility. Totally not a tarot arcana.

• Izky: The coffee-crazed guy who helped Kôra in astral realm, please give him more coffee.

• Agian: A metallic being from the astral realm with uncivil disposition. His name is not a typo.

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PLACES

Celestial bodies:

• Sandur: A habitable planet orbiting a yellow star which once was a colony of Earth. Sandur has two small moons. It is where the current story mainly took place.

• Earth: Another habitable planet orbiting a yellow star which once colonized Sandur. The size is slightly bigger and it only has one satelite.

Geographical areas:

• Maiyean: The regio (equivalent to country in the Earth) where the current story events take places in.

• Aylar: The district (equivalent to province) where Kôra's hometown is located. 

• Kragehn : The district where Kôra resides in the series.

• Grahein: The city where Kôra Halin with his uncle Haren Tsiyu take residence.

•  Zöthei: The neighboring mountainous kingdom where Keane has one of his nationalities of. 

• Kula: Another neighboring coastal regio where Delven's uncle comes from.

• England: An island country in the Earth where Keane's family once lived.

Realms:

• Material realm: The realm where the story majorly takes place in which is inhabited by the human and other organisms we know of.

• Astral realm: The realm parallel to material realm where sapient creatures and other organisms of mysterious nature reside. Izky works in this realm.

• Spirit realm: The realm where spirits —apparition of a deceased people— supposedly linger in. The Hanged Man allegedly resides here.

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ETHNO-RACIAL GROUPS

Humans

• Tôryaemae (Tôryaemaen): The major inhabitant group of Maiyean regio and the holder of Tôryaemae partition. Their shared physical trait is their purple-hued eyes. One of the most notable Tôryaemaen in the series is Haren Tsiyu. Kôra is ethnically Tôryaemaen, yet he is unsure about his racial origin.

• Monyeia (Monyeian): A group which Talst Sanathian and his family belong to.

• Kula (Kulanese): A group which Delven allegedly belongs to; they hail from the regio Kula.

• Ibeli (Ibelese): A group which Iota belongs to, holder of Ibeli partition. They originated from the Shattered Archipelago.

Non-humans

• Xhichai (Xhichaite): An astral shape shifter species of black smoke-like matter which Izky belongs to. They are associated with Planet Sandur.

• Fairy: An umbrella term of various creatures from the fairy realm which is connected to the Earth. They are known by various names across the regions. Keane Lampblack and Diana Lampblack are both half fairies.

Others

• Spirits: Immaterial form ascended from supposedly deceased people, or so the mythology, folklores, and religious scriptures told.

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TERMS AND ITEMS

Terms

• Magical Ability or Ability: An innate ability of human that does not originate from human creation and often defy the limit of human biology or current scientific advancement. 

• Partition system or partition: A system for classification of magical ability based on the racial origin of the people of Sandur. This system only applies for Sandurian.

• Interior magic: Abilities which primary or intended effects set within the user.

• Exterior magic:  Abilities which primary or intended effects set outside the user.

• Bound spell or sealed magic or seal: The main magical ability of Tôryaemae partition which allow them to bind or seal magical spells in objects and living things for indirect use.

• Death miasma: An ability of Tôryamae partition. It dictates that the successful suicide of any resolute Tôryaemaen will induce acute and often fatal suicidal state of people from another race who witness it, regardless of their former mental state.

• Transportation magic: One of the abilities of Ibeli people's partition which allows them to create portals and transport matters, energy, and living things through those portals.

Items

• Spell paper: A paper containing sealed spells. It is used as a means of conveying the magical ability of Tôryaemaen partition.

• Potion: A spell which is sealed into a liquid base. It is often consumable as a drink, drop, spray, injection, suppositories, and ointment.

• Magic detector: A specialized magic spell sealed or implemented to an object or a person to detect the existence of another magical ability by the magical energy it releases.

• Magic monitor:  A specialized magic spell sealed or implemented to an object or a person to monitor the fluctuations in the release of magical energy.

• Magic suppressor: A specialized magic spell sealed or implemented to an object or a person to suppress the use of a magical ability.

• Insignia: A small kite-shaped metal device used as a mean of communication and magical utility by the member of Keane's organization. The current known variations are the colors dark blue, light blue, green, and white.

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RECAPITULATION

(This is the recapitulation for chapter 11–20, for the recapitulation of chapter 1–10, see the first intermission chapter)

Before preparing himself to move to Keane's house, Kôra had a flashback dream about his adoptive mother. She said that his biological parents were most likely heinous people. His talk with Haren almost ended with Kôra threatening Haren not to ideate suicide. However, the boy learned that one of the contributing factor of his uncle declining mental health was also the haunting by the same presence he dubbed as The Hanged Man. When Kôra was packing, The Hanged Man confronted Kôra again and told him cryptic bits about himself.

Staying in Keane's house, Kôra expected to find the truth about himself. Unfortunately, Keane was not as coordinative and knowledgeable as he thought. Not only that, he could not even get any useful hint about the organization behind him. It was until he overheard Keane's phone call that a failure of a mission regarding him will cause a disaster, and he started to suspect himself being the cause of Aylar earthquake. Keane debunked this and state that they are in this together.

After an embarrassing moment with Naldo who caught him self-harming, Kôra hoped to find solace when he arrived home. Meanwhile, Keane and his sister Diana conversed about Kôra's unsupportive extended adoptive family on their way home. Unfortunately for Kôra, he met The Hanged Man posing as him again at the kitchen who insisted to talk. Thinking he was the one who caused the earthquake, Kôra got provoked and injured The Hanged Man who at the end revealed his true form. However, it was a trick and Kôra actually had been hurting himself the whole time.

At hospital, the worried Haren had a talk about his nephew's unknown ability with Keane. Quietly he started to question what true nature of Keane's organization is. Later at that night Keane spotted mysterious appearances of monsters. They had a mysterious origin and seemed to kill in a silent way.

The sleeping Kôra awoke in a strange land where even stranger monsters tried to get a piece of him. The kid was rescued by a hunter, a Xhichai shape shifter named Izky. He elaborated that the projection of Kôra physical body somehow thrown away to the astral realm, and mentioned the spirits as a possibility. After he pieced information about Kôra and his possible involvement with the spirits while the kid pleaded for help to bring him back, Izky decided to escort Kôra to a return point.

Enter Agian, Izky's argumentative partner who insisted on ditching Kôra and got on the boy's nerve. After Izky informed that Kôra was probably followed by a spirit, Agian suddenly agreed to escort Kôra back. In the material realm, Iota volunteered to assist Keane. They found out that the monsters are similar to those found in the astral realm.

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1st CHARACTER POPULARITY  POLL RESULTS

Most liked characters:

1. Kôra Halin

Kôra's commentary: Mitâtanyô! Hello, I am Kôra. Thank you very much for supporting and helping me, even I am not perfect. I hope Kâmun bless your kindness.

2. Izky Axhara

Izky's commentary: Why do you even like me? Ugh! Go see better people.

3. Keane Lampblack.

Keane's commentary: Here's my profile, swipe right. We can just drink together, but I'm open to anything.

Least liked characters:

1. Talst Sanathian

Talst's commentary: I'm used to it. It doesn't fucking matter at all, just like you.

2. Haren Tsiyu

Haren's commentary: Understandable, I'm the bad guy so far.

3. Delven and  Silun (tie)

Delven's commentary: Well, it's impossible to be liked by all people even if you are perfect. Everyone has right to like and dislike things 

Silun's commentary: Don't lump me in with Tal! He's the asshole.

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The second survey and character popularity poll is linked below. Thank you very much for filling it.

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