OF MAGIC

 Alanis Zinmora is a bright eyed magical prodigy famous for for making the impossible, possible. Spellcasting before he could even walk, the elf spends every waking moment researching and experimenting, eager to expand his arcane knowledge and change elven society for the better.

The only child of two working class elves who make a living mending the torn fabrics and broken trinkets of the city's elite, the only power Alanis truly has lies that in his remarkable arcane skill. For years he has studied and for years he has amazed peers and noblity alike. He's done a great many things like developing spells that peel vegetables for you, spells that sew a wound shut just as accurately (if not more so) than a needle and thread, and spells that ensure food never grows cold.

However as tensions have rise between the elves and the humans (better known as the Steel-Born), his spellwork has lost favor of the nobility. What use is warm bread when mage after mage is falling at the hands of a ruthless and unforgiving steel sword? What use is a spell that can stitch a wound closed if the injured bleeds out before such a spell can be cast? Cooking spells, and healing spells are not enough -- not anymore.

Elves have longer lifespans and they have magic. Elves are meant to outlive humans, yet human soldiers are killing elven mages by the dozens. The elven king, Arlen Aregia doesn't need self-peeling vegetables... He needs a magical trump card so he can win the war once and for all.

As army enlistment falls and as elves return to dust never to see their loved ones again, King Arlen Aregia is left with no choice but to take his citizen's choice from them. All adults elves will join the army one way or another. Elves can either fight a never-ending battle on the front lines or they can join military scientists in developing war magic.

Alanis who had vowed to only ever use his magic to help others has no choice but to turn spells into weapons. After all, no amount of arcane medicine has fixed his weak leg, a leg he compensates by using a brace and cane. He feels no shame for his mobility aids because they make him free and self reliant. However he knows his enemies would not feel the same. The humans -- the Steel-Born excel at violence and would cut him down the instant he stepped onto the battlefield.

Idealist turned war mage, he's guaranteed his own survival in the war but at the cost of his own happiness and his own morals.

OF STEEL

 King Alaric is a stubborn and vindictful man. Although 65 years old and long overdue to pass his crown onto his oldest son, Bertram, he refuses to relinquish power. He holds a personal grudge against elven King Arlen Aregia because it was Arlen's wife that killed his wife in battle. Although both women ultimately perished in the fight, he blames Arlen for his wife's death. He also blames Arlen and his people for the disease and disaster that has befallen the human kingdom.

Villages have been lost to landslides, water now has to be boiled first in order to be safe to drink, and crops are struggling to grow. Not to mention there is a strange, sickly green glow spreading across the countryside. Anything and everything the sickly green glow touches, dies. It must be a magic induced plague! The elves do not claim the sickly green magic as their own and pretend to be confused. Worse yet they blame humans for the strange sickness. They call it fate because humans have always been jealous of the magic wielding elves. And according to the elves, humans destroy everything they touch. But the humans have no choice. They need stone for homes and woods for fires. After all, they have no magic relics or magic fires to keep them safe and warm.

As the youngest of three royal children, was never meant to be anything other than the backup for the backup heir to the throne in case his older sister or brother died before being named ruler. However, as the war between their kingdom and the elven mages intensifies, and as eerie green magic causes a strange sickness to spread, he's forced to take a more intensive role in the future of his country. His people need hope and who is better suited to bring hope than a strong, healthy, and handsome prince? He's tasked with not only fighting mages but capturing one, forcing a mage to rid their kingdom of the strange sickness once and for all.

Idealist turned ruthless knight, Drustan has guaranteed his own survival in the war but at the cost of his own happiness and his own morals.

OF STARDUST

Elves and the Steel-Born haven't always been enemies. Eons ago in the time of the gods, the elven pantheon known as the Ancients and the human god the Forgemaster formed an alliance to save their people from dying at the hands of mystical and magic beasts that attacked humans and elves alike.

Although the sickly green sickness is no mythical beast, there is no doubt the elves and the Steel-Born are long overdue to unite once more for the sake of the greater good. After all, what use is there for a war over resources and territory if the strange sickness consumes the whole world in the process?

Elves can cast magic but touching steel burns them, even when wearing gloves. Steel-Born are incapable of wielding magic but wield swords and other steel weapons with expertise. As the sickly green magic spreads and as more resources and lives are lost, it becomes clear there is more to the strange sickness than meets the eye. To save their countries and save their world the warring kingdoms will have to put aside their differences. Will they call for a truce before it is too late?