Blight Mage

Varyn Von Valcrest was the golden prince of the Valcrest Imperium—gifted, beloved, and destined for the throne. He had everything a prince could ask for: the love of his parents, the loyalty of his sister, the adoration of his people.



Until the night of his Awakening.



In a world where magic determines worth, he failed to manifest even a single Elemental Affinity. Overnight, he became a disgrace. His family turned cold. His teachers denounced him. His subjects spat the name “Trash Prince.”



Cast from the palace, exiled from the empire itself, he was condemned to the Outlands—a savage wasteland teeming with monsters, ancient ruins, and demonic corruption. When assassins sent by his own blood left him bleeding in the dirt, Varyn should have died.



But death found something else instead.



On the edge of oblivion, he Awakened to a magic no one in Arcanum had ever seen. He could sense and drain the Life Energy of all living things, turning lush fields to ash to power spells that outclassed the world’s greatest mages. Spells of ruin. Spells of dominion. Spells no man should wield.



They cast him out to die. But in the darkness, something new was born.



This is the rise of the Blight Mage.