boeckman

In the Averian Repository of Magic, there is one wing dedicated to books which no one must read - books that contain mysterious magic far beyond the grasp of men. Only librarians and the most advanced mages are even allowed to look at these books, much less touch them. No one except mages capable of powerful mental shields can read these books without becoming spellbound themselves. *** Vander Vicks loved his job at the Averian Repository of Magic, or the ARM, as everyone called it. He had been working there for several years now, and he felt like he'd found his true calling. As a boy, he'd been obsessed with magic; he spent much of his free time reading books about the subject. He loved the idea of learning how to cast spells, but he didn't have the talent to become a mage himself. If he couldn't cut it as a mage, Vander thought, the next best thing would be to work at the ARM. The repository was full of magical books that were thousands of years old, and Vander knew he could