Ashes of a Shattered World

Known as the war that would set back humanity by years, World War III occurred. Because of this war, billions were killed, not just from the explosions, but also from the damage that radiation caused to the environment. In Einstein's words, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Hope slowly faded, however, humans survived underground, creating massive bunker cities that spanned kilometers. Although they created their own world down there, the descendants of the people that managed to get into the bunkers before the vault door shut, cutting off all contact with the surface, rose up to unseal the barrier that once protected them, stepping back to the world they abandoned. But, it wasn't the same breathable air that they remembered, as it had a mystical presence that came from the radiation, the remnants of it, or in other words... The Ashes of a Shattered World. The ability to control this odd air birthed the Magic Society, but not all were able to unlock their potential. In fact, some despised the mages for their arrogance and oppression they had imposed, and so, a shadow started growing, becoming darker every day, with the goal to stop the mages. Inside an empty room of black and white, a boy stands in the middle, with a gray shade that outlines him. His eyes remain wide open before he carefully closes them, the senses he once had started to fade, alongside it, he lost everything except for one desire; the desire to see the light once again.