A post-myth, post-collapse, high-competence civilization where advanced technology has replaced magic, but mythic forms, symbols, and archetypes persist because they work.
The world is visually clean cyberpunk—polished, institutional, deliberate—yet structurally capable of supporting mythic figures (barbarians, ascendants, champions) without contradiction.
This is a world built by adults, run by professionals, and tested by failure.
But it is often indistinguishable from it.
All extraordinary effects are the result of:
There are no supernatural violations of physics—only physics that are hostile, opaque, or classified.
If someone calls something “magic,” it means: