Daylight was once more streaming through the window when Aubrey found what she was looking for, a tome written more than five hundred years ago by the then Witch Hunter General. Witches, or more accurately, Necromancers, were far more common in those days, leading to a concerted effort by the crown to eradicate them. She wondered how many innocent lives had been destroyed by the purge, and whether or not it was worth it.
The history of Merceria was a b****y affair, not only in its military conquests but also in its history of oppression. First, it had been the native Humans, subjugated by the conquerors, then the b****y wars with Weldwyn. It seemed war was the natural order of things, and when times became peaceful, the monarchy turned on their people, purging witches and undesirables. Ev
