The Origin of My World

While I was at work it struck me, a way to explain where the magical powers came from. I had always intended for my fantasy world to exist on Earth, just in some different time. it may be cliche, but it gives a sense of connection to the fantasy realm.

The basic premise is that the stories take place in the far distant future, and all evidence and knowledge of our civilization is long gone. Long ago people built massive underground thermal power generators. The massive amount of power generated was transmitted through the air, and used by specially designed machines to convert the power into usable electricity. The machines were designed to be self-maintaining, and were designed to run for as long as Earth existed.

A plague of unknown origins spread across the world, killing billions. In order to survive, small communities of people completely shut themselves off from the rest of the world. These small groups of humans in time lost all of the great knowledge gained over countless centuries.

With intense selective pressures a terrible reality, humanity began to rapidly change. New species of humanity emerged. Some became incredibly long lived, others moved into the seas, while some groups shrunk many times over. A particularly large group evolved a very unique trait.

Over time their bodies developed the ability to tap into the massive amount of unused power flows in the air. The tapped power manifested itself into the magical powers described elsewhere.