THE BASIC PREMISE:

The Magical Realm has no name and no location.
It co-exists with our own. 
Nameless.

Only men name the Free Earth by continents, countries, towns and dales.
The Fey say: "Live we where are we."

Sorcerers are men.  Sorceresses are women.  They are human.
Humans that do magic and live 500 years.
Humans who don't like to be treated like Genies.


We are NOT Genies.  We are not for your amusement or advancement.
We are free self-governing individuals.


Some believe they are corruption made flesh and these have Heaven on their side
or so they claim . . .

The Antimages. 

There has been an Antimage in power set on the destruction of sorcerers who are deemed
godless, evit abominations ever since the sorcerer

Cletus

refused the zealots' demands that he use his ring to resurrect a holy man unfairly
crucified by the Romans over two thousand years ago.

"He has another path and I cannot interfere."

Cletus was stoned by the zealots and used his power to escape them. 
He was hunted even after the holy man returned through a Greater Power and ascended to his glory.

Led by the Faithful Daedelus, the zealots found Cletus and managed to overcome him.

And his ring was placed on Daedelus' left hand to be used against the rest of their kind.

Daedelus the Devout

was the first Antimage.

Aided by his

Clerics

he sought to rid the world of all sorcerers creating lies and legends
to incite the people against them


Their holy crusade has lasted over 2000 years led by Successor after Successor.
Each becoming more and more

Corrupt

drawing power not from Heaven but the blood of the slain.
Of the Martyrs.

yet
Sorcerers still Live . . .