By the River So Sworn

THE EMPEROR and his armies of spell-casting MAGI have swept across the world of MIR, extending the rule of MAGIC across the breadth of the continent. All COMMONERS, the poor wretches born with no magical ability, now toil under the STAFF AND SWORD of his indomitable legions. In this darkest of hours, THE EMPIRE'S final goal is in sight- the free city-state of TERRASTRA, Jewel of The West. Forces are now aligning that will shape history for all time.
Not that PLINIUS has the faintest idea about any of this.
Locked away in his study for longer than he realizes, GRANDMAGUS PLINIUS is unaware just how much the world around him has changed. Forced to flee his home for a crime he most definitely committed, the GRANDMAGUS will begin a journey that will take him WEST, to places no one could ever have imagined.
That is, if PLINIUS can survive his first day OUTSIDE IN A CENTURY.