Welcome to Callaire, a town of shifters, magic, and secrets.
The Legend Mirror is a YA/NA urban fantasy series
THE BEAST OF CALLAIREI’m Yasmin Wikke, daughter of Venus, and even armed with a beastly alter ego, I’m badly outmatched.
THE DIVINE OF CALLAIREI’m Minnie, descendant of Apollo, and even my Divine power of seeing the future can’t keep me safe when Gods attack.
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THE DRYAD OF CALLAIREI’m Yasmin Wikke, daughter of Venus, and I’ll do anything to get my girlfriend back – even if I have to unleash my most monstrous self
Johanna’s memories have been hidden, but when she meets the incarnation of death, she knows he’s familiar.
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THE POWERS OF CALLAIREI’m Yasmin Wikke, daughter of Venus, and I just made a deal with Pluto, ruler of the Otherland.
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A GUIDE TO THE BEINGS OF THE LEGEND MIRROR
NUMEN
These ancient beings can be classified as one of two categories: Gods and Creatures. These are a species, like human or canine.
GODS (e.g. Juno, Jupiter, Venus)
How mythological? The original Gods the Romans worshipped.
Magic? Enough to cause a world war.
Dangerous? Hella.
CREATURES (e.g. the Manticore, the Phoenix)
How mythological? The original Creatures of folklore and bedtime stories.
Magic? Enough to Change forms at will and tear through armies of Legendaries.
Dangerous? Hella.
LEGENDARY
Legendaries are the descendants of Numina, and can be classified as one of two categories depending on how much Legend is in their DNA. These are also a species.
LEGEND-BLOOD (e.g. Yasmin, Cornelia, Mavers)
How mythological? Pretty mythical.
Human DNA? None at all.
How many Legendary or Numina parents? Two.
Magic? If they have God ancestors, it’s very likely.
Do they Change form? If they have Creature ancestors, it’s very likely.
Dangerous? About as dangerous as a lion.
CROSS-BLOOD (e.g. Vic, Guy, Willa)
How mythological? Fairly mythical.
Human DNA? Yep.
How much human DNA? Depends. A Cross-Blood could have one human parent, a human grandparent, or a human many-greats ancestor. It all results in a weakening of Legend, and makes them a Cross-Blood—though some are much stronger than others.
Magic? Unlikely, and it’s weak in the rare cases its present. Those that possess stronger Majick are likely to have a close Numen ancestor.
Do they Change form? Extremely unlikely, since they wouldn’t have enough Legend to spark the Change. Those that do are likely to have a close Numen ancestor.
Dangerous? About as dangerous as a household cat.
Breed of Legendary
Depending on what Numina ancestors a Legendary has, they can belong to one of two (or both!) of the following breeds. Returning to the canine example, in the way a dog might be a Labrador or a Poodle. a Legendary might be Dei or Crea.
Example: the child of a human and a Legend-Blood descendant of Mars would be a Cross-Blood Dei because 1) human and 2) God. Things get tricky when someone is a descendant of a God and a Creature—for example, the child of a Legend-Blood descendant of Juno and a Legend-Blood descendant of the Phoenix would be a Legend-Blood Crea and Dei (like Yasmin Wikke!)
DEI (e.g. Minnie, Guy, Mavers)
Descended from Gods? Yep.
Descended from Creatures? Nope.
Can be either Legend- or Cross-Blood? Yep.
Magic? Yes, although Cross-Bloods with mostly human DNA will only have weak Majick— for example, those with Aqua Majick could only influence water temperature, instead of being able to manipulate water into any form like most Legend-Bloods with Aqua.
CREA (e.g. Ran, Willa, Vic)
Descended from Gods? Nope.
Descended from Creatures? Yep.
Can be either Legend- or Cross-Blood? Yep.
Magic? Extremely rare, and only ever elemental Majick connected to their location of Change. If they change near the sea, they’d most likely develop Aqua Majick, for example. Majick in a Crea only ever occurs when the Legendary has a God ancestor.
PURE
The children of all-human ancestors.
Any mythological ties? Nope.
Any magic? Nope.
Imagine yourself.
NUMEN
These ancient beings can be classified as one of two categories: Gods and Creatures. These are a species, like human or canine.
GODS (e.g. Juno, Jupiter, Venus)
How mythological? The original Gods the Romans worshipped.
Magic? Enough to cause a world war.
Dangerous? Hella.
CREATURES (e.g. the Manticore, the Phoenix)
How mythological? The original Creatures of folklore and bedtime stories.
Magic? Enough to Change forms at will and tear through armies of Legendaries.
Dangerous? Hella.
LEGENDARY
Legendaries are the descendants of Numina, and can be classified as one of two categories depending on how much Legend is in their DNA. These are also a species.
LEGEND-BLOOD (e.g. Yasmin, Cornelia, Mavers)
How mythological? Pretty mythical.
Human DNA? None at all.
How many Legendary or Numina parents? Two.
Magic? If they have God ancestors, it’s very likely.
Do they Change form? If they have Creature ancestors, it’s very likely.
Dangerous? About as dangerous as a lion.
CROSS-BLOOD (e.g. Vic, Guy, Willa)
How mythological? Fairly mythical.
Human DNA? Yep.
How much human DNA? Depends. A Cross-Blood could have one human parent, a human grandparent, or a human many-greats ancestor. It all results in a weakening of Legend, and makes them a Cross-Blood—though some are much stronger than others.
Magic? Unlikely, and it’s weak in the rare cases its present. Those that possess stronger Majick are likely to have a close Numen ancestor.
Do they Change form? Extremely unlikely, since they wouldn’t have enough Legend to spark the Change. Those that do are likely to have a close Numen ancestor.
Dangerous? About as dangerous as a household cat.
Breed of Legendary
Depending on what Numina ancestors a Legendary has, they can belong to one of two (or both!) of the following breeds. Returning to the canine example, in the way a dog might be a Labrador or a Poodle. a Legendary might be Dei or Crea.
Example: the child of a human and a Legend-Blood descendant of Mars would be a Cross-Blood Dei because 1) human and 2) God. Things get tricky when someone is a descendant of a God and a Creature—for example, the child of a Legend-Blood descendant of Juno and a Legend-Blood descendant of the Phoenix would be a Legend-Blood Crea and Dei (like Yasmin Wikke!)
DEI (e.g. Minnie, Guy, Mavers)
Descended from Gods? Yep.
Descended from Creatures? Nope.
Can be either Legend- or Cross-Blood? Yep.
Magic? Yes, although Cross-Bloods with mostly human DNA will only have weak Majick— for example, those with Aqua Majick could only influence water temperature, instead of being able to manipulate water into any form like most Legend-Bloods with Aqua.
CREA (e.g. Ran, Willa, Vic)
Descended from Gods? Nope.
Descended from Creatures? Yep.
Can be either Legend- or Cross-Blood? Yep.
Magic? Extremely rare, and only ever elemental Majick connected to their location of Change. If they change near the sea, they’d most likely develop Aqua Majick, for example. Majick in a Crea only ever occurs when the Legendary has a God ancestor.
PURE
The children of all-human ancestors.
Any mythological ties? Nope.
Any magic? Nope.
Imagine yourself.
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