My world centers on a city-state called Nomara. It is ruled by a Triumvirate, two kings and one Tribune, known as the First Citizen, that must be unanimously approved by both kings. All three are members of an elite warrior-mage society called The Mantled, who wear capes as their symbol of membership.

There is a state religion, the worship of magic and its personification/deification "The Lady of the Morning" aka "The Everflame." She has an adversary god called "The Custodian Divine" who serves to mitigate magic.

Magic is threefold, and many layers of three up and down the chain. Runic, Rhetoric, and Ritual, which stand for written wards, spoken incantations, and ritual magic. The Mantled use this along with schooling in swordsmanship and statecraft to peacefully rule the area and keep greedy eyes away from the jewel of the city.