An Arsonist and a Necromancer Walk into a Bar

Palmira, a fire mage and street orphan, scrapes by in the shadows of a city still scarred by the Demon Wars. After years of hoarding coins, she finally buys a wizard’s staff—her ticket out of poverty and into the ranks of the adventurer’s guilds. But her triumph sours when she discovers the staff’s grim history: it once served the most infamous necromancer the world has ever known. Now, whispers of the dead cling to her every spell, and the guild’s elite watch her with suspicion. To survive, Palmira must master both flame and the staff’s lingering darkness—before its former owner’s legacy consumes her.