I'm intrigued, and shall start writing up my character for this shortly. Before I start, though, I have to ask: are we able to begin with anything resembling any above-average amount of the six Essences in this game, [@ravenDivinity]? For instance, say I wrote up a character who, thanks to a relatively good constitution and the miracle of modern medicine, fairly recently survived being stabbed through the heart. Would it be the case that he started off with a higher Vitality Essence than a normal person, or would he just be "a guy who happened to survive being stabbed through the heart" until he started training himself in magic? I would, of course, assume that you allocate starting Essences based on backstory/in-game actions either way, but I'm just curious about how that situation works.