Teclos exhaled slowly and lifted the thick parchment in front of him. The quill felt strange in his hand—feathered, with a sharp tip—and the ink beside him glimmered faintly, something that wouldn't be erased once he put it on the parchment.
For a moment, he simply stared at it, heart thumping loudly. Today was the day he had been preparing for ever since he first learned about this ceremony.
He dipped the quill carefully and turned the first page.
The test began with questions about monsters—creatures that lurked beyond Kolma, waiting in the shadows or simply existing as part of the world's dangerous tapestry.
The exam divided them into two categories: beasts and monsters. Beasts were more like animals from his old world, but with powers—usually docile or harmless if left unprovoked. Monsters, on the other hand, were dangerous, often aggressive, and sometimes terrifyingly intelligent.
