It is important to clarify right away: I am not my main character. We are completely different people.

My character is a magician who grew up in a harsh, cruel world. A world with its own laws, far removed from humanism and modern moralising. What seems monstrous to us is considered normal in his society.

Remember that not so long ago — in the middle of the 20th century — so-called ‘human zoos’ still existed in civilised Europe, where dark-skinned people were kept in cages. Remember the headlines in the news today, where in some countries women are still sentenced to gang rape by decision of the ‘village council’. History and reality are full of examples of societies where morality is a privilege, not the norm.

It is in such a dark, magical, feudal world that my hero lives. Here, magicians despise the prohibitions on ‘harassing Muggles,’ considering them absurd restrictions. Here, a common ingredient for a potion can be ‘the heartstring of a werewolf.’ Laws are written by the powerful — for the powerful. And when necessary, they are simply broken.

My main character is a child of this system. He does not fight it because it suits him. He is pure-blooded, he is strong, he is at the top. He is cynical, paranoid, and pragmatic to the core. He will not defend the abstract rights of Muggle-borns — simply because he does not believe in such things as ‘universal equality.’

So if you are looking for a story about a heroic beacon fighting for justice and equal rights, this is not it. This is a story about power, cruelty, magic, and strength. And about a man who, in this world, is not the exception, but the rule.

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