In this story, everything is governed by the Way, the fundamental nature of reality that exists only to be interpreted, never defined. It has no fixed truth, only infinite potential meanings that become real through the understanding of those who perceive it.
Summons are the physical manifestation of that understanding, shaped through material, symbolic anchors, and runic logic that give structure to belief and turn interpretation into existence.
Human institutions and magical beasts clash through competing ways of interpreting the Way, where power is not strength, but the depth, clarity, and coherence of one's understanding, and every conflict is ultimately a collision between beliefs trying to define what the Way should be.