My name is Ezra Vale. I’m 19, chronically broke, and I just blew up half of my university’s science lab by accidentally summoning a cursed entity using a textbook and an energy drink.

Now the government thinks I’m some dark sorcerer, magical bounty hunters are chasing me across the city, and a talking cat claims she’s my magical parole officer.

I didn’t ask for this life. I just wanted to graduate and maybe flirt with the hot barista down the street.

Instead? I’m knee-deep in urban spell wars, eldritch app stores, and magical midterms I’m absolutely going to fail.

Good news? I may not know spells yet—but I’ve got brains, sarcasm, and a really bad habit of turning enemies into allies.

I’m not a hero.
I’m just a cursed genius trying not to die.

Let the hunt begin.

Traits: Genius IQ, social burnout, sarcastic underdog


Magic Status: Hex-bound; unstable power leak


Fighting Style: Improvisation, tech-hybrid spellcraft, traps


"I didn't ask to be magic. I just wanted to pass Chem and flirt with the barista."


Form: Talking black cat (true form unknown)


Personality: Sarcastic, blunt, secretly protective


"You being cursed isn't the problem. You being stupid with it is."


Arcana: Stable magic. Used in rituals, taught in mage academies.


Hex: Wild, chaotic magic. Often cursed, dangerous, unpredictable.


Spirit-Bound: Magic granted through contracts with spirits or familiars.


Glyphtech: Magic + tech. Powered runes embedded into modern devices.


Rune Logic: Academic and precise. Requires study.


Emotive Casting: Fueled by emotion. Risky, but fast.


Crafted Spells: Ezra's specialty—magic duct-taped to junk tech.


International organization regulating magic.


Tracks unlicensed spell users. Bureaucratic, cold, heavily armed.


Employs contractors like Agent Silvark (vampire bounty hunter).


Lists Ezra as a threat due to unstable magical output.


Sentient magical beings bound to a person or bloodline.


Can shapeshift (limited). Bound until death or contract fulfillment.


Provide magical insight, tracking, and spiritual links.


Nyra was bound to the Vale bloodline centuries ago.


-Magic law enforcement. Strict and elite.


-Monitors magical threats and keeps the public unaware.


-Sells forbidden magic, cursed items, and chaos runes.


-Ezra may end up here… if he survives.


-Magic hackers who steal, reroute, and pirate spells.


-Wild and dangerous. Potential allies—or enemies.


-Cult obsessed with awakening ancient chaotic magic.


-Worship entropy, prophecy, and something called "the Final Chord."


Auxiliary Volume 1: Characters, Lore, and Magic of Urban Hex