Mykhailo Katyurichev – The Path of the Outcast

The traditional premise of a fantasy about people from our world - the hero suddenly and for no reason finds himself transported to another world, and at the same time receives not only a different body, but also magical abilities. Everything would be fine, but magical abilities are connected with dark magic, and dark magicians are really not liked in this world. The only thing that saves him from reprisals is the local archmage, who was not too lazy to understand the situation, took custody of the newly minted dark magician, and even enrolled him in the local magic academy. But everyone around you considers you a bloodthirsty monster and doesn’t mind settling scores at the first opportunity.

The hero immediately becomes an outcast upon arrival. After all, he is a magician of destruction, whose whole essence is tied to chaos and destruction. He is not able to use classical magic, spells around him are quickly destroyed, but he is able to absorb the magical and vital forces of those around him and can destroy anything, even the very fabric of the world. In addition, abilities begin to change character, and the hero begins to catch himself on bloodthirsty thoughts that were previously unusual for him. So you have to simultaneously fight your own dark desires and endure the contempt of others who consider you the personification of evil. Of course, things cannot happen without conflicts, but still he manages to find friends and even have success with the opposite sex. Only because of the peculiar features of the gift of carnal pleasures, nothing will happen to him. In fact, the hero constantly balances on the brink between bloodthirstiness and conscience, and the attitude of those around him does not at all contribute to a good attitude towards them. It turns out that the local light ones in their actions can often give a head start to the dark magician, and everyone blames him for all sins early on.

A magical world in which dark magicians are outlawed. Moreover, if ordinary dark magicians such as necromancers can exist poorly if they do not interfere with civilized states, then magicians of destruction are mercilessly destroyed. Because power leaves its mark on behavior, and with the growth of power they become uncontrollable bloodthirsty monsters. But the world does not tolerate emptiness, and due to the destruction of the magicians of destruction, the balance is shifting. Very unpleasant events begin to occur, such as invasions of the undead, the emergence of territories infected with chaos and an increase in the number of criminals. Ordinary people, of course, do not notice this, but the supreme magician, who personally destroyed the last destroyer, quickly finds out his mistake. And the emergence of a hero becomes a real gift for him - after all, from the very beginning he teaches him to control his powers and dark desires, protects him from those who want to “destroy evil” and in return hopes that he will be able to restore the slow destruction of the world

The difficult fate of a dark magician in a school for light ones. Moreover, according to their life principles, some bright ones are not distinguished by piety

The hero constantly and successfully struggles with his dark desires, which cannot but arouse sympathy

Irony, self-irony and simply funny situations still dilute the rather joyless existence of a dark magician

When the dark side of the hero’s essence breaks through, he still turns into a rather unpleasant person