Piper Robbin and the American Oz Maker

AHRIMAN A magical being who fell to Asia from the stars around 8,000 B.C. Though the sex of this being is not known, its children, the original World Makers—Dao Changkratok, Edison Godfellow (aka Da Vinci), and Svetlana Frankivsk (the missing World Maker), among others—named him Ahriman after the omnimalevolent Persian spirit. They saw their parent only in their darkest dreams and its form always resembled that of a huge, bee-like creature, though with many eyes and infinite patience. Ahriman’s true origin and intent yet remains a matter of mystery and conjecture. Upon ascension to World Maker in the 18 th century, Czarina Catherine Romanova also had visions of a similar creature she believed to be Ahriman. ARIA MAGIC Since the birth of the World Makers in the Bronze Age, only two ever possessed the power of aria, and both were women. The first, Dao Changkratok, lived in old Thailand and died at the hands of the Dio Soldati following an attempt to murder Edison Godfello...