Guilt is a powerful emotion.  It can drive us to do better or drive us into despair.  Diomedes Thade's spend his entire life feeling terrible about what he is.  A magic user from a line of magic users with a long past of misdeeds.  He never took part in any of it, nor did several generations before him, but the guilt persists.  Passed down from generation to generation like the world's worst heirloom.  Prompted to do good, he finally leaves his community to make it on his own.  He tries his best to hide what he is, but life has a way of bringing it to light.  Cover art by:  (1) Bored Kaiju (@BoredKaiju) / X