When a series of unsettling revelations shatter the perfectly curated world of Dominic Archer, he unknowingly puts himself into the border that runs across worlds, his suppressed lineage parting the veil like a canoe rowing across the silent lake. His desperate search for clarity and yearning for answers to his heart's questions forces him to unknowingly perform the forbidden. As a mystical beacon manifests above town, Dominic is exposed to the world of Eternum, a massive sea of nebulae that surrounds an archipelago of floating land. Exposed to the unnatural world of magic and the Arcanum, Drawn into the realm like a moth to a flame, the young man thinks the answers are located somewhere in the void's expanse. Soon, an incessant search for identity and origin sparks a trek across an alien world where the rules are different and the dangers are ever present.  Finding himself at the very doors of the esteemed Aeon Academy amidst the enrollment season, Dominic is pulled right in when he discovers the truth of his descent. As the Arcana Modifier is set upon Dominic, he will have to grapple for control over the illusions that will plague him. In turn, he'd finally have a place to authentically belong. With the collision of heritage and magic comes the unprecedented occurrence of one rare event, one that even Eternum has never seen before, the Gathering. This Story is based on a Pre-existing Quiz made by yours truly. The quiz is entitled "I Manifest Your Power (Arcanum Transcendum)". This story is part of the Arcanum World-building and Lore which spans One main plotline and two spin-off series, all of whom I'd like to share with the world in the form of an original fiction as they've remained as quizzes and shelved up story outlines in my old dusty laptop. Now that I am given an opportunity and platform to bring them to literary life, I am taking it and I hope you enjoy this first one.