The Flames appeared , 1112 of them, suddenly one night...

Their purpose was not immediately clear, but it was soon discerned that these mysterious blazes were a sacrament.

And that Wizards who passed through the flame...

...were not so much transformed, but transmuted.

Some of these outcomes were anti-climactic.

Some were of hideous, profane horror.

And some were of supreme grandeur.

It was possible that this Sacred Flame did not burn at all, but was rather a catalyst to open a portal through the Quantum Shadow itself.

And the Quantum Shadow was the most unpredictable magic of all.