Magi Of Thandor

The Selection. That incident was the beginning of it all. The planet earth was in a galaxy with not a single speck of magic at all. And when the high humans came through portals they had no means to resist. Each one of them were disasters by themselves. Earthquakes and floods, tornados and volcanic eruptions happened. But high humans controlled the disasters well. All of them chose isolated areas to show their powers. None died as a result. Sixteen high humans gave their message. "Mortals, you shall not fear, as long as you obey our commands you will prosper with us. We have been blessed by the goddess with magic and we will choose few talented people to be our apprentices." Needless to say, response was an huge uproar. Countless men and women got tested. Only the most talented ones would be chosen. High humans way to measure magic affinity and potential was simple. They would direct some of their mana to your hands and ask you to turn it in to a ball. A red transparent ball with a sparkle inside would mean affinity towards fire element, a blue one with converging water drops in it would mean water, a brown ball with miniscule black dot earth affinity and lastly a white ball vacuuming air constantly would mean air affinity. There were also other affinities but their rate were a thousand to one or less. When high humans chose their apprentices they disappeared into their portals. Humanity carried on with it's life. Those who tested knew their affinity now but what could they do with it ? Brag about it ? That was what most did actually. Cults and organizatons were formed. Many people gathered and tried to awaken their power. But what could they do in a world without a speck of mana ? Although a bit chaotic at the beginning, world returned to normal. Until the Gates opened.