The Frontier Courier

"Truth is just another thing that can get you killed."

October 31, 1895

Sara Eldritch

You Were Never Meant to Be Safe

"The frontier finally stopped pretending. There are no levels in this world because life does not rise in neat steps."

They keep asking me why the world feels crueler now. As if it ever wasn’t. The truth is simple: the frontier finally stopped pretending. There are no levels in this world because life does not rise in neat steps. You don’t become harder to kill because a number went up. You survive because you learned—too late, or just in time.

Marks are not rewards. They are scars that learned how to speak back. Every talent you carry is something that happened to you. Something you endured. Something that changed you in a way sleep cannot undo.

If you want comfort, go east. If you want truth, stay here.

November 12, 1895

Clara McGee

The Ledger Never Lies

"People think the Ledger is about money. That’s cute. The real Ledger is written in blood."

People think the Ledger is about money. That’s cute. The real Ledger is written in blood, sweat, and things you can’t scrub off your hands. Every favor you take from the world gets recorded somewhere. Every miracle expects repayment.

Hex Coins don’t buy power. They buy time. And time is the only thing anyone’s ever truly afraid to lose. You can spend light. You can spend luck. You can even spend pieces of yourself. Just don’t pretend the bill isn’t coming.

Balance your accounts. Or don’t. The Ledger keeps track either way.

December 3, 1895

Unsigned (Recovered from burned plate)

On the Matter of Power

"Power in this land is pressure. It builds. It leaks. It remembers."

You call them spells because that makes them sound tidy. They are not. Power in this land is pressure. It builds. It leaks. It remembers. Every time you reach into the Veil, something reaches back—not always with hands.

They tell you Hex Debt is a risk. That’s another lie. It’s a certainty with a delayed fuse. Some of us believe the system was built this way on purpose. Not to punish, but to reveal.

If you still think magic is free, you haven’t paid enough yet.

January 9, 1896

The Warden of the Iron Covenant

Why the World Is Divided

"Mortal. Veil. Supernatural. Cosmic. These aren’t philosophies. They’re containment lines."

Mortal. Veil. Supernatural. Cosmic. These aren’t philosophies. They’re containment lines.

The Mortal World is what breaks first. The Veil is what bends. The Supernatural is what leaks through when something gives way. And the Cosmic… the Cosmic doesn’t notice you at all. That’s the mercy of it.

We built this world so people would understand that not every threat can be fought. Some things are meant to be endured. Others are meant to be sealed away.