Quintessence is currently a dead site, though there are hopes of reviving it.

It is modern times. Magic exists, but we-- the average person on the street-- don't know about it. And yet, our entire world is caught up in the oldest of stuggles.

Light versus darkness.

Twenty-odd years ago, the Vwn, the ultimate incarnation of darkness-- basically darkness itself, Hell, animate-- moved into a medium-sized city of Amherst, in North America. With it came the demonkind, the dark fae, the power-seeking magi, and all the things dark and unholy. A blackness settled over the city like pollution.

Well, obviously, the Light couldn't just let this pass. The Atha, the sentient incarnation of light-- the Vwn's opposite-- has come to Amherst seeking answers, and seeking to illuminate the Vwn's reasons for this move.

Amherst has become a battleground for the oldest war, and most of its citizens don't even know it. Nor does anyone know the Vwn's private reason for its move...

Quintessence lived a short life, quickly dying for lack of active administration. Qualified people seeking to admin it would be most welcome.