Oraland

Magical powers exist, and they feed on fame. The more known you are for a certain ability, whether that be physical strength, artistry, or empathy, you gain superhuman power in that area. If you are infamous, your power corrupts and can be used for evil. Thus, the High Court strictly regulates who gets to leave their villages and be known in the outside world. Academies secretly train people to become skilled while keeping them anonymous until they have been proven worthy.   Outside of the strictly regulated society, Players roam with artistic magics, religious cults shun fame and magic altogether or else worship Favour itself, and rogue scholars secretly spread banned knowledge that give its subjects more power.   Overshadowing all of this, looms the threat of Kronos, the foretold figure who will rise against the people of Oraland and erase them, and their magic, from the earth.   Centrally, then, this is a world obsessed with knowledge and who should have it, as well as talent, and who should have that. But fame is notoriously fickle, and prophecies are not to be relied upon.