Figments

All of human history paled in the face of The Emergence. Imaginary creatures from dreams and nightmares poured into every aspect of life. Cities fell, religions collapsed, humans fled, and the world changed.

And that was the easy part. Figments came to children, bonding themselves to the young and impressing upon them mystical powers that earned many the title of "demon". Disowned from humanity, the children had nothing else to cling to but their no-longer-imaginary friends, and many earned ...