The End of War, and the Start of Alienation The war was won. (More accurately speaking, every country lost the ability to wage war on account of the magicalization of women problem.) The women managed to protect their homelands, but when they returned home, what awaited them were the heartless men. In the name of regulating magical powers that was recently demonstrated in warfare, laws were passed mandating that all women must wear an iron mask when outside. In some even crueler areas, handcuffs were mandatory in order to stop all magical gestures. Even though masks weren't mandatory at home, there were many men who couldn't relax unless they had the keys to the masks in their breast pockets at all times.