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First and foremost in the new church, there are now three schools for those who would learn the arcane arts or practice [[spellpraying]] to the Lady of Spells. Those who are just beginning their journey into the mysteries of the arcane, regardless of race, age, or status, attend schools of the <span class="ANCHORLINK">Presage</span> (also called | First and foremost in the new church, there are now three schools for those who would learn the arcane arts or practice [[spellpraying]] to the Lady of Spells. Those who are just beginning their journey into the mysteries of the arcane, regardless of race, age, or status, attend schools of the <span class="ANCHORLINK">Presage</span> (also called Links of Lucinda). Students attending one of these schools are usually called Links. The schools are open to all, and older students who have moved to the Chain, even those who are in the Reaching, often attend and mix with the Links. The Octlar Mesh chooses a person every five years, called the Docet, to head each Presage. | ||
Second in the schools is the <span class="ANCHORLINK">Thaumaturge</span> (also called the | Second in the schools is the <span class="ANCHORLINK">Thaumaturge</span> (also called the Chain). This is both the home of the libraries and lore collections and the place where the Links go to begin learning the process of spell creation; not merely the route casting of preexisting spells as the Presage teaches. This can be a life's work or a month's study, depending on the skill and desires of the student and the decisions of the Reaching. The leader of the Thaumaturge is called the Scrollregent, and there is one at each location that there is a Presage. However, not every location can support a separate building dedicated to libraries. On [[Dregar]], [[Belinara]], and [[Tilmar]], the Scrollregent works inside the Presage. Scrollregents are chosen every ten years by the Octlar Mesh. | ||
Third, is the <span class="ANCHORLINK">Reaching</span>. Here are those who are a product of the past, extremely wise in the ways of magic, or who have been both a Link and part of the Chain; they teach beyond the use of magic. In these buildings, are the whys and when-not-to's of magic. The [[wisdom]] of lifetimes measured in decades and centuries are gathered and passed on here. There is one person in charge of the Reaching, located in [[Spellgard]], and she takes no title but goes by her birth name. Demisa Shimrastri was the first voted into the office and has remained the only person who truly heads the Reaching. While she is not a [[cleric]], she will be the first to say she has 400 years of experience making mistakes and learning from them and that should count for something. | Third, is the <span class="ANCHORLINK">Reaching</span>. Here are those who are a product of the past, extremely wise in the ways of magic, or who have been both a Link and part of the Chain; they teach beyond the use of magic. In these buildings, are the whys and when-not-to's of magic. The [[wisdom]] of lifetimes measured in decades and centuries are gathered and passed on here. There is one person in charge of the Reaching, located in [[Spellgard]], and she takes no title but goes by her birth name. Demisa Shimrastri was the first voted into the office and has remained the only person who truly heads the Reaching. While she is not a [[cleric]], she will be the first to say she has 400 years of experience making mistakes and learning from them and that should count for something. | ||
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===== <span class="BOLD">Presage (Links of Lucinda)</span> ===== | ===== <span class="BOLD">Presage (Links of Lucinda)</span> ===== | ||
Magic is. Love it. Do not [[fear]] what you do not understand. Come to the arms of Lucinda's faithful and learn to use your power. Embrace the Al'Noth as a gift that no one else can give you. Use it for yourself or others. Lucinda does not judge as long as it is done with passion and with respect to the Al'Noth. | |||
This is the message of the Presage, where those with the ability may learn to control innate magic or to cast spells. Here is taught all the basics of tapping into and protecting the Al'Noth. Here too, with practice, one can learn more subtle forms of the art. No distinction is made between the power of Lucinda's divine magic and the Al'Noth, and both clerics and mages may learn here side by side. Four continents and one island have temples and shrines that include a Presage. The largest is located on the Catena Campus in Spellgard. The halls are open to anyone. There are guides to help new students and there are safe rooms to practice spells in. Anyone who wishes to be consecrated by Lucinda's clerics may do so here at no cost. | This is the message of the Presage, where those with the ability may learn to control innate magic or to cast spells. Here is taught all the basics of tapping into and protecting the Al'Noth. Here too, with practice, one can learn more subtle forms of the art. No distinction is made between the power of Lucinda's divine magic and the Al'Noth, and both clerics and mages may learn here side by side. Four continents and one island have temples and shrines that include a Presage. The largest is located on the Catena Campus in Spellgard. The halls are open to anyone. There are guides to help new students and there are safe rooms to practice spells in. Anyone who wishes to be consecrated by Lucinda's clerics may do so here at no cost. | ||
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===== <span class="BOLD">Thaumaturge (Chain)</span> ===== | ===== <span class="BOLD">Thaumaturge (Chain)</span> ===== | ||
For every lesson learned, there are ten lost to time. For every spell created, there are a hundred waiting to be scribed. You are here to know more, to delve, to uncover, to create. You are here to read what has come before you so you might test the limits of your understanding. You are here to travel the world and add to the knowledge of the Al'Noth. You are here to share that knowledge in the name of the Star's Mage. And you are here to find out what puts the sparkle in our Lady's eyes; the discovery of magic and magic through discovery. | |||
The Thaumaturge is the second stage of learning, often called the Chain because it is where the Links begin to combine their knowledge and build new spells. The libraries and other collections of knowledge reside here, allowing a Link to begin researching on his or her own. Overseen by a Scrollregent, there are thick [[stone]] buildings slathered in magical protections and dedicated to the collection of arcane knowledge on [[Mistone]], in Spellgard, and on [[Alindor]] at Castle Imjam. Smaller libraries exist within Presage buildings on Dregar, Belinara, and Tilmar. Students can spend any amount of time here. Rarely will a student speed through spell development and be able to manipulate the Al'Noth in months. Usually it is a matter of years and a lifetime for some. The current Scrollregent of the Spellgard Thaumaturge, Umbek Haggerstan, has spent twenty years of his life delighting in the discovery of new spells and powers, and he espouses no desire to join the ranks of the Reaching. | The Thaumaturge is the second stage of learning, often called the Chain because it is where the Links begin to combine their knowledge and build new spells. The libraries and other collections of knowledge reside here, allowing a Link to begin researching on his or her own. Overseen by a Scrollregent, there are thick [[stone]] buildings slathered in magical protections and dedicated to the collection of arcane knowledge on [[Mistone]], in Spellgard, and on [[Alindor]] at Castle Imjam. Smaller libraries exist within Presage buildings on Dregar, Belinara, and Tilmar. Students can spend any amount of time here. Rarely will a student speed through spell development and be able to manipulate the Al'Noth in months. Usually it is a matter of years and a lifetime for some. The current Scrollregent of the Spellgard Thaumaturge, Umbek Haggerstan, has spent twenty years of his life delighting in the discovery of new spells and powers, and he espouses no desire to join the ranks of the Reaching. | ||
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===== <span class="BOLD">Reaching</span> ===== | ===== <span class="BOLD">Reaching</span> ===== | ||
All the power in the world will slip through mad fingers without wisdom. Magic is power; it grants the ability to command one's surroundings and make what you will of them. Yet, Lucinda teaches that to misuse arcane power is to fail in the love and understanding of magic. To draw too strongly on the Al'Noth and to break links of energy and strip the very air of magic are abuses. To be in the Reaching is to know both how to break the Al'Noth and why one should not. | |||
Those who cast arcane spells are often happy in the Chain, researching and learning. But to those who have learned either through hard experience or cautious nature the dangers of the Al'Noth, the Reaching is home. The lessons here revolve around all the ways the Al'Noth can be damaged, all the ways magical flow can be hampered, and how to remedy those situations; the ethics of magical use. Beyond that, the Reaching teaches that these things that damage the Al'Noth should not be done. Most of the members have the experience to avoid the most [[evil]] uses of magic as well as those practices that damage the source. It is this group that watches for those who would damage the Al'Noth and brings them to Illumination justice. | Those who cast arcane spells are often happy in the Chain, researching and learning. But to those who have learned either through hard experience or cautious nature the dangers of the Al'Noth, the Reaching is home. The lessons here revolve around all the ways the Al'Noth can be damaged, all the ways magical flow can be hampered, and how to remedy those situations; the ethics of magical use. Beyond that, the Reaching teaches that these things that damage the Al'Noth should not be done. Most of the members have the experience to avoid the most [[evil]] uses of magic as well as those practices that damage the source. It is this group that watches for those who would damage the Al'Noth and brings them to Illumination justice. | ||