Blue mages
From Legonia
| The Blue Mages | |
|---|---|
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| Blazon: | |
| United Magical Academies | |
| Head | The high council |
| Foundation | unknown |
| Data | |
| People | ~3,000 (different races) |
| Language | Modern Legonian;Magic language |
| Religion | The big Something |
| Economy | Magical services; artifacts |
| Region | Middle Kingdom;Northern Kingdom |
Blue mages are the highest human sorcerors in North Legonia and famous all over the world. A blue mage has to be an alumni of an official sorcerer academy. The biggest one can be found in Azuran in Middle Kingdom. So most blue mages are living in Middle or Northern Kingdom, a few also travels through the world. Different than other magicain groups, blue mages have to follow strict codexes to be always idols for the people. The main mission of a blue mage must be to teach wisdom, search wisdom and guard the weaklings. But this doesn't mean, they'd like to be with simple people.
- See also: Magic
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Origin
As first blue mage counts Merlin. Legends say, that Merlin researched the natural power of magic and created the spellcastmagic, which allows normal races like humans to use the mana of their environment for powerful effects. Because he always weared a blue cape and hat, the powerful followers of his line are called blue mages. The first official ones were teached by Merlin himself in the 16th century in the Dragon Empire. After that they became masters and trained the newer generations.
Another theory doubts that Merlin was the first human sorceror. These historians believe in a tale, in which a powerful human mage was part of a magical forging of a legendary sword around the year 1008 o.C.
Social and political status
Blue mages are often rich and have own academies, magic stores, refuges for researches etc.. In Middle and Northern Kingdom it became tradition to have a blue mage as king's advisor (like Merlin was). So they also have big influence in world's history.
In the society, blue mages are beloved as councillors, healers or teachers of great wisdom. Of course, an expensive visit at a blue mage is often prefered than one at a witch or other dubious magicains, who weren't teached by a master.
Becoming a blue mage
Basicly, everyone could become a blue mage. But you need high intelligence, a natural talent for learning magical stuff, much money and a good social status to be accepted by an academy. Once welcomed years of education of the world and theoretical studying awaits until a blue mage choose his private adepts from the classes. About just 50% of students become adepts, the rest joined the academy for nothing (than education), but maybe they get a second chance next year's choice. After that, the real magic teaching starts. Spell by spell, adepts are trained until the master decides to practise the final exams. If the adept success, he is allowed to call himself a blue mage.
Studying
- Acceptance test (Can need up to 3 weeks)
- Basic education test
- Bloodline research
- Physical tests
- Psychological analyse
- Studying years (10-20 years in 10 classes and final tests in academy)
- History and political education
- Geography and nature education
- Physical trainings
- Theoretical magical education
- Class tests
- If success, next class
- If failed continuing but one class maximal one time.
- Master's choice
- If a master takes you, you'll be adept
- If no masters take you, you'll have to wait until one does.
- Adept training (5-??? years by blue mage master)
- Theoretical education
- Spell learning and training
- Working/Travelling with the master (First practice adventures)
- The final exam (Can be up to several weeks or months, depending on what the master demands)
- If success, you are blue mage
- If failed, you are nothing worth and will be banished from academy
Famous blue mages
Blue mages society
Once finished with school, most blue mages stay connected with the academy, where they were teached. Maybe they became new teachers or work for it in other ways. The academy is some kind of family while the relationship to "normal" people often changes after the studying.
The high academy
The academies together are also the only organisation and highest council. The leader of each academy is member of the high academy, which decides over study rules, leadership of the academies, management of artifacts and other items belonging to the academies and possible changings of the codexes or even the book of Legonia. Once a year, this high council met to discuss important things. Although some blue mages have political power, the high academy is not part of the kingdom's governments. The high academy is also a court for blue mages, who break the codexes.
Codexes
Being a blue mage means being an idol, so the academies force their students to hold holy rules made by the high academy. There are 5 different scrolls made by magical paper describing behaviour, laws and tenets of the blue mage society. They are all guarded in the academy in Azuran, but other academies do have copies. Also, the high academy can change the rules.
If someone is noticed by breaking these rules often, magical judgings by the high academy will follow. Punishments can be small, loosing the title blue mage or in worst cases banishments or death penalty. A blue mage, who starts experimenting with black magic, would be hunted and killed. The kings of the Northern and Middle Kingdom avoid to interfere into blue mages rules.
The 5 scrolls
- "The Tenets of Life"
- "Rules of using magic"
- "Social behaviour of a blue mage"
- "How to treat the evil"
- "How to treat yourself"
Aside, blue mages are forced to live in sexual abstinence. Unofficial love affairs are daily buisness but never talked about.
