Magic Mastery Treatise IV
| Magic Mastery Treatise IV Written by L. |
| "Message to the Mages of the Academy in Anticipation of a Catastrophe: A Manifesto and a Call to Action" Allows you to learn the following Magic Mastery abilities: Seal of Shackles Arcane Lore Reading this book grants some Experience. |
Copies of this pamphlet, rewritten by the same hand, used to circulate among the Academy mages, but only for a short while - the postulates suggested by their author were deemed too inflammatory, so it was decided to confiscate and burn them all. By miracle, a few tomes managed to survive - acquiring one for your collection is considered a great luck among book dealers. 1600 |
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| “ | Copies of this pamphlet, rewritten by the same hand, used to circulate among the Academy mages, but only for a short while - the postulates suggested by their author were deemed too inflammatory, so it was decided to confiscate and burn them all. By miracle, a few tomes managed to survive - acquiring one for your collection is considered a great luck among book dealers. | „ |
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...No, I harbor no sympathies for secret cults - I had a chance to witness the results of their abominable rituals with my own eyes. Even though the weight of my sins will almost certainly keep me from uniting with the Host after death, and the High Hieron would gladly condemn me to anathema if they knew my name and the full extent of my deeds, I intend to do everything in my power to once and for all cleanse Aldor from forbidden magic.
Alas, such a task is insurmountable for a single person even if they, just like myself, are intimately familiar with the occult. Upon reading this text, a member of the church might exclaim that this matter is already being attended to by all manner of witchfinders - and judging by the sizable list of alleged witches, warlocks, and renegade mages eliminated over the last few years, they are doing perfectly fine, aren't they?
It's not that simple, however. After all, what exactly is a witchfinder? An incompetent fool in a tall hat, whose zeal is supposed to compensate for his inability to discern and reflect. They are quick to resort to violence, fearing to experience even a shadow of a doubt. How many brilliant men and women did they brand as heretics and subjected to terrible torture? How many well-meaning Sages did they ruthlessly execute on the spot based on nothing but far-fetched accusations? And how many actual warlocks managed to elude their punishment by pretending to be pious children of the Host, allowing others to pay for their crimes?
The answer is self-evident. No matter how much Hieronites may deny it, the world is much more complex than it seems - and with every passing hour, these indiscriminate purges tip the scales towards the least desireable outcome, a catastrophe of unprecedented proportions. I've always said and will continue to say: the hunt for warlocks shall be carried out by mages. Only we can fully grasp the extent of what we're dealing with, only we can distinguish a witch from a simple sorcerer, and only we know how to do it without spilling more blood than neccessary.
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That's why I ask the question again: how much longer do you plan to hide in the Academy's high towers? When will you finally be ready to demonstrate not only in words but in deeds that it's mages who are the most prepared to defend the Host and the people of this world?
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