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Collegium Arcanum (Open RP)
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Post by
morginar
Character
: Eldoroth Bloodstrider
Location
: Mage Tower
School
: Arcane Magic
Eldoroth carefully picked the rod up and looked at the runes on the rod, inspecting them closer and moving his finger along the markings.
Post by
Behelich
Character
: Androw Kavendish, Varathrien Malaghast
Location
: the Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
"Alright, let's get this over with. What is magic?" Varathrien asked after everyone was seated.
Character
: Siber Antares, Dietrich Eisenfaust
Location
: the Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
"Now, students, do you have any questions?" the Curator asked after several seconds of silence.
Siber raised a hand, and after a nod from Eisenfaust, stood up and spoke.
"Sir, the Taskmaster has mentioned there are people who can learn both disciplines. So, what is the difference between us and mages, sir?"
"I have yet to meet, or even hear about a person, in whom the two are in perfect balance. Until the evidence to the contrary proves me wrong, you can either be a mage who has picked up several spellbreaker's tricks of the trade, or vice versa, though for some reason the former are more numerous than the latter. Note that I am using the term numerous in a broad sense of term, for there truly are few people of such dual nature.
On a different level, nothing would actively prevent a mage working to protect the world from his own kind; indeed, some of the more experienced magisters of Kirin Tor recognize the danger posed by the maleficarum, and are more than willing to cooperate with us."
"Sir, wouldn't the spellbreakers using arcane be susceptible to corruption as well, sir?" Siber asked.
"They would," Dietrich responded simply.
Character
: Eryan Arnell, Joaquin Santiago
Location
: Mage Tower
Eryan grasped the rod, holding it as if it were a sword without a blade. Though the ginger youth was obviously enthusiastic about the exercise, he made sure neither of the arcane instrument's ends were pointing at him or his neighbors.
Joaquin, on the other hand, picked up the rod tenderly, as he would with a masterwork flute. The bard held it to the light to see if it was straight, then ran his nimble fingers along the runes' surface, already trying to memorize how they felt to the touch.
Post by
morginar
Character
: Elthalis Azuresong
Location
: the Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
School
: Battle Magic
"Curator Malaghast. Magic is the mysical energies such as arcane and fel." Elthalis replied as if reading from a book, her body unmoving.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Veraldine, Arthur, Miss Skivver
Location:
Mage Tower
"Hold the rod with one hand on each end, like so. When you have done so, concentrate on the runes. Arcane magics come from the ley lines about the world. Each one is a river of arcane power, constantly refreshing itself. A mage draws upon this power to fuel their spellcasting. The only limit on how much a mage can draw depends upon their knowledge and practice, proximity, and natural connection to these ley lines.
"Now, focus on the rod itself. Your body naturally draws on the ley lines. You need to try and focus this power, and push it between your hands and into the rod. If you cannot, then you have preemptively failed and I congratulate you on not wasting any more of my time."
"Observe." Without seeming to look down at the rod in her hands, the runes abruptly flashed to life in a single sequence. "This, students, is what a full rod will look like," she said, brandishing the rod in the air for effect. The eight runes flickered with light as though aflame, and cut an arcing pattern through the air.
Vera eyed the instructor, then turned to the rod in her hands. She raised a brow and shrugged, closing her eyes and concentrating.
Arthur held the rod in sweaty hands. His eyes were screwed shut and with a trembling frame bent over the rod, focusing, channeling, trying to force the energy into the device.
Post by
morginar
Character
: Eldoroth Bloodstrider
Location
: Mage Tower
School
: Arcane Magic
Eldoroth, holding the rod in his steady hands, shut his eyes. Focused on the runed stick in his hands, his body relaxing as he concentrated on the task at hand.
Post by
Behelich
Character
: Eryan Arnell, Joaquin Santiago
Location
: Mage Tower
Not to be outdone by a girl, Eryan secured a firm two-handed grip and locked his eyes on the rod, presumably in an attempt to browbeat it into filling up with arcane energy.
Joaquin leaned back in his chair, trying to make himself as comfortable as possible. He rested his elbows on the table and picked the rod up, then closed his eyes in concentration.
Post by
tuvarkz
Character: Raegar Stormbreaker
Location: The Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
School: Battle Magic
Raegar couldn't find a better answer, so he remained silent. In any case, he had not received much instruction on the theoretical aspect of magic, his tutor having focused on the practical stuff. The blood elf had once said: "You are not ought to be a scholar in any case if you are becoming a battle mage. Let the scholars do the research and the books, you will be in the battlefield obliterating things." The orc was prudent enough not to repeat such a thing, though.
Post by
Monday
Character
: Octavian Cassius
Location
: Battle Mage's Quarter, Common Hall
Octavian's mouth thinned at the last statement. "Then why would any resort to such tricks?" he asked, mostly rhetorically.
Character
: Josha Clawson, Serenade
Location
: Techno Workshop
"How do you turn on?" Josh replied, without missing a beat. The machine began to hum softly, and a figure appeared on the glass above it. They seemed to be made of blue light, and were obviously a draenei. "I do not understand the question," the draenei replied. "Please restate."
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Leo Prometheus
Location:
Tech Workshop
"Will MC here ever find true love?" Leo put in unhelpfully.
Post by
Behelich
Character
: Siber Antares, Dietrich Eisenfaust
Location
: the Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
"Some think that the ends justify the means - I am sure I do not need to tell you how twisted this viewpoint is and to what depths it inevitably leads. Others merely want power; it is unfortunate and inevitable that every group will have its own rogue elements," Dietrich shook his head sadly.
Post by
Persen
Kimberly Fraser
Spellbreaker's quarter - common room
Kim eyed Octavian critically. She raised her hand to make an addition.
Post by
Behelich
Character
: Siber Antares, Dietrich Eisenfaust
Location
: the Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
"Yes, Kimberly?" Eisenfaust nodded encouragingly.
Post by
Persen
Kimberly Fraser
Spellbreaker's quarter - common room
"Isn't this just another tool - weapon - to use against mages? Something like, fighting fire with fire, sir?"
Post by
Behelich
Character
: Siber Antares, Dietrich Eisenfaust
Location
: the Battle Mages' Quarter, Common Hall
"Were it that easy," Dietrich sighed. "Sometimes, the rewards outweigh the risk taken. However, keep in mind that no matter how experience, wary and humble a person may be, there is always a possibility of corruption. It is smaller for some, larger than others - it all depends on each individual person.
Suffice it to say that when a field burns, sometimes the only option is to start another fire so that they douse one another - but only if there truly is no other way. That is for the arcane; on the subject of fel I am deeply convinced that there is no occasion that would warrant its use."
Post by
Persen
Kimberly Fraser
Spellbreaker's quarter - common room
Kim nodded in unconvinced understanding, and relaxed back in her armchair. She wondered if the curator had ever seen a forest wildfire, but kept silent.
Post by
Monday
Character
: Josha Clawson, Serenade
Location
: Techno Workshop
"The nature of love is such that the heart cannot truly know that it is love until it is gone," the draenei began, and only got more purpley from there. "Shut off, shut off!" Josh said, searching the machine for a switch of some kind. As he spoke, however, the machine shut off.
"Same thing happened to me when I first found that," Serenade remarked, watching. "Though I was unfortunate enough to ask 'why me?' Nearly scared the fel out of me when it turned on."
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Leo Prometheus
Location:
Tech Workshop
"What'd it say?" Leo was either brave or stupid enough to ask the instructor.
Post by
Monday
Character
: Josha Clawson, Serenade
Location
: Techno Workshop
"Honestly, I don't remember. I think I blanked it out," Serenade replied with a rueful chuckle. "It was too stupid to remember."
Post by
oneforthemoney
Character:
Leo Prometheus
Location:
Tech Workshop
"This is the best Magic 8 ball
ever
," Leo asserted gleefully.
Post by
Aimsyr
Grintham Stoneshield
The Battle Mages' Quarter
Grintham turned Elthalis' way as she spoke, then immediately looked back to the front, struggling to maintain his manners. The dwarf tried to think of a suitable definition himself.
"Another means'a drivin' our enemies out'a this world once and fer all, Curator Malaghast?" he ventured.
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