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Anyone who is "a Wizard" (the general term by the populace) is feared by everyone else. Nobles have a well placed respect for Wizards and many Wizards have aspirations of power. The only reason the whole world is not taken over by these often quite corrupt individuals is that they are so few and far between that they can't muster that force, and when their spells run out, they are often weak bookworms with no combat ability whatsoever.
The '''Sickle''' is the mage guild of the Realms, monopolising the use of magic and protecting its users (killing magic users who does not want to join their ranks).


Instead, a lot of the influence they have comes from intrigue and manipulation. Magic items are exceedingly rare and costs thousands of gold pieces. Nobody except nobles would spend the same amount of money on a sword as is the price for a decent apartment in [[Capitoleum]].


The [[Sickle]], which is the mage guild of all the Realms (specifically that means the [[Northrealm]]s, [[Midrealm]]s and [[Southrealm]]s) has its seat in the Capitoleum in the [[Spire]] (what's with Wizards and their love for towers, ey?). It's maintained by Wizards, where the highest circle are called "The Administrators", which has been a problem with the rest of the city's administrations as they do not want to be confused with wizards.


There is a rumoured "black faction" within the Sickle called the [[Scythe]]. No evidence has been provided for this faction and the truth is that the corruption of individual Wizards is often so great anyway, so there seems to be no need for it, but people do like to gossip, especially about Wizards.


The rumour has it that some of them are unhappy with even being with humans so they summon demons and do dirty acts with, or sends up animals to their rooms and have their ways with them. They start this as Apprentices and that's why they never have children.


Regardless of what you believe, The Sickle has a tight rein of magic users in the Realms, and have people in most cities looking out for magic users. They even have a powerful spell that registers ALL use of magic in the biggest cities. Just as well because often parents are so afraid of their child if they develop magic potential they will turn their kids in themselves. When a Wizard returns to his home town, he's often change massively, which is thought to be because The Sickle brainwashes young children with demonic magic to make them more like them.
During the Prosperous Times, the [[Sickle]] managed to gain a lot of public support and partly wipe away some of its tarnished reputation by pledging help to the city without demands for compensation. They helped to move the river Wildrun into an impressive moat, move tonnes of soil to enable important buildings to be founded on bedrock and to irrigate the local fields as well as setting up a system of magic enhancement to improve the crops themselves, making the already massive city almost self-sufficient.
 
The great fire of XXXX was found to have been started by an 11-year old daughter of a noble family, who had undetected magic powers which randomly manifested and burned not just the girl, but the whole estate and most of the family. The fire spread to an oil storage for street lamps and almost took on catastrophic consequences from there on.
 
The Sickle, which was central in putting out the fire, managed to raise awareness of the dangers of uncontrolled magic as well as creating a strong sense of urgency to report magic use in non-Wizards. When they pledged to cast a powerful detection spell, it was even welcomed.
 
The Sickle also gave the King a hundred fire-free street lamps to avoid further fires and pledged to continue to deliver lamps to entirely replace the oil lamps (much to the outcry of oil salesmen and lamp lighters). The catch was that the city would have to pay for magic power at a cost similar to that of the oil lamps, a deal the King gratefully accepted.
 
Some lamp lighters got to keep their jobs, only now they refill the lamps with magical batteries rather than oil.
 
Despite many a good deed, The Sickle has never completely gained public support even in the city, and some merchant initiatives are to avoid MEP - magically enhanced produce.


That's better than hiding the child though, because there are lots of stories where that happened and the child charged up magic so much until he literally exploded and killed not only himself but his family and sometimes the neighbours as well.


Magic items are ironically highly sought after and a massive status symbol, but the people feel they have many reasons to report magic behaviour if they notice it.




Revision as of 19:22, 7 September 2014

The Sickle is the mage guild of the Realms, monopolising the use of magic and protecting its users (killing magic users who does not want to join their ranks).



During the Prosperous Times, the Sickle managed to gain a lot of public support and partly wipe away some of its tarnished reputation by pledging help to the city without demands for compensation. They helped to move the river Wildrun into an impressive moat, move tonnes of soil to enable important buildings to be founded on bedrock and to irrigate the local fields as well as setting up a system of magic enhancement to improve the crops themselves, making the already massive city almost self-sufficient.

The great fire of XXXX was found to have been started by an 11-year old daughter of a noble family, who had undetected magic powers which randomly manifested and burned not just the girl, but the whole estate and most of the family. The fire spread to an oil storage for street lamps and almost took on catastrophic consequences from there on.

The Sickle, which was central in putting out the fire, managed to raise awareness of the dangers of uncontrolled magic as well as creating a strong sense of urgency to report magic use in non-Wizards. When they pledged to cast a powerful detection spell, it was even welcomed.

The Sickle also gave the King a hundred fire-free street lamps to avoid further fires and pledged to continue to deliver lamps to entirely replace the oil lamps (much to the outcry of oil salesmen and lamp lighters). The catch was that the city would have to pay for magic power at a cost similar to that of the oil lamps, a deal the King gratefully accepted.

Some lamp lighters got to keep their jobs, only now they refill the lamps with magical batteries rather than oil.

Despite many a good deed, The Sickle has never completely gained public support even in the city, and some merchant initiatives are to avoid MEP - magically enhanced produce.

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