The Obsidian Circle
In the heart of the Quarter of Ashen Thrones, where the air crackles with the remnants of forgotten incantations, stands the Obsidian Circle, the largest and most feared mages’ guild in Dum Ramil. Its black-stone towers rise above the city like watching sentinels, their surfaces marked with sigils that glow faintly in the dim desert nights. To some, it is a place of scholarship and enlightenment. To others, it is a fortress of unchecked power, where knowledge is both currency and weapon.
A Seat of Arcane Might
The Obsidian Circle is not a place for the weak or the curious—it is a crucible, where only those strong enough to wield magic survive. To study within its halls is to accept a world where power is everything, where spells are not merely learned, but fought for, and where failure can mean far more than disgrace. The guild’s laws are few but ironclad: knowledge must be earned, weakness will not be tolerated, and betrayal is inevitable.
Though officially led by an Archmage, the true power of the guild lies in its inner cabal, a shifting assembly of rival masters, secretive scholars, and those who have survived long enough to carve their names into the Circle’s history. Alliances form and shatter within its halls, and apprentices often find themselves pawns in games played by those who see centuries, not years, as their measure of time.
The Guild of Shadows and Secrets
Unlike the grand academies of more orderly realms, the Obsidian Circle is a place of rivalry, danger, and endless ambition. Its halls are filled with floating orbs of light that see more than they should, doors that lead to places unknown, and whispers in languages long forgotten. The deeper one travels within its towers, the more reality seems to fray, bending to the will of those who call this place home.
Few outside the guild know what transpires within its obsidian walls. Fewer still dare to ask. For those who leave the Circle do so as changed beings—stronger, wiser, or broken beyond repair.
"To walk the halls of the Obsidian Circle is to hear power breathing. To stay too long is to let it breathe through you."
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