On Sorcerers

Purpose

Jannet's purpose in writing and studying the topic was to give borth scholars, arcanists and the public a better and broader understanding of sorcerers because of the backlash they have faced throughout history and especially by Thornheart themselves. In addition to revealing interesting and important numbers around the topic, Jannet also managed to shed some light on Thornheart and their grevious actions during the magic purge. This helped the public image of Shimmerford, but also made them take more responsibility in light of their many mistakes throughout history.

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References

Thornheart documents regarding sorcerers and their intentions towards them were used as sources for Jannet's work, and many of these documents had never seen the public eye before her work was publicly released.

Publication Status

The book was printed by Shimmerford, and after 5 years of private distribution to important figures and organizations in the field, it was made more public and easily obtainable. It is now regarded as the best selling book on the topic and is believed to have sold 50,000 books as of A4 650.

Legal status

Because of the thorough research and strong base of the scientific papers, it was quickly legalized by Shimmerford as the leading source on sorcerer probability and research. It is used by most arcanists and organizations such and Shimmerford, The Arcantory Institution, Hexan's Order, The Calareen Circles and The Damascus Discursion.

Historical Details

Public Reaction

The public reaction to Jannet's On Sorcerers was quite varied. On one half the people finally got answers on how sorcerers come to and how many people are born with magic among the races. But on the other hand, many readers, especially the younger readers wanted to test themself for magic, and because of the lack of proper tests mentioned in the book, most youth made their own tests and trials to identify sorcerers. One of these tests became known as the "Flynt's Leap of Faith", called up after Flynt Sanchel who was a sorcerer in Fangorn who's powers manifested after a failed suicide attempt where he jumped of the Sun Tower. Atleast 13 teenagers died during the popularity of this test, and 34 others were also believed to have died in various ways trying to awaken magical talents. Because of the problems that occured with these tests, a new warning label had to be added into newer prints of the book, in an attempt to stop these tests.

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On Sorcerers

Sorcerers in Aloth have been around for most if not all of documented history. But there are a few things that have changed over the ages, like the probability of a sorcerer being born. These probabilities were first properly calculated during the reign of Thornheart, and their response to how to treat the race were based upon the probability and other factors (which is documented below). This chart shows the probability of the races documented by Thornheart and how to approach the race, in addition to an update probability chart which was made a few centuries after the calamity as a spike in sorcerers were seen during the calamity and the following three decades (a part of history often referred to as the magic reawakening, as numbers were close to what they were during the end of the avatar battles). All numbers and information shared and calculated in present time comes from Shimmerford and any questions or critique can be taken up with Jannet the leading arcanist on the subject and author of this book. Take in mind that the probability presented by both Thornheart’s data and the newly done research by Shimmerford and Jannet is not the rate of someone born with innate magic or the potential to awaken it, but rather those who show sign of it through their lives, it is believed only 1 in 4 sorcerers will ever unlock their natural born ability, making the proper number of natural born sorcerers ¼ of what actually shown on the table. Yet the calculated numbers are more referred to in the field and taken as the true values because any benefits that innate magic grants like the 50% extension to one’s natural lifespan and hardened constitution are not shown in those who does not “awaken” their potential (mutations, physical marks and magical phenomenons can and are often shown in those who has not yet awoken their magic, but only a few people can identify such traits, and they rarely grant or affect the person’s life in any meaningful way).

Race	Probability Then	Probability Now	Approach	Status (as of Thornheart)
Aasimar	1 in 5	1 in 50	Exterminate	Exterminated, Awaiting New Births
Aetherborn	Guaranteed	Extinct Race	Exterminate	Race Entirely Exterminated
Bondrasi	N/A	1 in 3	N/A	N/A
Bugbear	1 in 30,000	1 in 40,000	Watchful	Solitary
Changeling	1 in 10	1 in 25	Exterminate	Almost Exterminated
Cold Tiefling	N/A	1 in 10,000	N/A	N/A
Crocodilians	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daharians	1 in 20,000	1 in 27,000	Normal	Normal
Dhampire	1 in 2	1 in 5	Exterminate	Mostly Hidden, Reduced Significantly
Dragonborn	1 in 1,000	1 in 2,500	Exterminate	Reduced To One Main Tribe, Rest Of Race Either Exterminated or Enslaved
Drow	1 in 10,000	N/A	Watchful	Isolated Within Underdark, Beyond Reach
Duergar	1 in 25,000	1 in 32,000	Watchful	Isolated Within Underdark, Beyond Reach
Dwarfs	1 in 27,000	1 in 40,000	Normal	Normal
Eladrin	1 in 5,000	1 in 5,000	Watchful	Isolated On Everset, Beyond Reach
Elves	1 in 12,000	1 in 18,000	Normal	Normal
Firbolg	1 in 5,500	1 in 1,500	Exterminate	Mostly Exterminated, Rest Of Race Took ShelterIn Feywild
Genasi	1 in 100	1 in 1,000	Exterminate	Mostly Exterminated, Pushed North Or Off Continent
Gith	1 in 50,000	1 in 100,000	Watchful	Isolated On Astral Sea, Raising Grounds Kept Under Watch
Gnome	N/A	1 in 20,000	N/A	N/A
Gnoll	1 in 7,500	1 in 10,000	Exterminate	Pushed North, Beyond Reach
Goblin	1 in 75,000	1 in 120,000	Watchful	Solitary
Goliath	1 in 40,000	1 in 60,000	Normal	Normal
Half Elf	1 in 15,000	1 in 20,000	Normal	Normal
Half-Dragon (Replicants, Dragonbloods)	1 in 10,000	1 in 10,000	Watchful	Mostly Taken Into Servitude, Vacerak Loyalists Have Been Exterminated
Half-Orc	1 in 25,000	1 in 30,000	Normal	Normal
Hafling	1 in 14,500	1 in 23,500	Normal	Normal
Hobgoblin	1 in 13,000	1 in 22,500	Normal	Normal
Human	1 in 15,000	1 in 25,000	Normal	Normal
Khenra	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kobold	1 in 250	1 in 1,250	Exterminate	Mostly Exterminated, Pushed Off Continent Beyond Reach
Kor	1 in 12,000	1 in 19,000	Normal	Normal
Lizardfolk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Locathah	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Loxodon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minotaur	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Orcs	1 in 30,000	1 in 40,000	Normal	Normal
Tabaxi	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tiefling	1 in 2,000	1 in 11,000	Exterminate	Mostly Exterminated, Pushed North Beyond Reach
Tortles	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Triton	1 in 3,000	1 in 5,000	Exterminate	Isolated Beyond Reach
Vedalken	1 in 100,000	1 in 150,000	Exterminate	Civilization Exterminated, Mostly Exterminated
Warforged	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yuan-Ti Pureblood	1 in 5	1 in 20	Exterminate	Isolated On Mar'Dahar Beyond Reach

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Type

Study, Scientific

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

A4 612

Ratification Date

A4 615

Authors

• Jannet Creze

Signatories (Characters)

• Zavronth Culburth

Signatories (Organizations)

• Shimmerford School of the Arcane Arts