Orders of Robes
The Order of Wizards are made up of four wizards of equal power. Each commands their own order of robes that is based upon the types of magic they specialize in and the core values of each group. While there used to be five orders of robes, the fifth order was expunged for their hubris and dangerous usage of magic.
The remaining wizards now act as the authority on four of the five islands of Natura Nihil, the fifth being commanded under the three Knightly Orders in a martial law. These wizards act as the heads of both the wizardly orders and the heads of their respective islands. Their responsibility to is to keep the floating islands and order and their highest concern is keeping the islands above the rotted earth.
Five Robes, one Torn
The Orders of Robes were formed just before the Ascension. As the rot of the earth began to close in on the last settlements left, wizards were looked to as the authority both magically and intellectually. The five wizards gathered together for the first time to devise a plan to save those who remained in their province. Thus, they finally decided to depend on the Dunamancy wizard and her followers to raise the islands high into the heavens, detatching from the dying earth itself. The rest of the wizards banded the people in the area together best they could to save as many lives as they could before the Ascension. From this point on, the wizards have been the leaders of those who ascended and formed their Orders of Robes of those who flocked to learn wizardry from them.
Order of the Black Robes
Necromancy and Enchantment
This mysterious order is famous for their ruthlessness, ambition, and loyalty. Many of their members are made of up high-ranking officials, noblemen, and businessmen, who could all benefit from the unpaid labor of undead workers and servants.
Their magic focuses on the concentration of life force and draws upon their sheer force of will and ambition. Thus they specialize in necromancy, the art of bringing the dead to life, and enchantment, which can sway the minds of others.
Order of the Red Robes
Illusion and Transmutation
This just order is best known for upholding the ideal of balance between all things. Their magic focuses on balance and fairness, so they are often seen near courtrooms, law enforcement centers, and sometimes places of learning. However, the easiest place to find these wizards are during a court session as members of the order are often jurymen in larger cities as they are famous for their unfallible sense of rationality and impartiality.
These wizards specialize in the arts of illusion and transmutation. Oftentimes, they use their illusionary skills to show past events of cases. Transmutation has been a recent addition to their magical practice, cultivated by their leader, who had grown bored with "simple" illusion and became interested in changing the actual physicality of a thing or person.
Order of the White Robes
Divination and Abjuration
This benevolent order are focused upon improvement and peace-seeking. These wizards often accompany scientists or are scientists themselves. They are beacons of progress and innovation, and their sole purpose is improvement of the cities. Because of their involvment with progression, they additionally appear at political and scientific meetings, city council meetings, and fairs of magical and technological advancements.
Order of the Green Robes
Conjuration and Evocation
Lovers of creation and creativity, Order of the Green Robe wizards are often seen accompanying troupes of bards. Sometimes, they are even mistaken as bards themselves through their creative pursuits. They are also well known as powerhouses of magical force, though they rarely use this for means of science of violence. Instead, thie magic is often used exclusively for their art medium of choice, whether that be visual arts, theatre, dance, etc.
Order of the Brass Robes
Dunamancy
Manipulation of reality through graviturgy and chronurgy. These wizards were considered too dangerous, so they were expunged. The practice of Dunamancy is currently banned.
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