The symphony of magic

Despite of the deep aversion that most people on Phaldorya feels in regards to magic users, magic energy is commonly perceived as present and intense. Nobody in possession of their mental faculties would consider denying the exhistence of magic, after the energy unleashed after reshaped the aspect of the landscape and life.

Manifestation

Most magic user agree in the description of the web of magic power that envelops Phaldorya like a symphonic score, it is not necessary to understand it in order to perceive it, but great knowledge and concentration are needed to fully grasp its secrets. Exactly like music, there's not only one way to perform it, therefore besides the highest magical circles that through a life of study can be achieved only by the most skilled between wizards, there's traditional magic that is based on a more instinctive approach to arcane power. Following the disasters of the conflagration and of the Dark Tiranny, the conclave has established that the each school of magic has uniquely to teach the inner specifics of their magic discipline.

“Can a magician perform any kind of magic?” Lord Gloomstone asked Vironin. Vironin frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose they can,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.”

— A dialogue on nature of magic

The position of the conclave has been accepted by most wizards through the centuries. Culturally they are conscious that they have the skills to perform any kind of magic, if properly trained, but they elect to not desire to tap into more than one magic discipline, and most of them would consider it blasphemous. In isolated cases it has been observed that elves practice an omnicomprensive form of magic, but the confinment of this species has always been sufficient to cut off those theories as unproven legends. Lately, it is said, that an underground current is gaining popularity between mages that disagree with the conclave, but Be Chuille's inquisition has already started to monitor the situation to quench the flames of discontent.
It is relevant to know that there are, at least, two option to tap and control amount of magic energy superior to the ones that a single magician will normally be able to. The most common is through enhancement through the use of crude gold, the strongest magic catalyst, in form of instruments, magic objects or mixed in the ink. The second is through the development of complicate rituals in which more wizards attune their efforts to access powers generally precluded to them, this is system is not free from dangers and requires a long integration between the mages involved. Failures in the completion of a ritual can produce devasting effects on the magicians involved and in their surroundings, therefore this techniques is usually reserved to the most skilled of their kind.

Localization

Magic is a sort of web that joins and envelopes the whole creation connecting everything. Although invisible, magic user can interact with it as if tickling the chords of a precious instrument. It is worth mentioning that the attempt of gathering more power than one is able to control can cause ripples through the web itself with unforecastable consequences. Some scholars suggest that nothing gets ever created or destroyed and, when a creature exhistence come to end, the spiritual energy they once possessed is returned to the web in a constant cycle until the end of times.

Type

Metaphysical, Supernatural