Circle of Mages

The group of mages that brought down the New Abrizan Empire.

Public Agenda

Destruction of the New Abrizan Empire, removal of dragonkind from Zelunica.

History

In 1230, a group of mages formed a group that called themselves the Circle of Mages. This Circle was created to overthrow Kalamzaresh's Empire. They spent much of their time recruiting and training soldiers and spies, and trying to devise ways to kill dragons. Eventually, they developed a poison called Dragonbane. They created Injection Spears to administer the poison, but realized that they couldn't get close enough to Kalamzaresh to use one on him. Eventually, desperation got the better of them, as they had come perilously close to being discovered a number of times, and they decided to release the poison in a cloud in the capital.
Multiple magical bombs were planted at various points in the city, intended to create a wall of the cloud around the perimeter of the city, preventing escape. After the bombs were planted, the mages went to their ritual chamber and prepared a large spell, a combination of a teleportation spell for the poison, an explosion to disperse it across the city, and several wards and counterspells to ensure it’s success. They set off the perimeter bombs, then cast their spell. The plan worked, and no living thing in the city survived.
Afterwards, the mages and their soldiers took the spears and the rest of the poison, and set off to hunt down the remainder of the dragons, who had largely grown complacent in their years of total superiority. Midway through the war, many of the non-dragons in the empire, emboldened by the apparent death of Kalamzaresh, started to believe they could actually have a chance at winning if they fought, and many of them flocked to these mages to join their fight. In the ensuing war, many non-dragons killed any dragon or draconian they could. Eventually, the non-dragons won, although most of the original circle of mages had died, along with countless non-dragons.

Disbandment

Most of the members died, the remainder went their separate ways.

DISBANDED/DISSOLVED

1230 - 1255

Type

Illicit, Rebel

Alternative Names

The Saviors, The Endbringers, Reasons To Ban Magic, Reckless Idiots