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Chapter 9: Admissions

Wizardry allowed mages to pass on their knowledge and this lead to the traditional method of learning. Mages would take apprentices with similar affinities to their own and teach them the constructs for the spells. The sorcerous Fonts available to a mage were used to place masters with apprentices.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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The line moved quickly, and as they got closer to where it entered a large building, a crier could be heard shouting out instructions.

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Chapter 8: Lift

In its original usage, the term mage referred to anyone with a connection to a Font from which they could draw power. In this paradigm, even Primals would be considered as such. Over time, when the art of wizardry was discovered, the designation of sorcery was given to the innate ability to cast, but all still were considered mages.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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Amara began walking down the streets of the warehouse district, oblivious to the dangers such parts of town...

Chapter 7: Passage

The sorcerous wizards, henceforth referred to as mages, rose faster and higher in their power. Where the average wizard plateaued with spells of the third tier, the average mage rose to the fourth. For either class though, it takes true talent to rise to the fifth tier of spellcasting. But, even amongst the best mages, their sorcery rarely rose beyond the second tier.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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The next week was spent in drudgery. While Meech was only needed to wor...

Chapter 6: Understanding

Over the hundred years that followed the Last Dragon War, sorcerers used their expanded natural Will capacity to excel at wizardry. A young sorcerer could construct a bridge in two years instead of the average of four of an ordinary wizard. Slowly the "arts" of sorcerous training were lost, and sorcery became an afterthought, each sorcerer only having a single Font to their name.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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Kole decided it best not to risk Jorin’s displeasure, and...

Chapter 5: Stowaway

On the way back down the levels, Kole explained his magical situation to Jorin.

Kole told Jorin about how he’d built his vault at any early age, and upon finding no evidence of the Font of Illusions within, had dove into wizardry head first. But, on the creation of his wizard’s bridge, he’d found it opened up beside the Font instead of within it. He was a primal, only one without any of the instincts needed to harness the abilities.

He told him of how he kept it secret, and ...

Chapter 4: Castaway

Sorcerers once trained by placing themselves in controlled situations of life or death. The ship clans, demonkin, and many of the divine bloodlines all had their own methods to unlock specific abilities. They didn't always get the desired results, but no one could argue their torturous methods were not effective, though many—including this author—argued all the same.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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Ten minutes later, Kole was sitting in a barrel waiting for the lid ...

Chapter 3: Competent Guards

With the fall of the Tower of Illunia, the art of reading spellforms disseminated throughout the land. It hadn't been contained as well as the Tower believed and with the threat of death gone, those with knowledge were eager to share it—for a modest price.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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The next morning found Kole sleeping in the sewer. It wasn’t a bad sewer as sewers went. Like many of the isolated cities that survived in odd niches in the aftermath of the Flood, ...

Chapter 2: Uncle

It is one of history's great ironies that the very act which liberated sorcerers from persecution brought about the end of their Arcane tradition. Why torture yourself to learn new sorcery when wizardry was free for the taking?

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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The three boys stood over Kole, unsure what to actually do now that they’d caught him. While none of them liked Kole, they didn't exactly want to hurt him. Chasing and teasing were one thing, assault was quite an...

Chapter 1: Invisible

The great irony of the fall of the tower was that it freed sorcerers from persecution while simultaneously sealing their end.

-Tallen Elmheart, On Mages

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Kohlyn spent the last day of his old life the same way he had most of those before it, studying. While the magistrate was declaring his parents dead in absentia, placing him under the stewardship of his uncle, he was digging through the deep archives in the hopes that some antiquated spellbook would be the key to his mag...

Dear Spellbook 2: Wizard is out today!

Volume 2 is out today on kindle and Volume 1 is on sale for $0.99!

You can buy signed copies on my website here for the same price as Amazon (or cheaper if you buy a bundle)

Blurb

Tal has found a doorway to an ancient pocket dimension in the woods, but the discovery has...

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Book 3 Update

Hey everyone, Interlude 5 marks the end of book 2. Thanks for supporting the story! I am in the process of writing book 3, but I just wanted to remind everyone that I will not be posting chapters until the whole books is done. I will probably resume posting in March or April. I am not pausing the Patreon, since some people seem happy to stay subscribed through breaks, so this is your warning about that.

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Sketch 1: Bearskin

I spent a lot of time talking to Bearskin before he disappeared. After some needling, he revealed that his birth name as Marak Westel. On his island, his people must earn a name to be considered an adult and gain the Totem’s Bond. To earn his name, he hunted and slew a massive bear that had been terrorizi...

Bonus Chapter 1: Korden's Chronicles

Korden's Chronicles 721 AF

The Captain has encouraged me to practice my writing on my own now that I know how and have finally mastered the spoken from of Rilith. This language is fascinating, so many words for things I never even knew existed. My people have no need of writing, but the concept fascinates me. To put words down that others can see and know is an wondrous thing. I had put it off, not knowing what to write and writing of trivialities seemed disrespectful for this art. But,...