Organizations/MageCorps
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Almost since the formation of Hebridonia as a nation, the Mage Corps has been the focal point of magical training and practice. It was formed to help bring order to the chaotic aggretion of guilds, societies and schools that existed before the signing of MAgerfontein. It also brought the training and practice of mages under more central control, through the outlawing of "freemages" was a rather more recent development.
Within the corps, each mage is ranked according to their talents and magical abilities. The ranks, are organized into five tiers, with the meekest mages in Tier 5, and the most powerful mages in Tier 1. All mages start in Tier 5 at the beginning of their training. Depending upon their aptitude and natural capabilities, a mage can rise quickly through the ranks, or may never leave Tier 5.
The mage Corp is also organized into several units, indicating the specialization of its members: Truthsayers and Inquisitors, Warcasters, Physicians and Healers, Elementalists, Alchemists, Enchanters, and Gadgeteers, Seers, Illusionists, Gatecasters, and Thaumatology Researchers. Though there are crossover mages that work in more than one unit, each mage is assigned a primary unit under which they are administered. Each unit is supervised by its Tier 1 mages, who also sit on the ruling council of the Mage Corps.
Though all mages in the corp are bound to serve the corp if called, in practice most of the mages in active employment by the corps are in Tiers 1-3. Mages in Tiers 3-5 are free to take employment outside of the corps, and frequently do because the pay is often better. Though employeed outside the corps, they are still considered members, and they are given free access to the libraries and mage corp buildings. If called into service by the Mage Corp, for whatever reason, the mage must leave their current employer and take their assigned job within the corps.
Mages that are employeed by the corps are usually provided with a work area appropriate to their primary discipline. For most, this constitutes a study of some sort within one of the corp buildings, through for alchemists, enchanters and gadgeteers, additional laboratory space is provided. Often shared amoung 2-3 other members of the same discipline.
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