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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:13, 31 January 2023</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 122:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 122:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Masters of Lore study every field of research one could ever dream of – from the mating habits of the fire ticks of the Southron Wastes to the conversion of powerful Flow magic to Rote magic. Their studies comprise the breadth of all known knowledge – mundane and fantastic alike – and often the Masters will be focused solely on one or several related fields from their induction. Each facet is supported in some manner by the funds and resources of the city-state, depending on the current needs or whims of the royals at the time.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Masters of Lore study every field of research one could ever dream of – from the mating habits of the fire ticks of the Southron Wastes to the conversion of powerful Flow magic to Rote magic. Their studies comprise the breadth of all known knowledge – mundane and fantastic alike – and often the Masters will be focused solely on one or several related fields from their induction. Each facet is supported in some manner by the funds and resources of the city-state, depending on the current needs or whims of the royals at the time.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Loremasters are charged with a number of tasks – among which is the governing of magic use within Ta'Illistim's borders and serving numerous advisory roles within the royal courts, advising both nobles and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Queen</del> herself.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Loremasters are charged with a number of tasks – among which is the governing of magic use within Ta'Illistim's borders and serving numerous advisory roles within the royal courts, advising both nobles and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Argent Mirror</ins> herself.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They are also tasked with the education of the elven people – at its very heart, the Loremasters run the most prestigious and only state-sponsored collegiate institutions for both general and magical studies. While the amassing of research, history and various aspects of elven and other cultures is incredibly important to them, they are also responsible for the spread of their accumulated wisdom, setting up institutions of learning in the vast expanse of Ta'Illistim's borders and within the cities of our brothers. There, students learn the lore of our people and those beyond, are granted the best education in the known world, and the basic tenets of magical theory are offered to those with the inclination to learn, with advanced techniques reserved for the brightest of students.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They are also tasked with the education of the elven people – at its very heart, the Loremasters run the most prestigious and only state-sponsored collegiate institutions for both general and magical studies. While the amassing of research, history and various aspects of elven and other cultures is incredibly important to them, they are also responsible for the spread of their accumulated wisdom, setting up institutions of learning in the vast expanse of Ta'Illistim's borders and within the cities of our brothers. There, students learn the lore of our people and those beyond, are granted the best education in the known world, and the basic tenets of magical theory are offered to those with the inclination to learn, with advanced techniques reserved for the brightest of students.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 140:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 140:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elder of Lore – The Elders of Lore once again take on a role of teaching and directing the Dedicated, furthering their pursuit of their chosen field of study. They may also, on occasion, teach advanced classes in the institutions, but this is rare. They are nearly consumed with their research, learning the methods by which a team of researchers must be directed and used properly to further to knowledge of their chosen field.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elder of Lore – The Elders of Lore once again take on a role of teaching and directing the Dedicated, furthering their pursuit of their chosen field of study. They may also, on occasion, teach advanced classes in the institutions, but this is rare. They are nearly consumed with their research, learning the methods by which a team of researchers must be directed and used properly to further to knowledge of their chosen field.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Master of Lore – A Master of Lore is the pinnacle of elven wisdom, having gone through an arduous path of learning and discovery. It is a known fact that no Master of Lore holds less than two orange-rimmed jewels on their personal crest, with many exceeding such a low number. The Masters of Lore are given full autonomy and a number of research facilities within the Library Aies, summoned only for general meetings among the Masters and for concerns of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Queen</del> herself. Masters of Lore may contract their services out to other noble families in and out of the House, or may return to their own family and perform research functions related to their overall proclivities. However, no Master of Lore is ever allowed to speak of what lies beyond the most private and secluded halls of the Aies, where the Illistim elves' secrets and their most dangerous research lies. It is rumoured that a condition of becoming a Master of Lore is to be bound by a geas spell never to speak of this research or the knowledge contained within the forbidden wings to a non-Master lest one suffer a terrible, irreversible death. The Masters of Lore, obviously, do not speak of such spells.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Master of Lore – A Master of Lore is the pinnacle of elven wisdom, having gone through an arduous path of learning and discovery. It is a known fact that no Master of Lore holds less than two orange-rimmed jewels on their personal crest, with many exceeding such a low number. The Masters of Lore are given full autonomy and a number of research facilities within the Library Aies, summoned only for general meetings among the Masters and for concerns of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Argent Mirror</ins> herself. Masters of Lore may contract their services out to other noble families in and out of the House, or may return to their own family and perform research functions related to their overall proclivities. However, no Master of Lore is ever allowed to speak of what lies beyond the most private and secluded halls of the Aies, where the Illistim elves' secrets and their most dangerous research lies. It is rumoured that a condition of becoming a Master of Lore is to be bound by a geas spell never to speak of this research or the knowledge contained within the forbidden wings to a non-Master lest one suffer a terrible, irreversible death. The Masters of Lore, obviously, do not speak of such spells.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Elemancers ===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Elemancers ===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Elemancers are the pinnacle of elven mastery of elemental magic, an elite cadre of researchers and practical applications of elemental magic – from the mass tilling of fields to the summoning of legions of elementals. The individuals within the ranks of the Elemancers of Illistim are wide and varied, and they are the only group which answers directly to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Queen</del>, acting by her hand only rather than an internal commanding officer. They are largely an autonomous group, with its members being sent on missions of diplomacy, research and even battle and bodyguard roles, for each Elemancer is on the forefront of all applied elemental magic and is a truly dangerous force to be reckoned with.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Elemancers are the pinnacle of elven mastery of elemental magic, an elite cadre of researchers and practical applications of elemental magic – from the mass tilling of fields to the summoning of legions of elementals. The individuals within the ranks of the Elemancers of Illistim are wide and varied, and they are the only group which answers directly to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Argent Mirror</ins>, acting by her hand only rather than an internal commanding officer. They are largely an autonomous group, with its members being sent on missions of diplomacy, research and even battle and bodyguard roles, for each Elemancer is on the forefront of all applied elemental magic and is a truly dangerous force to be reckoned with.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elemancers are selected by the reigning ruler every few years – top researchers in the field of wizardry and planar studies, even Masters of Lore deemed appropriate for the society are approached with the offer. There is often enormous pressure on the elf chosen to accept such an honor -- beyond the fact that it comes with a multitude of benefits, including funding from the House for whatever research they wish to delve into – to not accept is generally regarded as an affront to the House and those who have refused are quietly and subtly cast out as a pariah over the years.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elemancers are selected by the reigning ruler every few years – top researchers in the field of wizardry and planar studies, even Masters of Lore deemed appropriate for the society are approached with the offer. There is often enormous pressure on the elf chosen to accept such an honor -- beyond the fact that it comes with a multitude of benefits, including funding from the House for whatever research they wish to delve into – to not accept is generally regarded as an affront to the House and those who have refused are quietly and subtly cast out as a pariah over the years.</div></td> </tr> </table>

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