Magic is the the essence of life. Magic creates and destroys, transforms and restores. Any student can list the different forms of Arcane magic: Studious wizardry, innate sorcery, mysterious witchcraft, spontaneous bardic song, unstable alchemical formulas, bonded summoners, and the focused incantations of the magi. Young acolytes know the different ways in which the gods bestow power on mortals: Devoted clerics, wild druids, chosen oracles, chivalrous paladins, cunning rangers, and zealous inquisitors.
And yet, what of that divine magic which does not come from the gods? Can there even be such a thing? It has been reported, that some druids draw their power from the essence of the world itself, rather than a divine being. If so, their spellcasting would not seem too dissimilar from arcane wizardry. I contend that it is not just a seeming, that the magic itself is ultimately no different at all. I propose that all magic ultimately stems from a single source and that from a close study of divine magic we can gain greater insight into the primal energy that makes up all of creation. On a more practical note, it should also enhance the efficiency of arcane spell formulas.
~Taken from the senior thesis of Sadron Kuznets
"Sadron... he's a nice enough guy. Just an average student from gods know where." Averagely normal, or perhaps normally average is how most would describe Sadron. Several years ago a young man stepped onto the docks of the City at the Center of the World and promptly vanished. Not with the dramatic flourish of an illusionist, but in the way that most people do when surrounded by a lot of other people. He came to learn how bind the essence of a spell into a physical object, and did. grumbling about tuition costs, cursing during exams, commiserating in the libraries, and finally celebrating graduation with his friends and family.
Not long after, during that blissful time when it seems that there will never be another test, a sending arrived. It is one of the reasons why people are careful about making promises with wizards. A man can run easily enough, it is another thing altogether to run from someone whose messages intrude upon a man's thoughts in his own bed
