Magic Across Lasair
Where the humans of the City-States keep magic tightly controlled, other cultures across Lasair approach Magic in various ways, with various techniques and attitudes.
- The Orcs carry a strong reverence for their ancestors, believing that their spirits watch over and guide the living. This strong belief means that for the Hur'uk, magic and religion are one in the same. Orcish shamans are both priest and mage, given the role of keeping tribal knowledge and guiding the spiritual health of their people. They tend to view the human Mages as a bit mercenary - that their purely technical application of magical knowledge makes them susceptible to manipulation and a craving for power.
- Much like everything else in the world, Ratlings view magic as a tool to be taken as needed and discarded when bored. It is rare that a member of the Tch'nuk is skilled in the ability to create magic, but when they do they largely direct it through the use of items stolen from other magic users or through the bones taken by slaying a powerful enemy. Orcish shamans carry particular disgust for ratling thieves who will sometimes attempt to steal ancestral items from them in order to use their power.
- Dwarfs rarely look to magic as the solution of any problem, generally preferring the work of hands, tools, and machines. They do, however, recognize that some forms of magic are extremely powerful and helpful in military matters and in underground exploration. As such one of the clans of Bastion is dedicated to the practice of magics that are helpful to the needs of the dwarfs. In typical dwarven fashion, they approach magic as a pragmatic and systematic way to create desired outcomes. In this way they are rather similar to the Mages - though one should never point this out to them - though without the trappings of nobility and elitism.
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