Magical Hierarchies

History:

  The weave of magic that comes from Hekate is foreign but familiar to all that see and use it. It something you always known, but were ignorant of the gravity of its influence. Every god and goddess of magic, every spell, and every weave all come from the same source, born of the canvas Hekate is travels to and from, allowing people to use her weave. The weave allows all to access magic, but allows her to continue pulling souls from the other realms to the Crossroads. The people that study, use, and/or create magic have a hierarchy to show the skill of the mages of the Crossroads. This is to both provide motivation, and to track the most powerful mages in existence. A mage, more than anyone, touches the realm of the gods, and because of that they are both praised and scorn. The vanity of man causes some to become wanted individuals, and the gods will hire patrons, mages, or one of the few factions of magical users in the realm.   Located in Constantinople is the Spire, the mortal authority on all magic, and they are charged by their archon to teach, monitor, and protect the sanctity of magic. By Hekate an her children, magic should be explored, but it should also be respected. From the interior of the crystal spire, the Convocation watches over the magical weave of the Crossroads. The Spire itself is some 600ft tall, and houses hundreds of floors dedicated to the study and teaching of magic, and is designed in a way that if a spell got out of hand, the spire would nullify its effects to within the floor it was done on. It truly is the echelon of what mortal mages have accomplished, and as long as the Archon sits upon the throne, it will continue to be the guiding hand of magic.  

Magic Titles:

These titles are placed at the beginning of names (Example "The Magus Unknown ")   The Pupil: The pupil is your standard new magic users, typically these are young children to teenagers, rarely to see someone gifted enough to born a higher rank, but most patrons are considered "The Magus".

• They learn about all the schools of magic, minus creation magic.
• Spend half a year in the spire, and the other half with their families.
• Are not permitted to use magic outside of school.

The Magus: These are graduated mages from the school, they are given a choice to move on with their life and pursue their own goals, or continue working with the Spire. Level 5-10 Magic users.

• Usually hired by a town to open a magic shop.
• They may cast magic freely outside of the Spire, but are subject to the laws of Magus.
• They are given a book from the Spire, this book allows them access to Detect Magics, Identify, and Dispel. The book has 3 charges to be used per short rest.

The Arche-Magus: A Magus that earned his place amongst their fellow magus, and Arche-Magus has shown their skill and power of magic. Typically these magus are of Rank 3 or higher of Patron, and are level 11 or higher of a caster.

• Considered to be Nobles, gain noble feat and a retainer.
• Have access to the Teleport circle in the Spire
• They are given a book of magic that can use the prior spells, but also gain 1 use of Counterspell and Teleport.
• If they keep their standing in the Spire, they are offered a chance to join the convocation or another magical faction.

The Inquisitor: The first step in the Convocation and other factions is to become an inquisitor. Inquisitors are the researchers and investigators of the magical realm. Often charged with researching powerful spells or magical areas for a consular or investigating magic users for Adjudicators. This is where you decide your path into the next to rankings of magic.

• Considered to be Nobles as well, but an inquisitor only creates unease for mages that meet them, or a sense of ease to those who are affected by a magical spell or area.
• Have access to every major cities teleport circles in their magical headquarters.
• They are given a new book containing the spells from above, but are also given Scrying, Creation, tiny hut, and Polymorph
• Once they have proven themselves they may move up to Adjudicator, Consular, and/or Magistrate.

The Adjudicator: Adjudicators specialize in magical combat in attacking and neutralization. Due to the way their magic works, they typically do not deal with high level magic, but have very powerful defensive and neutralization magic. They are required to have a mid to high rank in the Heroic titles, with beta being the lowest that can be accepted in this field.

• Considered to be Knights of Noble background. Most people fear their presence because either they are the reason for them, or there is someone dangerous near by.
• Have access to most teleport circles in the realm, even some that are not of their order.
• They are given a book, and have their preferred weapon enchanted. The book comes with the feat mage slayer, the spells from above, up to 4 uses of counterspell, and their weapon is capable of disabling magic. They are the rank that can disable magic, and once someone is not an adjudicator anymore they have their weapon seized. The workings of the magic is only available within the Spire, and no new weapons are created outside of it.
• Paladin's can unlock the oath of Adjudication subclass.
• The best Adjudicators are given there own floor within the Spire, and have lifestyle of the rich.

The Consular: The Consular deals with magic stemming from nature/or wild magic in a place or region.  They have a deep understand of elemental magic, wild magic, and magical corruptions.  A consular will spend the most time in a single area, because dispersing magic in this scale take along time, and adjudicators will be dispatched with them if magical beast, such as legendary creatures, are in need of removal.  Typically they don't defeat the creatures if they can, but draw them away from civilization.   

• Considered to be of Nobility due to their education in magic.   
• Have Access to most teleport circles in the realm, even some that are not apart of the order.
• They are given a book with the spells from Inquisitor, as well as a ritual spell known as Cleanse Magic, Wild Restoration, and Disperse Corruption.
• Are assigned an Adjudicator to assist them.
• The best Consular's get their own floor in the Spire.

The Magistrate:  Magistrates deal with the more powerful mages and man made magical creatures in the realm.  They are extremely knowledgeable with magic and tend be some of most skilled adventurers in the realm.   They assist the Adjudicator is controlling the pace of battle, and making it harder for the mage to recover from the assaults of the Adjudicator.   

• Considered to be of Nobility due to their education in magic.
• Have Access to most teleport circles in the realm, even some that are not apart of the order.
• They are given a book that contains the spells from inquisitors, as well as Chains of Domination, Divine Restoration, and Alternate Reality.
• Are Assigned to an Adjudicator for mission that require them.
• The best Magistrates get their own floor within the spire.

The Weaver:   There are mages that are so naturally gifted and possess an ability to see the magical weave.  Weavers are not a rank anyone can achieve, because not everyone can see the magical weave.  Weavers are required to list their residence and so most live within the spire, and are treated like a grandmaster of profession would be treated.  They are provided the resources to further there efforts in magic, and are responsible for creating the swords of the adjudicators, and the spells for the consular and magistrates.  

• The perks of the Weaver are mostly unknown, but there spellbook rivals the Ogygian spellbook in quantity of spells.

The Archon:  The Archon is a mage of extreme power, and typically move on to highly powerful jobs within the Crossroads.  They provide the magical knowledge to various factions, societies, and kingdoms of the land.   To achieve Archon, you must have already done all the other ranks (not including weaver).  The Acheron of the Spire is known as Archon Ace, and is one of the few people that have been trained in creation magic.   He uses this magic to track weavers and some of the most powerful beings in the realm.  Archon Ace is responsible for the construction of the spire, and it is said that he did this by himself.

• Archons are treated the same as Omega Level Hero's, Arch-Priest, and Grandmasters.
• They are gifted a floor in the top floors of the Spire.
• They have access to all teleport circles, and have access to the Spires ships and airships.
• They have access to all the spells that the weavers of the spire have created
• Their book contains the spell, Analyze and Correct, a complex spell that reverts an area back to condition of what it was a day ago.

Factions of Magic:

  Convocation:  The Convocation is is the faction of the Spire, and it is in unique position to control the center of magic, but Mortal Kingdom only allow it if there archons and factions have equal access.  Located in the Constantinople, it is the largest magical faction in the realm, and one of the biggest factions in the realm.   The prodigy Lilith is one of the members of this prestige organization.    The Magi:  Is a faction located within    The    The Order of Two Torches:   The