(2017) Preceptive magic

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Preceptive magic is one of the three types of magic, along with raw magic and unbounded magic. Unlike other forms of magic, preceptive magic is not natural and relies upon an artificially created preceptive field, which in essence binds unbounded magic into set, pre-determined 'spells' and absorbs the opposing burst of light magic when using dark magic or dark magic when using light.

Created by the Original Five Great Mages at the foundation of the Kingdom, preceptive magic is the only legal form of magic. With the exception of illegal or evil uses of magic, such as necromancy, all magic can be used preceptively. The responsibility for protecting preceptive magic and the preceptive field is held by the Hermadiúir.

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Before the creation of the Kingdom, early mages were unable to control their interactions with the magical field, releasing bursts of raw magic that were not useful and had no defined purpose. However, after a few years, mages were able to direct their magic to perform a specific function, for example, channelling a small amount of light magic into lighting a room and channeling the resultant dark magic reaction into themselves to mitigate the shock. Although this allowed for greater control and use of magic, it was essentially still restricted to strong mages, as unbounded magic resisted any constraint or direction unless it was overpoweringly strong.

At the founding of the Kingdom, the five most powerful mages in the Kingdom elected to create a powerful magical field, sustained by hidden magical artifacts, that would absorb the opposite bursts of energy from magical interactions, and would limit magic to safer, legal interactions, for example, banning necromancy, and would allow ordinary people to utilise magic safely. This field was called the preceptive field and created precptive magic.

When the preceptive field was created, most of the unbounded magic within the Kingdom was taken up and used in that creation. Many powers, entities and forces were unravelled and refashioned such that they became legally usable preceptive magic, some willingly, but many simply because the Six overpowered them. At the same time as the creation of the field, the office of Hermadiúir was created to protect the magic from any existential threats and to control the problem of continuing unbounded magic, evil magical spirits and powerful but evil mages in the Kingdom.

Preceptive magic is the main type of magic used in the Kingdom, and the only type of magic that can be used legally. A large percentage of the population, varying between twenty and sixty percent at different times, can use preceptive magic.

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