ever wanted a compilation of wizard writings NOT in chronological order??
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wizard council 2024 banned potion list
wizard council 2024 banned spell list
wizard council 2024 unbanned potion list
wizard council 2024 unbanned spell list
by snowy
3 Þorri 4708 / 19 January 2024 Dear Honourable Archmage Gambrell,
By now, I'm certain that word has tickled your ears of the events that have recently transpired at the academy. Included with this letter is the formal disciplinary report about Junior Wizard Alice Dorgen's actions, but I believe that the official language does little to speak to the true context of the events that occurred. The report has also been submitted to the Wizard Council, who plan to take immediate action in updating the current schema of banned spells following the event. As you have likely gathered, yes, the rumours of a name-altering spell are true, evidenced by the constant removal of Jr. Wz. Alice's name. I have petitioned the Council for an authorization to reinstate alicization to return Jr. Wz. Dorgen to her prior state.
From Jr. Wz. Dorgen's account (and that of her peers), her actions were not made improperly. She claims that she gave proper warning after the development of many illicit botanical potions by one Junior Wizard Jerold Pord, with the incident arising from Pord's tincture of gnarly slug implosion which, "Was being used to needlessly torture those poor bastards," to quote Alice. Jr. Wz. Pord has become infamous in his class with his initial poultice of spider attraction, which became the first banned magical recipe of 2024. Jr. Wz. Dorgen has become similarly infamous after being the subject of the "24 seconds in the sun" incident; her instructors were pleased that her proficiency for protection spells were actualised in her safe return. On the date of the altercation between Dorgen and Pord, Dorgen used the authorised spell slap the top of bottle causing the tincture of gnarly slug implosion to rapidly expand (similar to elephant toothpaste), coating Pord's face and causing him great pain. In his anger, Pord moved to retaliate against Dorgen, but appeared to mispronounce "unalive", instead uttering "unalice". Unfortunately, this was a valid spell against his target, leaving Jr. Wz. Alice nameless since the occasion.
I hope that this letter informs your disciplinary decisions. Yours in solidarity to the crest, Archmage Timbre Fells Instructor of Botany by alice,
while dueling has been a storied practice in places of arcane academia, they also appeal to nobility due to the connotations of chivalry and demands of satisfaction. of course, there must be some form of arbitration when a wizard is slighted. however, the duel is an archaic mode of demanding satisfaction, due to their brutality and mortality. i acknowledge that the presidors of this court have created countermeasures to such violence. however, measures such as the council banning spells (hereto: wizard council 2024) has been a pithy lay on hands in response to a severe wound. these bans do not undo the harm that has been done, and, in the common case that a duel-certified cleric is not onsite, the harm cannot be undone at all. furthermore, these unilateral bans disregard the potential non-violent uses of a spell (hereto: sr. wz. akash breatholm's monograph on the medicinal use of power word unalice in the removal of dead names). notably, duels have been used as a quite brutal and classist form of examination. as an example to this point, practical casters will be expected to have to perform great feats of violence to be granted the title of wizard, disregarding the use for practical casters in extensions of society (hereto: examination transcripts recorded in the specubellum). while localized spell circles tend to create auras of immortality around exam halls, these deaths cause trauma, especially when they typically occur so early in a caster's life. despite regional bans on the practice of dueling, the high court will rarely charge wizards of academic caliber, and will disproportionately reprimand wizards of folk training (hereto: "one law for the rich and another for the poor"). wizard duels ought to be banned by the high court throughout the realm. as written by sr. wz. erlenmaia er by snowy
In the year since my fulfilment of requirements at academy, I have witnessed many of the beauties of this world (and others). I've learned from the slow and steady shift of the coral reefs, their volcanic atolls leisurely subsiding while the corals grow ever taller on the bones of their forefathers. I ventured into dragons' caves to listen to voice of the Earth and her children, deep enough to feel the voices of the elementals conducting through rock as minor earthquakes. The dragons, of course, have been hunted to near extinction by power hungry youths and naive seniors. Their niche has to be filled, and I am pleased to see that the Council has done its best work to take the place of the dragons of yore. Lately, though, I've found myself in what most folk call God's Country: the lakes of northern Minnesota. Divesting myself of the academic side of magic, I whisper a spark to start my fires, forage for material components, wait for the earth to tell me what way to go. Birds fascinate me the most, though. Did you know that the Great Northern Loon (Gavia immer) carries a knife in its beak? It is a weapon, a danger, a threat to anyone watching to let it lie. I've been learning how to not be a weapon any more, to break the violence that has been instructed into me. In my dreams I hear the crunch of cys bones before cyr final retaliation, the only option left in losing. I've forgiven cyr. We both were only doing what we were taught. In short, no, Cllr. Wz. Charlegne. I refuse your offer of apprenticeship and to rejoin the rolls of the Wizard Council. Sincerely, Assoc. Wz. Alice DorgenDisciplinary Report of Jr. Wz. Alice Dorgen
a petition to the high court
Field report of Assoc. Wz. Alice Dorgen