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TheWizard · **04-20-2014, 12:38 AM**

(04-19-2014, 10:34 PM)JFrombaugh Wrote: Thanks to all who replied. That's interesting that Scholar magicks come from the fairies themselves, I always assumed that the fairies were just sort of like healing versions of a Carbuncle and spells like Adloquium and Succor were advanced Arcanima created by the Nymian Scholars for purposes of protecting the people on the front lines - similar to how a Dragoon's Jumps are designed to pierce dragon armor.

It's also a pretty major point that a Scholar can choose to be independent of the city states due to the art being extinct (unlike a WHM who IS more or less "bound to serve" the Padjal, at least until the ritual in the Level 50 quest is completed).

Nym is the only known Fifth Astral Era civilization with no real modern equivalent aside from Limsa Lominsa which just happens to share territory. It would be very easy to be a "free Scholar" and your only real issue is finding a Soul of the Scholar to resonate with. Being able to read some Nymian would also likely be required.

Now I'm going to venture into BLM and WHM territory and this is just what I've gathered.

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White Magic, the arcane art of succor, was developed by the Amdapori as an answer to the imbalance created by the advent of Black Magic, the arcane art of destruction. While this art was meant to makes lives easier and help those in need, the hearts of man are weak and even good power eventually twists those with selfish desires and the War of the Magi broke out with White Magic and Black Magic trying to unleash the next big bad thing.

Before the Fifth Astral Era, magic was restricted by how much aether a mage had within their body. When the fifth Astral Era came about though, a sorceress named Shatotto (the sorceress who first called down Meteor and crafted the Stardust Rods from them), found out how to instead draw upon the aether of the land to supply spellcraft and thus maximize the potential of spells. This was also used in the foundation of White Magic by the Amdapori.

So knowing that, the War of the Magi soon began draining the land of it's aether and it began to wither and die. In response to this, the Twelve flooded Eorzea and effectively wiped out most people who used either magic and the survivors claimed the arts to be forbidden so they more or less died out in mainstream culture.

The Elementals kept the art of White Magic safe and grew up the Twelveswood to hide the ruins of Amdapor so that future mortals wouldn't rediscover the art on their own to abuse it once again. However with time they realized that the world will always need healing so they entrusted the ancient art to the Padjal who were sworn to never abuse it. This basically means that being a true White Mage is almost exclusive to the Padjal aside from the special snowflake quality of the job quests.

So how would you become an independent White Mage? Only way I can figure is if you were to find one of their Soul Crystals in Amdapor Keep or the Lost City of Amdapor. However using said magic would likely draw the ire of the Elementals who might try to kill you if you lingered within the Shroud because they would deem you too great of a hazard. That's the only real way I can figure and instead of binding you to a city it would effectively banish you from the Twelveswood.

Now many people may wonder how White Magic and Conjury differs, well Conjury uses the Elementals as a proxy and borrows from their power to use the myriad elemental magics you get as a Conjurer. However this binds you to their power and if something went awry they could likely revoke said power and leave you defenseless. White Magic, however, isn't linked directly to the Elementals in any way and just relies on the aether of a mage's surroundings so as long as the land has aether, you can use it.

Thaumaturges make use of their power by using deep introspection and channeling their own internal aether to use their magic so it can be thought of as a weaker or more primitive version of Black Magic which focuses on raw destruction and relies on the land's aether just like White Magic.

However due to the widespread acceptance of Thaumaturgy in Thanalan, the prospect of becoming a Black Mage is a lot more feasible than becoming a White Mage, granted both are still considered forbidden arts. And if you claimed to be either people might consider you out of your mind or a liar at best.

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