(08-26-2015, 12:52 PM)Selarian Cloverbloom Wrote: Please forgive my newbie question, as I have not done the story quests for these yet, but I was wondering...
Why is it that no one can be a BLM or WHM now? I read somewhere else that it is frowned upon by the lore people, and I am curious. Also, even if one could become a BLM or WHM in character, is it mutually exclusive? Selarian has the dream of mastering both Thaumatergy and Conjuration, and the natural step would be for him to become both a BLM and WHM, but I don't want to break lore.
The reason why it's frowned upon is that both are forbidden magics. The War of the Magi - a great war that ended with the Elementals flooding the planet - was fought primarily between Amdapor (White Mages) and the Mcachi (Black Mages). Both their magics directly draw from the aether of the planet itself to power their great abilities, and the War threatened to drain all the aether from Hydaelyn itself. Knowing that, or even just knowing that those who used those magics caused a great flood... is enough to turn most folks off it.
That's just a generalized answer, of course, and there's much deeper detail that can be gone into - including what White and Black Magic actually are, and matters like Succor (the White Mage's magic) being left almost exclusively in the hands of the Padjal. It's been touched on here and there in other threads, though, and I'm sure someone will also be along with more in-depth explanations.
EDIT: As seen above, apparently.
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