Doctrines of the Mages College
There are 11 recorded Doctrines from the Mages College that we have managed to isolate, or locate written evidence of. They will be covered in their own documents, as well as any recorded attempts to bypass them.The Doctrines are a set of contracts designed by, and enforced by the Mages College. However even after the destruction of the College, they still remain in place. Unlike taboos, the Doctrines have been intertwined with the Weave, it is not possible for a mage to break one of the Doctrines.
The Doctrines, as a whole, are one big pain in everyones side, they suck, they're the worst, and everyone I've talked to hates them.
Dispite the general dislike towards the Doctrines, many of the more experienced mages agree with their sentiment, though most of these mages then say that such restrictions should only be applied to newer mages. Since their creation, the number of magically related disasters has decreased dramatically.
Purpose
The purpose of the Doctrines was to prevent all mages, present and future, from commiting some of the errors that the leaders of the Mages College had seen, or even themselves commited. They were designed to protect everyone, the magical, and the non magical, from the more... disatrous uses of the Weave.
Document Structure
Clauses
The Doctrines are divided into 11 rules, each covering exactly 1 aspect that is changed or altered.
References
<list of links to the specific Doctrines when their articles are created>
Publication Status
Technically this contract is forcibly taught to everyone, but the actual rules of it have been mostly lost, barring what the Guild has managed to recover and store.
Historical Details
Background
The Doctrines were first established after a prodigal student opened a planar portal within a magical construct, creating the largest recorded Well in history. It also distorted space time around it, oblitering everything nearby, excluding the Well.
History
Since the creation of the Doctrines, specifically the last Doctrine, <link plox>, mages have had to basically rebuild magic from the ground up. While this took a tremendous amount of effort, many magically inclined academics believe this to be a benefit, giving magic a more solid foundation upon which to further build.
Public Reaction
The general public didn't care too much.
The mages at the time agreed that it was a good thing
Mages now are pretty damn furious.
The mages at the time agreed that it was a good thing
Mages now are pretty damn furious.
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