Diplomancers

A group of mages identified with a Sympathy – a magical ‘disability’ (in the minds of some) preventing them from achieving them full status within their Order (Grandmaster equivalent) but which grants insight into the magic of another Tradition and some ability to work with it. Due to their cross-Tradition gifts, they are specially able to both develop hybridized theories which may amplify magical workings, as well as to bridge communicative difficulties between those of Grandmaster rank, whose understanding of their own disciplines have grown so acute that they are no longer able to think or speak in ways that make sense to those outside their Tradition.
Diplomancers work closely with The Speakers - a race of polyglots from the Southern Hemisphere (continent of Tyril) who, while unable to perform magic directly, have contributed significantly to the development of magical theory.