The End of Magic

The End of Magic is a concept born of Aurimbic thought, rooted in the belief that magic, like all things, is bound to the forces of Entropy and eventual depletion. According to the teachings of Keldaroth, the Tradition's founder, magic is a finite resource in the universe, and every spell cast diminishes its store, gradually advancing all life—and the cosmos itself—toward an inevitable end. As magic is used, the fabric of Reality thins, heightening Entropy and bringing forth what The Exiled Tradition's founder, Khajuro, nuanced into the far more nefarious notion of “Dark Gravity,” which folds in a corresponding rise in evil and chaos that grows as magic continues to be drawn upon, regarded by Khajuro as part of the natural aggression underlying life itself.
Rather than bending magic to a specific intent or purpose, Keldaroth proposed a new discipline, one that would channel magic in its raw, unfocused form to "breathe life" back into creation. He introduced the practice of Ji-Dak-Li—“As You Wish”—which allows the universe itself to take creative control, opening a portal to an earlier time, closer to the universe’s original, unrestricted freedom. The idea was that by letting magic flow without the interference of mortal will, casters could tap into an ancient, undetermined energy that would work naturally toward the restoration of the world’s balance.
This remedy to the so-called "energy crisis" was radical. By engaging magic in this way, he believed that it could liberate the “chained energy” conventional spells bound, thereby reducing entropy and returning the world to a state of greater goodness. In his vision, casting through Ji-Dak-Li involved working with magic as a cooperative force rather than a tool, a reverent alignment with the universe’s own design rather than imposing a specific result. Daroc’s writings even detailed how Aurimbic mages could use the spell energy of other casters, redirecting and amplifying its flow to further deepen the portals to this primordial creative state. The End of Magic, then, according to Aurimbic thought, is not an inescapable fate but a looming possibility—a call to revolutionize spellcraft, to prevent magic’s depletion and preserve the universe’s life force for generations to come.
The master died before seeing how any of this theory was realized, and Aurimbics for centuries after petitioned strongly for The Council of Landezon to take the allegation that magic could dry up seriously, but the Berythian and Nurhetic Traditions took a very long whlie to get on board, disagreeing about the validity of these findings and, in the very worst case scenarios, accusing the northern Seers of trying to limit their magical use, perhaps as part of some secretive plot. The problem was that outside of Aurimbic theory it was difficult to prove such conclusions. Eventually the Council did acknowledge the truth in what Aurimbics said, even if the action they took to account for it was deemed weak and ineffectual by the theory's strongest proponents. It is nowadays a standard practice of Council pedagogy to counsel young Apprentices to ration their use of magic, using it only when absolutely necessary, although the reasons why these protocols were instituted are known only to a small handful of Elders, and anyone who might be part of the fabled Council offshoot, The Quorum. As full transparency has not been achieved, the extent of the damage that magic use may have caused remains unknown. Formally, the practice of Ji-Dak-Li is undertaken only by a very small handful, mostly within the Aurimbic Tradition, as part of a deeply spiritual movement that distinguishes itself from the mainstream.