Minor Figures of the Magical Orders¶
Famous mages named in the lore of the arcane colleges kept in the Fifth Age, most of them remembered as the inventors of the spells that carry their names. They belonged to the Acadian Order, the Nexa-Vinian Order, or to no order. Their own dates are not given, and the one that is points back to the Age of Magic; they are grouped here because the Fifth Age documents are where they are named. The colleges themselves are described under Arcane Colleges.
Caricytos¶
Known only as the namesake of the spawn of Caricytos, an undead raised by a rune of the Animate runes: a regenerating corpse that hurls burrowing worms, whose victims "rise again 10 minutes later as a Spawn of Caricytos." See Undead.
Gap
Nothing is said of Caricytos: whether a mage, a necromancer or something else, nor of any order.
Sources: S253.
Coransitius¶
A Nexa-Vinian mage who invented the spellcraft of the Evokers, who "manipulate raw energies using arcane formulas and algorithms," after "his groundbreaking discovery of the unifying theory of energy (outlining the common natural laws governing both the terrestrial and celestial energy domains)." The newest account places the invention in the Age of Magic, which it numbers the fifth age, a numbering this wiki does not follow (S208). The older one calls evocation "a relatively new (only several thousand years old) form of Spellcraft," built on a unifying theory "of chaotic energy," that "has been widely adopted by numerous magical societies," and says the Incanters' spellcraft was founded shortly after it (S304). Also spelled Coransitus (S304). See Arcane Magic.
Sources: S208; S304.
Cuordaxis¶
An independent mage, "a secretive mage whose works came to light after his death. His work focused on using Vivanimancy to shield himself from harm." The Steely Brace of Cuordaxis is one of his spells.
Sources: S300.
Gustraeva¶
An Acadian mage. "She was considered a rogue mage by many" and "pioneered the research to control Nether entities." Gustraeva's Target Matrix, which "creates intricate nether energy patterns allowing for better control of nether entities," is named for her. Her college is Nethermancy, which draws on "the forces and energies of the Void."
Sources: S311.
Lystervar¶
An Acadian mage of the college of Conjunction, "credited with developing and tuning most of the widely used micro-shunt spells." Lystervar's Call and Lystervar's Warpshot carry the name.1
Sources: S310.
Medicaelus¶
The name carried by three rituals of Remediancy, the healing college: the Blessing, the Circle and the Boon of Medicaelus.
Gap
The source does not say who Medicaelus was.
Sources: S299.
Nythassi¶
A Nexa-Vinian mage of the college of Conjunction, "an expert in using conjunction for local space distortion, many of her spells remain very popular." Nythassi's Exchange, Circle, Wall and Spellsheathe are hers.
Sources: S310.
Poltemarc¶
A Nexa-Vinian mage whose "work focused on using Vivanimancy to overstimulate the target to their detriment. His spells are quite rare, but also highly sought after by combat casters." Poltemarc's Tottering is one of them. An earlier list of Nethermancy masters gives the same description to an unnamed Acadian (S311).
Sources: S300; S311.
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Rules for the Conjunction rubric, including Lystervar's Scope: conjunction ↩