| This newly formed order believes in Magic as a part of nature and
the world as it has been since the Shattering. Its followers
proclaim that only through the balance between order and chaos life
can evolve and prosper. Chaos and change is considered inevitable,
but must be kept at bay at all costs, lest the Shattering should
happen anew. In recent times, so they claim, clear signs that a new
apocalypse is close at hand have appeared, in forms of sudden
changes of the landscape and magic objects, rifts in the astral
space and mutations on the aarchon life forms. All those things the
preservers of magic attribute to the extreme (mis)use of the magic
powers that flow through all things by the mages that roam the
lands. The similarities to the Shattering, where the archmage Rimbol
almost completely destroyed the world, are plain and obvious so they
claim. In their hopes to prevent this upcoming cataclysm, they have
turned to the god Bobble, believing that only he might wield the
power to stop the world from falling apart by restoring the flow of
magic to what it once was.
Within the preservers of magic there are two main fractions. The
first, who often call themselves the 'True Preservers', focus on
missionaring mages to 'repect the balance of nature', and on
searching ways of using magic without disturbing its natural flow.
So far however, their results are limited at best. The second and
smaller fraction, sometimes nicknamed the 'Inquisitors', hold the
view that all beings with the power to direct the flows of magic
must restrain themselves from doing so, or be killed. While they
proclaim great achievements for themselves, it must be doubted that
all their vicims were accused rightly. Some of the 'True Preservers'
fear that their actions will do more harm than good to their cause,
as they spread hatred and prevent the unity needed for achievements
on a larger scale.
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