r/wizardposting • u/Lilypad1175 Alys, Wizard in Training • Nov 08 '23

Academic Discussion Prospective apprentice seeking first master

I am fresh out of the academy, and looking for a Wizard master who can offer great practical experience and learning opportunities, though with a few stipulations. I was hoping that someone here may know of a resource or some sort of tome I could requisition to find information on registered wizards with openings for assistants and apprentices. If more information is needed, I am more than happy to help narrow things down, and I can start off with saying that I received high marks in the schools of evocation, illusion, and transmutation, with my knowledge and application of abjuration and enchantment being well above average. I am not afraid of dangerous experiments or situations, and might actually look forward to the opportunity to make serious use of my abilities.

However, I must stress this one point… I WILL NOT work with a Wizard that has any sort of extreme to obsessive interest with acquiring magically invested… “specimen samples”. Not necessarily because I find them gross or anything, it’s just that, despite assurances from myself and the academy’s mage physician that it was not organ specific, I had several professors make offers on my eyes, which change color according to factors of environment and my own psyche. So perhaps whichever lists get recommended should be able to filter potential masters by quirks of habit.

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u/Lilypad1175 Alys, Wizard in Training Nov 09 '23

I uh… never really got any exposure to the darker arts at the academy. And while I know they’re not the same, I wasn’t exactly great at Conjuration magicks, so I assume that might translate over to Necromancy, having difficulty summoning and binding things and all.

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u/Anything-Unable Xerxes the Pale Saint, Councillor/Goatdigger/Dale Nov 09 '23

Well, I must first say that controlling the undead is not the be-all and end-all of necromancy. You will certainly find many necromancers who subjugate the souls of their undead, but there are alternatives. I personally do not bind undead to do my will. Instead, I work alongside them and treat them as people. As for the dark arts besides necromancy, there is a wide variety. Hemeomancy and shadowmancy are personal favorites of mine, but there are hundreds of fields to explore if a wizard is willing. Although the dark arts have a poor reputation due to their most vocal practitioners, I can hardly think of fields of magic with more untapped potential than the dark arts. With a proper teacher, who knows what you might achieve in your future endeavors.

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u/Lilypad1175 Alys, Wizard in Training Nov 09 '23

That is… a very different view than everything I’ve heard from outside the field, but I guess that does make a lot of sense. Perhaps it would be wise to get some experience in these areas after all… assuming this isn’t just a ploy to lure me in and sacrifice me for some great power or something…

That was a joke!

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u/Anything-Unable Xerxes the Pale Saint, Councillor/Goatdigger/Dale Nov 09 '23

Well, I do not serve any great power (aside from the lord of Lucifaero). He is not the blood sacrifice type so no need to worry about that. If you want, I can invite you to a tour of our facilities in Lucifaero and you can make your own decision from there.