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Itinerant lifestyles & moments of clarity about powerlessness

Eleanor Konik
Jan 19, 2022
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The worst part of her graduation stint as an itinerant mage was when the aether winds shifted and the cold rain burned her aura away. Without magic or the trappings of her Collegium robes, people always pegged her for a vagrant.

Emily wondered if her peers realized it was the Collegium's most important lesson.

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