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Rystil Arden said:Ah, whew. I thought that it was going to say that they actually taught Learners or somethingYup, I can say with utmost certainty that having a Learner kicked out for not practising true magic fits in perfectly with the Academy's demeanour (heck, they don't even think sorcerers practise true magic)
It might work even better if the first Learner was once the most promising apprentice of Mordrue (the diviner guy) or Sice (the power-loving guy) and was abandoned by his own mentor and fellows for his views.
Hmm... well, I specifically made the origins of the "first learner" a mystery, as I have no idea how that would actually come about. So far as IC was concerned, according to what I wrote, nobody knows how learners came to be - just that they were taught for a short while at the Academy, then not mentioned again until the one professor found a random book, and that now the Nobius college teaches it sparingly.
There was also a note indicating that that style of "magic" came to be known as "blue magic," in the sense that the word "blue" can be used to indicate a taboo topic. (I even cited a source for that, in case someone called me on it!)