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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blarkon Dragonslayer" data-source="post: 3327726" data-attributes="member: 49372">Pathfinder, the rogue looks impressive. I love the background. What happens on Helmanor is this:Every naming day (Midsummer), each child is brought before the local mage lord, and is tested for magical ability.  If they show any inkling of such, they are sent to the nearest academy for training. The ones that have sorcerous abilities or potential usually end up as zombies cleaning the sewers.  The ones that show psi ability are trained to use that ability in the service of the Mage-Emperor, as are the ones that become wizards. Only those that are wizards can become mage lords, though some few of them are cerebremancers.  The ones that show a spark of capacity for faith are taken into the Church of the Emperor, and become holy priests of the Empire.There are elves on Helmanor, but they are mostly limited to the central mountains, where they eke out a rough living, and fight alongside what's left of the resistance against the mage-emperor.  The resistance often times is just another name for bloodthirsty brigands, so its not a place that you'd want to take a little girl for safety.A part of the foundation of the empire was a war of extinction against elves, and the subjugation of dwarves and gnomes.  The largest part of the elves of Helmanor fled to Leathorn when it became apparent that the Mage-Emperor had too much power to be stopped.</blockquote>