Magical Institute

The Magical Institute is the oldest organization on the Thrull. It was created by a group of mages who wanted their own place to practice, collect, and study magic. They keep the history of the planet and their group.

At its founding, the Institute was an open place for mages to come and visit or stay. It was a welcoming organization that turned into a society, and then a college. They began to take mages in as students, teachers, or residents. No form of magic was frowned upon at the Institute to be practiced. Residents, of course, had their own bias. Once it was decided that a president was needed to oversee officially, some magic was forbidden to be practiced at the college, at the discretion of the president. Dua Tenebris, the current president, has not made her opinion known on certain schools, but has upheld decrees from previous presidents. The college currently forbids black magic, necromancy, advanced summoning, and any magic that would cause a mage to ascend. Any mages found practicing these are cast out of the school and Dogane.

It was only recently that the Institute included Covering and changed their stance on the use and possession of magic. In the last 200 years, it has changed from a library of Magic to a college, to a refuge for mages and then, along with the changes in public opinion, either took certain mages out of society or made them more socially acceptable. Every mage, now, is deemed dangerous, but some more dangerous than others.

The Covering is the ceremony where a mage gets their mask. It was made into law by the Government of Dogane 100 years prior and has not been removed. Every magical user is required to turn themselves into the Institute and before being allowed to go back out into the world, must have their mask. The mask chosen varies from person to person but must cover the eyes.