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TEAR
Keeper of the Magical
Balance, Rogue-Mage Bane
Lawful Neutral
The Temple of the Airy Scales
The following of Tear (pronounced Teer) is mainly
transmuters, but includes many other classes of folk. Even the poorest
farmers and working class folk pray to Tear to avoid the ravages of
unaligned mages. Once a mage has gained a level of power he or she is
expected to join one of the Towers of Magic. Many Towers are scattered
around the continent, but all are aligned with one of the two Central
Towers; either the Floating Tower of Light or the Black Tower on Grim
Isle. The priesthood of Tear not only seeks those wizards who refuse to
align themselves, they also hunt the mages who have denounced their
vows or gone against the wishes of the leaders of their Tower. The
active hunters are called Seekers, nearly magic-proof priests of Tear
with transmuting spells, though many started with other classes or
choose to become multiclassed to better hunt rogue magic-users. Those
clergy found in the Temples of the Scale are called Balance-Keepers.
They have the task of observing the rites of Tear and directing Seekers
to wizards in question, reporting all unknown mages to the High Venger
of the Temple of Airy Scales. Many of the temples of Tear are mage
schools, since many of the Balance-Keepers are mage/priests and serve
Tear well steering young wizards toward the Towers.
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