Re: Zzabur and sorcerers

From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Mon 24 Jan 2000 - 03:40:13 EET


Peter Metcalfe:
> For obvious reasons, I
> do not believe that the Church would allow the Wizard Caste
> to choose between becoming a wizard or a sorcerer.

The reason that springs to mind as being the most obvious is: who
gets to choose an occupation of _any_ kind, in most of Malkioni

society? I'd think that in most Malkioni territory, there are
de facto 'sub-castes' (whether one is born into them, or qualifies
for them), rather than an undifferenciated set of professions.

> IMO the sorcerers are considered to be commoners by most
> Malkioni as the first commoners in the Land of Logic were
> investigators of the physical world

That would have a certain logic too, especially for the 'more
way-back-when-than-thou' Rokari. Maybe more problematic for
the Idealists, though perhaps they can rationalise such types as
'eternal acolythists', or some such.

Cheers,
Alex.

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