With a deep commitment to neutrality, the members of the Mages Guild have long been the trustees of all ritual and transport circles. Custodians of the four Tomes of Magic, the Mages are the foremost authority on magical matters. The Guild is controlled by a High Council of Master Mages who are administrators of the Guild until the return of the Grand Master Mage, Floris Brand.
Through service and dedicated study, members learn new skills that extend their understanding of magic and enhance their arcane abilities. The Guild also has the use of a unit of soldiers, the Guild Guard, who strive to protect the Guild and it’s members and stand ever vigilant as the first line of defence at the dangerous Void Portals.

"The Mages Guild does not feel able to offer an opinion on that matter at this moment in time."
- Mages Guild High Council

Since the most ancient of days, there has always been a need for magic. Each race has embraced its teachings, and sought to dig deeper to find its secrets. The race wars were fought over the knowledge of magic, and so after their conclusion. The most powerful of the ancient Colleges of Spellcasters founded a Guild so that such a war would never happen again.
Originally founded by the master Magician, Floris Brand; at that time known as Thomas the Wise, the Mages Guild brought an end to the petty divisions that had beset the different Colleges of Magic. Gradually, the differing elemental schools had for one reason or another sought to unite behind the growing Void College. Once this process was complete, the College had reformed, and established itself as the Mages Guild to announce its new philosophy to the world.

The Mages Guild has always concerned itself with the education of any that exhibit the talents of magic, and with the maintenance of the Ritual Circles of Erdreja. The Guild has always maintained a strong hierarchy, and steep learning curve in the arts of magic. Originally administered by the Grandmaster Magician, and his apprentices, the Colour Mages, the Guild has evolved and in recent times returned to the elemental ideology of its long distant past. The Grandmaster Magician in his last incarnation as Floris Brand, presided over the council in an active role until the fall of 1098. After this he removed himself to the Void, leaving the Guild to be administered by the Elemental Mages. The Grandmaster Magician remains the head of the Guild, but in practical terms this is in name only.

 The Mages Guild is the ideal place to study the arts of spellcasting and the knowledge and skills that goes with this. They also give you the chance to learn some of these skills for yourself using the Lorien Trust Role Playing Occupational Skill Points System or OSP's.

For more information on the Mages and other Guild OSP's follow the link Below.

The mage guild own web site can be found at
www.duholme.org/mages
or you can email them at
mages@merlinroute.co.uk