Questionable Questing

I'll ask Jackal these questions. Also, a major part of politics is the Academies for sorcery have characters like Carggolix, you remember the Mind Flayer husband of Malora from Frozen Dreams? Wizards like them who took the ordered principles behind the Godstars magic and broke it down into the cosmic forces powering that.

Craggoliax comes from a long line of influential Godstar priests but while he still keeps to them, for magic he turns to making the divine energies controllable my man.
Creating schools of sorcery.

And from these acadmies is a offshoot of workers, traders, merchants, and mercs who side with Old God sorcerers and enchanters who are willing to contract to make money. Your guilds of magic.
These are troublesome to Lucan Star Eyes. Hamish hates the lack of self realization. He is a occultist because of the spiritual freedom it gives, not the cash.

Hurrik does have to admit to himself at least sometimes that he's speaking from a privileged position. lol. That most people don't have multiple of the most powerful and wealthy families in the kingdom to love and support him, and that most people have to work to survive. Which speaking of, you keeping the name Hurrik or changing it? I know you mentioned something about that.

They voted Seamous Gaollpi. Its a Quest. I got to go with the votes and Jackal is fine with it.

Going to be honest that's a pretty goofy name. I don't even know why you gave that as an option. lol.

Seamous. Sea Mouse. Seamen. Semen. Gaollpi. Gallop. Gulpy. Gallows pie.

They did a write in. Jackal didn't have it as something. They picked it

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Our heir is named Seamus, heir to the fallen House of Gallopi.

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Now I don't want to say anything. They seem so excited about it. I don't want them to do what I'm doing and see Semen Gulp every time instead. lol

Reader's man. I haven't ever had any too weird suggestions. Knock on wood. But they do get some crazy ideas. Which back to the topic, if you have all these people running around taking the knowledge they gained from the school and then building their own mini laboratories out in the middle of the woods to further it, how are these hedge wizards making money for the supplies and equipment they'll need?

They don't have labs. These aren't schollars. They are a mix of low level hedge mages and higher potency magisters who are craftsmen, traders, and a few war mages. Many merchant families are having mages oathbind themselves to them to reinforcde the mages sorcery and connect them to a sub culture of coin.

The money is in brewing potions, creating rare minerals or extracting them, laying enchantments, summoning pets. Money money services

If they could sense metals, they would make a killing pointing mining companies in the right direction. But potions make perfect sense, I'm guessing a lot of medicines but beautification products are probably super high in demand especially if you're really good at it. Plastic surgery is a multi billion dollar industry after all.

What are the most common types of enhancements and pets?

Unsure. The trouble here with fantasy is if you push the magic is tech by another name too much you take the fantastic wonder out of it. The glory of it. And I can talk about the different prices for the different magic systems if you like. Worked that out more with Jackal.
Psionics, still needs better name, stands out as having no price.

Psionics? What are you trying to name exactly because usually Psionics are tied with mutants or psychic powers in a more Sci-Fi setting. And the problem with magic is that it has to have a system or rules it follows that at least only you the author fully understands and the reader can follow along, or it starts to feel unfair or nonsensical. But if you add rules and observable outcomes, that's what we call science.

Remember Barristan and his blue willpower lightsaber and Whent's crimson rage blade? The manipulation of fate and emotion that Naven did, the spy bullshit Varys pulled? Personal based on someone's talents and interests mortal magic with no spirits and gods powering it.

Oh. Mmmh. I'll think about this one. But it has to do with Spirit or soul. Maybe something about enlightenment, where the apex of emotion meets the apex of purpose. But first I sleep. Still pretty tired and I need to go take my cough meds before I forget. I got a couple more days of that.

Sleep well talk more about it and the different prices and long term convenants of different magics later.