User blog:ZoshiX/Schools of Magic

Alchemy
Studies the material composition of objects, and ways in which the world's natural resources can be combined to create or invoke magical effects, often through consumption. Applications include the production of potions, elixirs, and capsules with varying properties.

Known Practitioners

 * Poxten Crucex - Primary Field of Scholarship

Numerology
Studies the magical properties of numbers, geometry, and arithmatic functions. One of the more abstract areas of study, but is an underlying foundation in many applications.

Known Practitioners

 * Asterion - Religious Advocate

Runes
Studies drawn and written symbols which can be used to channel magical properties from nature, or communicate with metaphysical beings.

Enchanting
Studies the art of channeling magical or divine properties into inanimate objects. Also includes the study of mystical artifacts.

Known Practitioners

 * Poxten Crucex - Secondary Field of Scholarship

Spellcasting
In many ways can be considered a verbal form of runes, as it studies the use of verbal incantations to invoke magical effects or communicate with the supernatural.

Known Practitioners

 * Amygea Moriam

Astronomy
Studies the arrangement and alignment of astronomical objects in the sky, which can amplify certain magical effects, or allow for otherwise unavailable opportunities. Astronomers on Ludusr in the modern era, for mysterious reasons, consistently make analyses and predictions that end up being inaccurate, and tend to be derided by other practitioners as a result.

Music
Studies the interaction that sound has with magic, and how this connection can be conjured with particular arrangements and melodies.

Known Practitioners

 * Zachary Isles - Heirloom Skill, Used to Pacify Ludusian Monsters

Animation
Studies the soul and the ability to transfer spiritual entities to and from physical hosts. Applications include the creation of golems and necromancy. This field of study is considered by many to be taboo, and those that practice it are often viewed as miscreant or corrupted.

Known Practitioners

 * Amygea Moriam