Order Name: The Colleges of Arcana: Wizards.

Sub-Orders: College of Many Colors, College of Famill, College of the White Beards, College of Secrets, College of the Orb, Free Colleges, College of the Broken Staff, College of the Fox, and The Scribes of the Hall. 

Patron God/Founder(s): Septriss and Waltier Witherward. 

Renown Members: Waltier Witherward. 

Feats of Power: Wizards have few true feats of power as most spend their time in study not seeking confrontations, but Witherward has frozen time across the plane, razed mountains, and summoned great storms to wipe out armies in defense of his Hall.  

Restrictions: Mild restriction to upper classes as most tutors and colleges require payment. 

Power Source: Mental Accuity. 

Forming Source: The Words of Power. 

The Drain: Mind, using wizardry drains the Mind. The more power that is drawn the more mental fog rolls in. It becomes hard to think, thoughts slip away, memories distort, and it becomes hazy; it becomes difficult to gain traction in thoughts.  

Tools of Trade: A Focus and Spell Books. 

Uniform: Wizards do not have formal uniforms but generally wear robes treated to protect against fire, corrosive liquids, and other scientific threats. They often wear heavy aprons when in their workshop, heavy glasses to protect their eyes, and tall conical hats with wide brims as a symbol of their status as graduate wizards. Each institute has its own style, and alumni often add their own eccentric flair to their looks.

The Wizards were the first formalized and tamed path of magic. It is heavily rutted with time and wear, and while not the most powerful, it is the most stable path. The Wizards have several larger organizations, but are primarily loosely organized into institutes, colleges, teachers, and alumni. One of the few learned paths so heavily formalized that there is enough literature that one could learn on their own if they could access the books and had the free time to do so. The ultimate pursuit of a wizard is the full mastery of the Words of Power, which means most fully realized wizards are as old as they are powerful. 

The Wizards are the oldest and simplest arcane path. Their strength is in their versatility and dedication to mastery of the language of magic. Wizards can range from the weakest of casters to some of the most difficult to engage in arcane battles with, as some of the most versed Wizards can find counters for several different mage paths on their own. Their magic is especially vulnerable to Iron, and they cannot wear any amount of iron or minimal amounts of steel. 

Wizards seek to ultimately master the Words of Power, the Tongues of Gods, to understand the world they live in, to see past the meaningless colors to the words, to the very ink that makes up the whole of Ithia. Only the studious, patient, dedicated, or stubborn can survive the tedious trials and teachings of the Colleges of Arcana.  

Wizard organizations generally take up whatever structures they can find, but a few more organized ones build towers, stone keeps, and formal universities with protective walls, turrets, and defenses against the unwashed and unlearned masses.  

General, but not codified, rankings of Wizards. 

-The Ancient, the most powerful senior Wizard in a group. 

-The Wizen, the most senior wizards. 

-The Elders, senior wizards. 

-Wizard, graduated, fully certified, wizards. 

-Student, a student at a Wizarding school, academy, college, or institute.