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Personal Narrative: The Thaumaturgy
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The Thaumaturge “Thaumaturgy the capability of a magician or a saint to use magic to make miracles,” that’s the general definition of a thaumaturge. Of course, there’s a lot more to it than just being a simple magician or some ‘Holy’ saint. Magic itself, also called Vis (v-ee-ce), is what’s hard to come by as in this world it’s all but forgotten, at least as far as I know. I haven’t come across anybody with a high affinity for magic in the entirety of my career, except for my master, but he’s long dead. I honestly never would’ve expected what was about come next either, my first encounter with a wizard that is.
I was 10 when I was first introduced to John, my master, and it was him who taught me, a mere Normal, to use magic. Of course I was skeptical at first but it was all swept away by the amazement only the mind of a 10 year old could feel. In 6 years time he taught as much as he was able to without causing harm to my psyche. Gaining actual experience in Thaumaturgy was a not easy as such magics can become harmful to those who may be too eager. It’s a simple scenario of ‘Knowledge is power and power corrupts’, go too fast in your training and the damage will be done. My master had taught me at a reasonable pace before his death but without him it was all up to the book he left behind, the
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Without someone who knows how to hold it all back things may very well get a bit nasty. A thaumaturge learning without restraint may lead to an ever growing condition called ‘Warp’. Warp can have some rather mind boggling effects such as physical hallucinations in which a mere illusion can become tangible due to an influx of Vis. When that much Vis gathers in one place it’s all but natural for at least something to happen. Although under most circumstance the only time Vis gathers at single point is when an Aura Node is

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