Because of this, wizards generally lack children, due to both rigid celibacy law and overall non-enabling personality. This is very dangerous, both because absolute power corrupts absolutely, and because it increases background magic levels considerably. If a wizard happens to have an eighth son, this child will be a "wizard squared" or "Sourcerer", as he generates his own magic and can therefore do just about anything with no effort. When a wizard nears death – which they know some time in advance – he formally passes on his staff to a newborn wizard. These often invoke images of particle physics.Īn eighth son of an eighth son is automatically a wizard. They don't understand how magic works either, but have much more exciting words to explain why not. Younger wizards enthusiastically experiment, pushing back the boundaries of knowledge and making new discoveries about the nature of the universe. In fact, the older wizards tend not to understand how magic actually works at all, instead relying on centuries of lore to achieve their effects. The title wizard is said to be derived from the archaic word "Wys-ars", meaning one who, at bottom, is very wise.
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