Whale Etchers

The Whale Etchers are a group of magi hailing from Welleröldhofn. Here they gather the bones of whales used in the whaling industry and carve them into different shapes and sizes, granting magical effects to these so called Whale Charms.
== History ==
The Whale Etchers hold a long tradition in Welleröldhofn, starting from the days that the first whales made their way to the port city. All starting with a small group of workers carving into the bones during small breaks and at home, first serving as simple jewellery. Not soon after however those more magically inclined found out that the bones hold a deep allurement to them. They started to carve at them differently allowing their power to come out. These charms no granted small boons to those wearing them. They became popular among the citizens of Welleröldhofn, but were met with suspicion by the High King and Queens of Svellbjargheim. Nonetheless some of the royalty tried out the charms and they were to their liking. However soon the Whale Etchers became vilified, as one of the mages had created a charm that does grant a more powerful boon but at a big cost. One of these 'corrupted' charms made their way to the High King and the drawbacks outweighed the benefits as he quickly fell ill. Blaming the charms they were quickly banned from Svellbjargheim, but remain popular nonetheless in Welleröldhofn. The charms kept making their way around the known world, but the tales of corrupted charms spread before them. Therefore people mistrusted the charms, even those only proving boons. The status as something dangerous was cemented and nothing much could be done to improve it.