Majistraal

The **Majistraal** or **Majistraal Order** are a former organization that once controlled the world of Delve.

## History

They met a demise of some sort, a long time ago. That downfall is said to have been caused by a terrible civil war between inner factions of the group. This event destroyed all of their cities, and only the most durable artifacts remained.

The Watch and the Guild are said to both be splinters of the **Majistraal Ascensi Guildum**, the Majistraal's organization for training their mages. To be a full member of the Majistraal order, one reportedly had to be a platinum-plate, i.e. Level 75 or higher. Individuals of lower levels were part of the Ascensi Guildum, and thus only an apprentice/trainee, their plates indicating their level progression. The Bank doesn't share these Majistraal roots.

The calendar used in the world began at the date of the fall of the Majistraal, and is currently at the year 3061.

## Capabilities

They had full sovereignty and authority within their domain, capable of leeching from the mana reserves of others without triggering Arcane Resistance, and enabling System screens to unawakened. In an *outpost* like the one that later would be called Fel Sadanis, this meant thousands of people; said outpost was much larger than the city.

Later scholars only wonder about the true powers of the Majistraal - Staavo implied that the Majistraal were so masterful with mana that they could stop it from being absorbed by metal. Even modern enchantments, newly fabricated equipment and newly developed techniques are inferior to those of Majistraal artifacts. Reason said of them “Works beyond imagining, powers beyond mortal ken. Through mastery of magic, they became the masters of themselves.”

It is believed by many in The World that the Majistraal created the System.

## Artifacts

* The Majistraal created a Teleportation network, operated by mana-charged teleportation platforms that are still operative despite constant use, maintained mostly by the Bank.
* Below Fel Sadanis, there was a buried Majistraal obelisk-shaped artifact controlling the city's barrier. Similar artifacts are present in a select few other cities of the DKE. This piece of Majistraal "technology" had the following specifications and limitations:
	+ Blocking all ingress/egress of everyone not exempted from that by a list of authorized residents - including mundane means, magical flight, various teleportation magic and extending underwater and underground.
	+ Shielding the area entirely from physical and magical damage (but letting light pass through. *Speculation: This transparency might have been a setting deliberately chosen by Citizen Westbridge, an expert in Majistraal tech, in order to fool Halgrave.*)
	+ Covered by an invisibility/perception field that distracted everyone of low levels.
	+ Secured by an active-on-touch field that slows perception of operators to ~80 fast than actual passing time.
	+ Made out of indestructible material (at least for near-gold level people like Citizen Sadanis).
	+ Siphoning ambient mana, and also taking mana from all entities within the barrier, in order to fuel the barrier. The mana provided by ten thousand inhabitants was sufficient to uphold the barrier. This siphon reached every entity within the barrier, but could not reach into lairs.
* Rain suspects that the Guild branch of the Majistraal created a powerful artifact that enabled "versioning" books, proven by the Guild ledgers. This artifact would supposedly be in Xiugaaraa.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 72
2. ↑ Chapter 90
3. ↑ Chapter 76
4. ↑ Chapter 110
5. ↑ Chapter 252
6. ↑ Chapter 73: *By Majistraal injunction, guests and residents are hereby...*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 74
8. ↑ Chapter 69
9. ↑ Chapter 99
10. ↑ Chapter 68
11. ↑ Chapter 116
12. ↑ Chapter 104
13. ↑ Chapter 105
14. ↑ Chapter 98
15. ↑ Chapter 84
16. ↑ Chapter 112