Mages

**Mages** were Humans naturally capable of using the energy of Mana before the introduction of the draconic Abilities due to the Ability Tablet. They always were a rarity, even during the Magical Era of Earth.

# Relation between Mana and Qi

Mana is the energy borrowed from the world's energy, while Qi is the energy from within the body. While **Mages** could increase their Mana pool with Beast Crystals, Qi users could not, therefore the former were socially more valuable than the latter.

Gathering Qi and Mana were very similar, but the latter drew energy from the outside rather than the inside. They were in fact two sides of the same coin, as they were the same type of energy.

When one had both Qi and Mana, one could infuse Qi with elemental attributes.

# Rarity of the Mages

It was rare for Humans to have the ability to become mages. If a person was one, they were set for life. As long as the were minimally powerful, they could enter any Kingdom and earn an easy living.

# Difference with Abilities

Magical Beasts naturally had a high Mana pool and could instinctively use Mana, which we call Abilities. Humans on another hand could not use Mana well without chants and magic circles. The spells designed by Humans were made easier to use for those that had a small Mana pool.

Mages often needed to supplement their own Mana pools artifically with staves, wands, or squarely raw Beast Crystals

# Power levels of Mages

Like the tiers of Magical Beasts or like the Abilities, **Mages** had 8 different power levels.

# Breakthrough

One was not considered a true Mage before one could perform Breakthrough. It was a way to harness even more world energy to give an increase of power, that could sometimes even change one's form and appearance.

When the Tower Master Mia used it, her dark purple hair turned silver.

It could be the same phenomenon as an enhancement-type Soul Weapon or the fourth stage of Qi.

# Education

On the Bronzeland continent, one of the most prestigious institutions to learn Magic was the Roland Academy of the Alure Kingdom.

# Magic circles

Mages learned to draw magic circles but very few were specialized in them. They were sort of algorithms, sets of instructions, a programming language that were powered by Beast Crystals. More complex the instructions required greater grades of Beast Crystal.

# Forbidden Magic

Some spells were forbidden due to the danger they represented.

* The Beasting Process, meaning fusing Humans with Beast Crystals, was forbidden because such experiments normally led to an agonizing death. Lenny Steel was the first to discover a safe method of inducing beastification.
* The Mana Steal skill used by some Dragons and lost to the Humans, because it not only stole the target's energy but also its life force.

# Known Mages

* Scarlett Talen, Fire Mage from the Crune Empire
* Humfree, White Mage (Healer) and Elder of Avrion
* Lenny Steel, competent in all types of Magic, former Tower master
* Mathew Heart, Water Mage of Alure
* John Heart, Water Mage of Alure
* Jake Heart, Water Mage of Alure
* Max Heart, Water Mage of Alure
* Morfran Graylash, Lightning Mage, Dark Guild leader and Shadow Guard
* Blake Dornway, Lightning Mage from the Crune Empire
* Tower master Betty, proficient in Bubble spells
* Tower master Dez, Poison Mage
* Tower master Roy, Fire Mage
* Tower master Mia
* Princess Norah Sine of Cryteria, Earth Mage
* Prince Van of Alure, as a Human incarnation of a Celestial
* Bliss, as a Human incarnation of a Celestial
* Kaito Molo from the Crune Empire
* Professor Del
* Professor Springett
* Professor Flynn, White Mage
* Wiz, Space Grand Mage, Shadow Guard
* Maybe members of the Sunshield family, however Eric Sunshield was a knight

# References

1. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 57
2. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 284
3. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 504
4. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 80
5. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 442
6. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 243
7. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 249, 253, 284
8. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 240
9. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 267
10. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 240
11. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 279
12. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 261
13. ↑ My Dragon System, ch. 406