Glyphology

***[THIS IS NO LONGER CANON TO TERRA AVIUM]***

Glyphology is the field of study of glyphs, glyphs theory, glyph sigils, and glyph art. Those who study in this field is called a glyphologist, while those who practise drawing glyphs themselves are glyphists. Glyphologists don't entirely need to draw glyphs in order to become a glyphologists, but most do since they need something to experiment on.

Glyphology is a field of scholarly pursuit. Glyphologists are scholars who are licensed and monitored closely by the government. Glyphologists are mainly consisted of symbologists, geometrists and mathmaticians. Glyphologist generally spend time in their labratories, going outside and searching for historical clues on new sigil discoveries, or going on trips to find out a new sigil.

## LEGALITY & LAWS

Glyphology is a legal and approved study of magic. However, only licensed glyphologists, ink/powder producers and glyphists are allowed to practise this art. They must go through a process of tests, government approval, and honor in order to get their license. A glyphologist must have their license at all times and musn't lose it. A glyphologist must update their license every 2 years, and go through the same process.

Practising glyphology without a license is immensely illegal with dire consequences. The court will judge the individual by reviewing the background and various other elements of the individual. If the glyphologist's portfolio does have an account of having a license (that dates back no more than 1 year) then they can be judged differently and filed as license lost and the individual can go through the process of getting their license again.

If the individual reports a missing license then their last time of getting their license updated must be no more than 2 years. If the individual is an apprentice then their master can cover for them and vouch for them, though this will damage the master's reputation and it is discouraged that the mistakes are to be repeated.

A glyphologist can get their license revoked. If they do anything shady or illegal with glyph art and busted out about it, they will immediately go through trial and judged through a series of conditions. The people judging them are the court of lawful magic, the court of justice, some of the top glyphologists with different views, and the supreme judge.

If a glyphologist is a master and has apprentices, if their license is revoked the ntheir apprenticeships must either go to a new master in a span of a time period or get their license revoked also - deeming them illegal glyphologists. If an apprentice's license is revoked, then the master must either cover for them by giving evidence that they don't deserve it, or stop their apprenticeship.

There are very few known sources of ink/powder producers, and they are the main source of where the glyphists get their materials and ink and chalk. The producers are very limited, and they can only produce out a certain amount of ink and powder per week. Because of this limit, glyphologists tend to try to order as fast as possible and they must be careful and save ink/powder. Producers must also be licensed, and they must not export the product to anywhere else except to the licensed glyphologists. They can also get their license revoked and disqualified as a producer. Furthermore, the law controls the amount of producers there are in Terra Avium.

## KNOWLEDGE

Glyphs are a very modern form of magic casting, with new discoveries and breakthrough being made every week or month or so. Even master glyphologists still fail at drawing one often. Because of its modern-ness, glyphology doesn't have a full on detailed book documenting every aspects of it yet. The nature of glyphs is not fully known as eilds or alchemy or raw - and so those who pursue the field of glyphology must rely or discovering and self-learning.

Glyphologists would gather and meet with each other to conduct experiements and create breakthroughs. But most importantly, they must find the limitations and the risks of glyphs before making it public. Furthermore, they must give advices on how to deal with them whenever something glyph-related incident happens.

## APPRENTICESHIP

Glyphs are one of the hardest to master art of casting out there, and masters rarely ever take apprenticeships. So glyphist numbers are small. Additionally, the government controls the amount of glyphists there are and keeps track of them in case things get out of hand and society springs into chaos and illegal trades happen. Glyphology apprenticeships take in the most talented geometrists, mathmaticians, logicians and magic theorist they can get their hands on.

Currently, glyphologist numbers are being monitored by the government so things wouldn't get out of hand. A glyphologist must have at least one apprentice but maximum two apprentices, and the apprentices must have a minimum training of 20 years before they can get their own apprentices.