> There are written tests to become a Mandarin, to advance in the Kralori
> Bureaucracy, to become part of the Circle of Infinite Power. Even the
> Chain of Veneration makes a great deal of sense transposed to Kralori
> society - power moves up the chain, reinforcing the
> Mandarins/Exarchs/Emperor and granting them pools of magic to maintain
> Kralorela.
Shantih indeed!
If this is the case, was it always so? If not always so, when does sorcerous Kralorela begin: with the recent encounter with Shang Hsa, before...or after?
Is the exarch's reluctance to exercise dragon power simply that of a good steward entrusted with his district's spiritual resources, and not so much concern for his mystic attainment?
The thread nibbles its own tail! And speaking of tails, this sounds a lot like some forms of the very magically adroit EWF with its "accelerating, pyramid-like growth" (Guide, 108).
Were the EWF "sorcerers" too, in addition to mystics?
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