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Magic
Magic is everywhere, academies of magic may look to the stars for guidance and power, the druids look toward the nature and there are more sources still. Magic permeates every part of the world and the world reacts to this. The stars align and are a direct cosmic force of magic, nature forms around leylines and even stores magic itself. Looking to the world for answers is ingrained in the practice of magic and every caster has to find their guidance in the world.
Usually a distinction is made between arcane magic and primordial magic. Arcane magic is often harnessed by Wizards, Bards, Druids and the like, it is drawn from the magic that originates in the leylines and permeates the world. For this the caster draws power directly from their source, may it be the stars or something else. Primordial magic is drawn from the primordial gods that govern Abaron or one of their aspects.
There are various Academies within these lands, most of them are associated with one of the great Dominions that rule these lands.
Little is known about the inner workings of the Academies, you only know that they are secluded and their doors only open to students, teachers and invited guests.
One of the few times the academies pupils travel the lands is in their yearly search for "gifted", who are then brought to the academies for further evaluation and education.
The event that started the age of "Receding Magic" (It is sometimes called this, scholars and farmers, students and traders all use different language for this) is undeniably the leyline shift. The magic stopped flowing as freely through the lands and the places of magical potency shifted, if not vanished all together.
As a result of this magic grew weaker and casting became more cumbersome and exhausting. People could no longer rely on magic alone to manage their daily lives.
From a gameplay perspective you can think of this that basically everybody had like 2 or three times more spellslots than we have right now according to the ruleset. Before the leylineshift a level 20 wizard could maybe go around and have 3 or more level 9 spellslots available while now you have 1 max.
The "gifted" are those that are born with a special aptitude for magic and are those that can yield magic of higher power. These individuals are recruited by the Academies and tought control over magic there.
Secrets reside here.