There are many places to travel, and many places to see.
There are more secrets of magic than we know,
more even than those held by the Masters and
only vouchsafed to those who are found worthy.
There is of course the Hedgeway, crude but effective - mere days ago a full armored knight and his man-at-arms told me a tale (with ample evidence surrounding him) of how he nearly came to grief from a rude application of enscrollment.
There is also Tellek, by some reports a rival for the Biblioteca in certain colleges, if they cared enough to notice. The Druids abide in the forests of Eire and wild places everywhere else, even in Landshrue & Beltheshine and deal with strange magic that pours up from the land itself. The Church has let its grip slip on its Holy magics, but even now we see them being slowly, and deliberately restored - heed the news from Kesh-Nicht, tales grow in the telling, but the truth is astounding enough, I was there and can affirm that potent magics were at play that night. In the wilderness Orcish Shamans summon shadowy warriors from the past to do battle in the darkness. The Kobolds are individually weak, but in ritual circle can lift a potent curse and heal a man from death's door. In Ramsgate, a town otherwise bereft of good manners and virtue, one can find Inns that cater to Magi, with access to libraries and alchemical labs priced fairly as a package with lodging (but stay clear of the battle Mages, they do not deal in honest "coin". Eat or drink nothing from them, nor linger in their presence lest you find yourself indentured beyond your will). When a Hobbit labels someone a Master Chef, they mean Master in no lesser regard than do we, it is a practical and ordinary College they pursue, but at least once in your life, pay the coin needed to dine at a Hobbit's table - but never lay hand upon their cookbook, for they shall treat you as sorely as you would treat one who perused your spellbook without leave or sufficient learning.
All these different places to learn entirely different forms of magic. And yet more, on the road you meet other Journeymen, from our school and these others as well. Even from our school those that began their journey long enough before or after you may hold a different perspective on "well known" magics, with theories and techniques that have changed over time. Rare is a Journeyman who has learned nothing in his travels, and while protecting hard won secrets is practically automatic for those of our vocation, trade,
knowledge for knowledge is the rule of the road.
Why do I remind you of all that which you already know?
Some of you are lucky, and have been well placed with Masters whose interests are broad and are truly motivated to see their students eventually surpass them. Those that want to decipher all of magic and know that this is no task for any one man. Many of you fortunate ones need never become Journeymen per se as your Master already travels where ever there is more to be learned.
There alas are those who have by misfortune have become associated with a "Master Of The College Of Ancient Laurels". The Biblioteca is without a doubt the best place for the study of the deep magics, but some Masters have forgotten this, and content themselves with repeating lessons of those things they already know to naive ears. Left to their care by the other Masters who pursue enlightenment beyond the First Ward, you approach the limits that have been set for you. Some of you may therefore soon be ready to follow the Journeyman's road. Pursue learning without narrow limits applied by those who wish mostly to ensure you do not surpass their limits. Some of you have already taken steps to follow learning without walls.
It is not without risk.
It is not without rewards, both eldritch and mundane.
I did not study the College of Divination, so I cannot foretell what awaits you outside the Wards.
I know not what different kind of magic practiced beyond the carefully delineated recipes you have learned in Landsruetowne will open your eyes to see
The Magic as A Master sees it.
But I know that if you ask a Dwarven Master Smith if his Making is enchanted he'll likely laugh at you.
And when he is done laughing he will deny that there is even one whit of magic in it.
And I know that such a making, if say a weapon, will upon skilled mystical examination, proclaim itself to be "Graceful", "Puissant" or "Sharp", if not all three! Making, Breaking, and Enchantment are to a Dwarf as breathing is to all others, they do not know it as magic, for in truth, they know no other way to "make". Some are more skilled than others, and an apprentice will turn out ordinary wares that are yet better than most other craftsmen, that will bear no sign of spellcraft. However, based on what I have seen, when I have the opportunity of observing a Mastersmith competition, I will be doing so through lidded and downcast eyes, lest my Magesight blind me.
I know not your College, nor Degree neither Aspect nor Sigil, so I cannot predict your Journey nor either the Form of your Mastery.
But I do know that Mages are in short supply in Eaglesreach.
I know that Dwarves hold competence and skill in very high regard.
I also know that Dwarves pay well.
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An itinerant Mage, formerly of the Biblioteca
Three bands: Silver, Silver & Gold
Colleges Of Enchantment, Making & Breaking, & Twelve Others.