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==History== | ==History== | ||
Among experts who do study such things warlocks are considered a recent, and for many a worrying, phenomenon. It is generally agreed that even a couple centuries ago they were unknown and | Among experts who do study such things warlocks are considered a recent, and for many a worrying, phenomenon. It is generally agreed that even a couple centuries ago they were unknown and [[the Veil]] would have made their planar connections and powers impossible. | ||
Due to the large amount of mistrust and persecution Warlocks have always faced, they to be a solitary and insular lot. Historically there a few examples of large, public Warlock groups, mostly during the [[Schism | Due to the large amount of mistrust and persecution Warlocks have always faced, they to be a solitary and insular lot. Historically there a few examples of large, public Warlock groups, mostly during the [[War of Schism]], where church and national forces were too occupied with larger concerns to root out strange new magic users. (And, in some cases, allegedly even utilized them). Of these "Warlock Rebellions," most took as their banner one or another of the [[Demi-Pantheon]] beings, the precursors to [[Alexandria]]. | ||
Since those beings are were killed by Alexandria's assumption of the [[Omnity]], what true powers these foolish mortals are contacting is obviously unknown. Some such groups seem to realize this, and use pre-Alexandrian symbols primarily as part of the identity building process, while others truly seem to be coaxed into believing they have contacted the literal being. | Since those beings are were killed by Alexandria's assumption of the [[Omnity]], what true powers these foolish mortals are contacting is obviously unknown. Some such groups seem to realize this, and use pre-Alexandrian symbols primarily as part of the identity building process, while others truly seem to be coaxed into believing they have contacted the literal being. | ||
==Relationship with Alexandrianism== | ==Relationship with Alexandrianism== | ||
Nearly all branches of [[Alexandrianism]] (including even [[Peteran Alexandrianism]]) have declared Warlock pacts to be an apostasy and afford the choice of death or life of solitary confinement to its practitioners. Generally speaking, the Church dedicates its primary energies to rooting out Warlocks from within their own ranks, now the primary purpose of church inquisitors. Warlocks not operating within the church sphere have an easier time of it, as they can usually pass for simple hedge magicians without too much scrutiny. | Nearly all branches of [[Alexandrian Church|Alexandrianism]] (including even [[Peteran Alexandrianism]]) have declared Warlock pacts to be an apostasy and afford the choice of death or life of solitary confinement to its practitioners. Generally speaking, the Church dedicates its primary energies to rooting out Warlocks from within their own ranks, now the primary purpose of church inquisitors. Warlocks not operating within the church sphere have an easier time of it, as they can usually pass for simple hedge magicians without too much scrutiny. | ||