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= Employment for magic users =

'''Employment for magic users''' in Faeloria spans the '''military''', '''guilds and corporations''', and '''freelance''' work. Magic is applied across offense, defense, utility, service, and craft. See [[Magic in Faeloria]] for the broader context.

== Ways magic is used in work ==

{| class="wikitable"
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! Use
! Examples
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| '''Offense'''
| Combat mages, siege specialists, guards
|-
| '''Defense'''
| Warders, garrison mages, bodyguards
|-
| '''Utility'''
| Messaging, lighting, locks, travel aids
|-
| '''Service'''
| Healers, scribes, entertainers, advisors
|-
| '''Craft'''
| Rune carvers, enchanters, scroll scribes
|}

== Military employment ==

* '''Combat''' - Battle mages, skirmishers. Garrison mages at keeps (e.g. '''[[Starfall Citadel]]''').
* '''Communication''' - '''Dedicated scribes''' operating linked boards (see [[Magical communication]]).
* '''Logistics''' - Supply, healing, camp infrastructure.
* '''Reconnaissance''' - Scrying, detection, divination.
* '''Specialized orders''' - The '''[[Order of the Purple Rose]]''' and '''[[Order of Starfall]]''' employ mages.

== Civilian employment ==

* '''Runestones and power systems''' - '''[[Runic Power Stones]]''', [[Maginite]]; rune carvers, imbuers, converters.
* '''Message centres''' - [[Magical communication|Messaging centres]]; scribes, maintenance enchanters.
* '''Trinkets and goods''' - Enchanters, retail. '''Entertainment''' - Illusionists, Fae-touched acts.
* '''Industry''' - Mining, smithing, agriculture, construction.
* '''Academies''' - The '''[[Arcanum Lyceum]]''' in [[Lumenara]]; faculty, researchers, archivists.

== Freelance work ==

* '''Travelling mages''' - Itinerant healing, blessings, wards, item identification.
* '''Escorts''' - Protecting caravans or dignitaries.
* '''Enchantment and scroll-making''' - Commissions, spell scrolls for sale.
* '''Imbuing and recharging''' - Recharging '''Runic Power Stones''' or wands; see [[Limits and costs of magic]], [[Maginite]].
* '''Consulting''' - Divination, identification, curse-breaking.

Freelancers may be guild-affiliated or independent; some regions require licensing.

== See also ==

* [[Magic in Faeloria]], [[Magical communication]]
* [[Runic Power Stones]], [[Maginite]], [[Arcanum Lyceum]]
* [[Order of Starfall]], [[Order of the Purple Rose]], [[Starfall Citadel]]
* [[Limits and costs of magic]]

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