that, and you can't let them eat first. or else they will believe that they are the alpha and won't listen to you.

what about the buffalo? no one loves the buffalo.

The buffalo's old. Too old, in fact.

I have some seemingly random questions i would like to ask... When you have the magic symbol on you at birth, will you instinctivly know you can do magic? Are there mages of the mind? Are there Powers like reading minds? <- character concept based off of this Are there any strange innate abilities people have that is not related to magic? Thanks for you time :P

Gah, now my character concept and its 2 pages of backstory died :P Ahh well, it was fun to write. It was a person who unintentionally read the minds of everyone around him :D More quetions!: What primarily is it that seers are able to do? If they see the future, is it actual events happening they see, or something representing it. How deep is the physical connection between the fammiliar and the Mage, for instance, when one is sick is the other instantly sick also? What kind of training would a Seer go through? Are there any rules of magic? Like you arent allowed to do certian things, or in the case with raamah, arent even supposed to be ABLE to do? Are there any rare materiels in exitence in this world? Like adamantium, mythril, Ironwood, Silverwood, etc... What are some magically potent herb like things, kinda like the blackthrorn, baisal, and other whatnot that Not so little Ms. Psyco with the ferret (if its a weasal im sorry >.<) is using.

Tis ADK's turn to answer! (No, still don't have internet.... >.> <.<) Aaanyway, this'll probably be much more concise then Lara's usual novels. :P Primarily, Seers see the future. They have very little control on this. They can't ever control what they see in visions, and learning the control of the 'when' is very limited and mostly involves being able to dictate when NOT assaulted by visions. They do, however, tend to learn to interprate them better as they improve. Furthermore, they have other methods of divination, such as using tarot cards, which a Seer can use with incredible accuracy. (Though without the detail etc of visions) Such readings can even trigger brief or longer visions. Seers can even enchant objects for divination to increase their potency for those with the skills to use it, though they rarely do so. Gypsies are very well known for having some of these. Skills concerning the mind are actually secondary, which can involve spells to sense truth and lies, sensing the presence of other beings.... Masters are even said to be able to willingly pick up surface thoughts, images and emotions. There's also rumors involving Seers (and all spirit mages, for that matter) and souls, but hardly anything concrete or assured as factual. On the whole, Seers are known from being heavily detached, oddball individuals. Mostly, they see actual events, or flashes of them. Of course, these are all POTENTIAL futures. There's no guarantees they'll actually happen, there's self fulfilling prophesies, etc. A Seer will find themselves having to learn how flexible time is, what effects they could have, the importance of potential, and of restraint.... Often, the juxtaposition of living in a world that's half reality, have possibility, sometimes trying to prevent a bad future only to make it worse, etc, will drive the Seers insane. On the matter of familiars getting sick.... while a familiar might not actually get an identical infection, they might as well, as either way they're going to FEEL it, and all that the mage goes through. Aches and pains, headaches and problems thinking, fevers, even actual damage can happen even though they technically don't have whatever might be causing the disease. This goes both ways. I think it's also worth noting that while both mage and familiar are physically injured, only the one that actually received the injury will bear a scar. Seers are too rare to have specialized training courses. Many things they do are self taught. Also, the Gypsies have their own method of training those within their ranks, specializing in Spirit mages and bridging off of teachings first provided by the First Mage, but they do NOT train outsiders. In the schooling system, Seers have independent studies, study directly under some of the top seers of the school (which is probably Oron, if they're Solumian) as well as the core and standard classes of the students. The majority of their control, however, past learning basics about spellweaving, tends to be self taught based on discipline, introspection, etc. There's a lot of things you can't, magically, do. (The magical law, equivilant) ^^;; Is there anything more specific? On that note, there are ALSO a lot of magically potent herbs. However, the herb associations are based on modern paganism, so finding information on it shouldn't be too hard. ;) As far as rare materials... beyond enchanted items, no. (Though if there were, they probably wouldn't be allowed in the rp unless you had a good excuse.... and the only one I can think of atm that I'd accept would be nobility.)

I just noticed that the translation that appears when you scroll over Tivona's name in the cast page appears to be in a different language than every other minor character. (Barak's name is in lunelines. Raamah's just looks wierd and appears to be in a cursive form of Solum.) I assume the language Tivona's name is written in is Sei. Is this a recent change or did everyone just miss a hint that Tivona is not only a bitch, but a traitor as well?