Magisters

Magisters are mages in the Pheagon Empire that have completed their studies at an officially chartered academy, have at least 20 years of working experience in their field and have been commended by the crown for their service and loyalty to the Empire.

Mages with this title are afforded more freedoms such as, but not limited to: owning property, freedom of movement between provinces without sanctioned order, taking on apprentices outside of the academies, building their own mage towers.

An archmagister is someone who has at least 40 years of experience and has been granted that rank by the Imperial Senate for service to the Empire and its people, on the recommendation of the crown. They are awarded further rights such as, but not limited to: ability to start their own mage academies with consent from the Senate (though this is rarely requested and rarer granted still), able to form their own house and estates, form organizations and chartered companies.

It is led by a conclave composed of all archmages of the academies and all archmagisters, regardless of their status within an academy. Their decisions are reached through secret votes and are considered official stances of all mages in their relations towards the Empire and are binding for all other mages within their territories.

The Magistracy is the main instrument of control that the Imperial bureaucracy uses to keep the mages in check and prevent uprisings that have plagued its early history.