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	The [[Wizard Breakers]], later called the '''Order of Wizard Breakers''' was an organization of [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] mages and fighters who operated during the [[Mage Wars]] and sought to end rule by [[Magic\|magic]]. As a biproduct, the organization helped give rise to the [[Society of Assassins]].		The [[Wizard Breakers]], later called the '''Order of Wizard Breakers''' was an organization of [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] mages and fighters who operated during the [[Mage Wars]] and sought to end rule by [[Magic\|magic]]. As a biproduct, the organization helped give rise to the [[Society of Assassins]].

	The Wizard Breakers can be thought of as existing in two phases: as an organized group, and then later as a name or ideal.[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group around ~~3470 [[B.G.A.]]~~ and created their operating practices. The original Order fell apart sometime around the [[Mage Wars#The Intermediate Period\|Intermediate Period]], but isolated groups of ~~resistence~~ fighters continued to use the name all the way up until the [[Mage Wars#The Second Chaotic Period\|Second Chaotic Period]].		The Wizard Breakers can be thought of as existing in two phases: as an organized group, and then later as a name or ideal.[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group around and created their operating practices. The original Order fell apart sometime around the [[Mage Wars#The Intermediate Period\|Intermediate Period]], but isolated groups of resistance fighters continued to use the name all the way up until the [[Mage Wars#The Second Chaotic Period\|Second Chaotic Period]].

	==History==		==History==
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	The Order had few codified rules, among them being "We are not thieves". Breakers could steal magical items they thought could be used to further their goals, but other valuables were off limits. This is considered the primary factor that led to the schism between the Order and the [[Society of Assassins]]. Most full-time Wizard Breakers lived lives of destitution, their most valuable possessions being enchanted weapons and armor.		The Order had few codified rules, among them being "We are not thieves". Breakers could steal magical items they thought could be used to further their goals, but other valuables were off limits. This is considered the primary factor that led to the schism between the Order and the [[Society of Assassins]]. Most full-time Wizard Breakers lived lives of destitution, their most valuable possessions being enchanted weapons and armor.

	The Codified Order still grew very strong, and was successful in taking down many of the worst Arch Magus's if the mid [[Mages Was#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period]]. Breakers even sometimes assembled into scratch armies when a full siege was required.		The Codified Order still grew very strong, and was successful in taking down many of the worst [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]]'s if the mid [[Mages Was#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period]]. Breakers even sometimes assembled into scratch armies when a full siege was required.

	~~Witness~~		===Decline===
	~~Herald~~		By the start of the [[Mage Wars#The Intermediate Period\|Intermediate Period]], the Wizard Breakers had spread all around the [[Known Worlds]], but by then the larger battle had been lost. Once the first major multi-world empires coalesced,
	~~Breaker~~


	~~During~~ the [[~~Mages Was~~#The ~~First Chaotic~~ Period\|~~First Chaotic~~ Period]]

	~~A hundred and thirty years into~~ the [[~~Mage Wars~~]], the first ~~rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser~~-~~path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end~~, ~~the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.~~


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	In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjugation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade. As the organization grew, and finding work became harder (for want of evil magicians to kill), they started taking on all sorts of jobs, from mercenary work to outright assassinations, and started coming up with some down-right crazy ideologies. It stopped being so much about business, and more of a pseudo-religion. In their heyday, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult. By the end of the Mage Wars, they were a pretty dangerous bunch.		In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjugation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade. As the organization grew, and finding work became harder (for want of evil magicians to kill), they started taking on all sorts of jobs, from mercenary work to outright assassinations, and started coming up with some down-right crazy ideologies. It stopped being so much about business, and more of a pseudo-religion. In their heyday, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult. By the end of the Mage Wars, they were a pretty dangerous bunch.

	The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the ~~[[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]]~~ directly.		The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the directly.

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	==History==		==History==
	The term "wizard breaker" is mentioned as far back as [[High Tower]], but it seems then was used only to describe none-mages who deliberately kill magic users. Its unclear the exact origin of the term, but it is never used outside the context of someone killing a mage to prevent them from exerting power over others.		The term "wizard breaker" is mentioned as far back as [[High Tower]], but it seems then was used only to describe none-mages who deliberately kill magic users. Its unclear the exact origin of the term, but it is never used outside the context of someone killing a mage to prevent them from exerting power over others.

			[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group, a wizard of little power in his own right, and a swordsmen of some note. He was at [[High Tower]] and personally knew [[Aden Searlin]].

	===Early Formation and Order===		===Early Formation and Order===
	The first organized Wizard Breakers		The first organized Wizard Breakers coalesced on [[Aren]] about 130 years after [[High Tower]], when [[Tower Magic]] had become the norm during the . The Order developed its own tactics based on isolated cells which passed information back and forth, while the actual teams of Breakers were self-sufficient.

			The low level cells were called ''Witnesses'', their only function was to observe and gather information. They provided intelligence and accounts of brutality being enacted on the local populous. The Wizard Breakers were not themselves opposed to the use of magic, but to the suffering inflicted on non-magic users. The cells of witnesses would gather information and pass it on to the ''Heralds''.

			Heralds operated alone or in small groups of 2-3. These were often merchants who traveled between population centers and did little more than broker information. The Heralds also offered a valuable skill by writing information in code. The coded messages would be passed to other witness groups, other Heralds, or directly to Breakers. Typically a dead drop was used to separate the Heralds from the Breakers.

			''Wizard Breakers'' themselves operated in groups of 3-8, and usually a few of them had some magical skill. Their primary skills were subterfuge. They would travel in disguise, typically dressed as merchants or performers(and often earned money for basic expenses at these trades). Infiltrate the stronghold, find inroads, and finally the primary assassin would confront and kill the wizard.

			The Order had few codified rules, among them being "We are not thieves". Breakers could steal magical items they thought could be used to further their goals, but other valuables were off limits. This is considered the primary factor that led to the schism between the Order and the [[Society of Assassins]]. Most full-time Wizard Breakers lived lives of destitution, their most valuable possessions being enchanted weapons and armor.

			The Codified Order still grew very strong, and was successful in taking down many of the worst Arch Magus's if the mid [[Mages Was#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period]]. Breakers even sometimes assembled into scratch armies when a full siege was required.

			Witness
			Herald
			Breaker


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	A hundred and thirty years into the [[Mage Wars]], the first rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser-path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.		A hundred and thirty years into the [[Mage Wars]], the first rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser-path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.

	~~[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group.~~

	==History==		==History==

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	The [[Wizard Breakers]], later called the [[Order of Wizard Breakers]] was an organization of [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] mages and fighters who operated during the [[Mage Wars]] and sought to end rule by [[Magic\|magic]]. As a biproduct, the organization helped give rise to the [[Society of Assassins]].		The [[Wizard Breakers]], later called the '''Order of Wizard Breakers''' was an organization of [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] mages and fighters who operated during the [[Mage Wars]] and sought to end rule by [[Magic\|magic]]. As a biproduct, the organization helped give rise to the [[Society of Assassins]].

	The Wizard Breakers can be thought of as existing in two phases: as an organized group, and then later as a name or ideal.[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group around 3470 [[B.G.A.]] and created their operating practices. The original Order fell apart sometime around the [[Mage Wars#The Intermediate Period\|Intermediate Period]], but isolated groups of resistence fighters continued to use the name all the way up until the [[Mage Wars#The Second Chaotic Period\|Second Chaotic Period]].		The Wizard Breakers can be thought of as existing in two phases: as an organized group, and then later as a name or ideal.[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group around 3470 [[B.G.A.]] and created their operating practices. The original Order fell apart sometime around the [[Mage Wars#The Intermediate Period\|Intermediate Period]], but isolated groups of resistence fighters continued to use the name all the way up until the [[Mage Wars#The Second Chaotic Period\|Second Chaotic Period]].

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			The [[Wizard Breakers]], later called the [[Order of Wizard Breakers]] was an organization of [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] mages and fighters who operated during the [[Mage Wars]] and sought to end rule by [[Magic\|magic]]. As a biproduct, the organization helped give rise to the [[Society of Assassins]].

			The Wizard Breakers can be thought of as existing in two phases: as an organized group, and then later as a name or ideal.[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group around 3470 [[B.G.A.]] and created their operating practices. The original Order fell apart sometime around the [[Mage Wars#The Intermediate Period\|Intermediate Period]], but isolated groups of resistence fighters continued to use the name all the way up until the [[Mage Wars#The Second Chaotic Period\|Second Chaotic Period]].

			==History==
			The term "wizard breaker" is mentioned as far back as [[High Tower]], but it seems then was used only to describe none-mages who deliberately kill magic users. Its unclear the exact origin of the term, but it is never used outside the context of someone killing a mage to prevent them from exerting power over others.

			===Early Formation and Order===
			The first organized Wizard Breakers


			During the [[Mages Was#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period]]

	A hundred and thirty years into the [[Mage Wars]], the first rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser-path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.		A hundred and thirty years into the [[Mage Wars]], the first rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser-path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.

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	The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] directly.		The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] directly.

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	The original Order combined [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of fierce, highly-skilled warrior-mages.		The original Order combined [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of fierce, highly-skilled warrior-mages.

	In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjugation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade.		In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjugation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade. As the organization grew, and finding work became harder (for want of evil magicians to kill), they started taking on all sorts of jobs, from mercenary work to outright assassinations, and started coming up with some down-right crazy ideologies. It stopped being so much about business, and more of a pseudo-religion. In their heyday, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult. By the end of the Mage Wars, they were a pretty dangerous bunch.

	The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] directly.		The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] directly.

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	The Order of Wizard Breakers began in the early part of the of the [[Mage Wars#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars]], some time around [[B.G.A.]] 3600.		The Order of Wizard Breakers began in the early part of the of the [[Mage Wars#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars]], some time around [[B.G.A.]] 3600.

	The original Order combined [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of ~~feirce~~, highly-skilled warrior-mages.		The original Order combined [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of fierce, highly-skilled warrior-mages.

	In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the ~~subjigation~~ of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade.		In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjugation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade.

	The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] ~~dirrectly~~.		The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] directly.

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	The Order of Wizard Breakers began in the early part of the of the [[Mage Wars#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars]], some time around [[B.G.A.]] 3600.		The Order of Wizard Breakers began in the early part of the of the [[Mage Wars#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars]], some time around [[B.G.A.]] 3600.

	The original Order combined [[Magic\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of feirce, highly-skilled warrior-mages.		The original Order combined [[Magic#Lesser Path\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of feirce, highly-skilled warrior-mages.

	In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjigation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade.		In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjigation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade.

	The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] dirrectly.		The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] dirrectly.

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	A hundred and thirty years into the [[Mage Wars]], the first rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser-path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.		A hundred and thirty years into the [[Mage Wars]], the first rag-tag team of Wizard Breakers came together. It was an organizations of fighters, mageblades, and lesser-path magicians dedicated to ending the Mage Wars. By the time they did end, the Order of Wizard-Breakers had evolved into a kind of anti-magic cult.

	~~'''~~Kosta Guitain~~:''' was the genesis of the group, who was born at the first [[High Tower~~]](the first [[Wizard Tower]]) as the son of an army general and a mage working in the tower. His mother raised him for his early childhood and taught him a fair amount of magic, before dying in the tower at which point he was sent to live with his father. At the age of only nine, the supply train he was traveling with to meet his father’s regiment was ambushed, only Kosta survived and wandered alone in the woods for six months before a chance encounter with a scouting party reunited him with his father.		[[Kosta Guitain]] founded the group.

	After the reunion, Kosta’s father began training him in martial combat with plans to eventually make him a soldier. The training was harsh, and by sixteen, Kosta was already a master swordsmen. But he hated his father and left the regiment one day. His timing was perfect, since within weeks High Tower fell and Kosta’s father was killed by dragons.

	~~Armed with knowledge of both weapons and magic, Kosta set off on a quest to end the subjugation of others through magic, one Tower at a time.~~

	~~Kosta is widely regarded as the very first Mageblade, the first to combine magic with weapons mastery. He may also have been the first to produce [[mobiru]] weapons~~.


	==History==		==History==

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	Kosta is widely regarded as the very first Mageblade, the first to combine magic with weapons mastery. He may also have been the first to produce [[mobiru]] weapons.		Kosta is widely regarded as the very first Mageblade, the first to combine magic with weapons mastery. He may also have been the first to produce [[mobiru]] weapons.


			==History==
			The Order of Wizard Breakers began in the early part of the of the [[Mage Wars#The First Chaotic Period\|First Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars]], some time around [[B.G.A.]] 3600.

			The original Order combined [[Magic\|lesser-path]] magic with extensive combat training to produce a legion of feirce, highly-skilled warrior-mages.

			In the begining, the Order's goals were pure: they worked to end the subjigation of non-magic users by mages. Hence the name "Wizard Breakers". At the time, they were a much respected group, traveling the verse far and wide to ply their trade.

			The Order opted for a different tactic than traditional [[Tower Magic]], adopting secrecy and stealth to invade towers. They were the first to employ the technique of climbing the tower from the outside to attack the [[Mage Types#Arch Magus\|Arch Magus]] dirrectly.