Augment

Augment is a common colloquial term for humans(or other Mortal races) that used implanted Magic-Tech to make themselves stronger, faster, or in some way better than their ordinary nature would allow. The practice was thought to be common at one point, but became much more rare in later eras, dying out completely by the end of the Mage Wars.

History

Using enchanted items first began in the early First Chaotic Period, where surviving treatise mention medical applications. Records survive of enchanted limbs, but apparently eyes were the most common. A glass orb with a suitable enchantment could be used to replace an eye lost in accident or battle. A fragment of a surgeon-mage's journal which survived into later times tells an interesting story. The mage speaks of a man with diminished eyesight asking to have both of his working(if poorly) eyes replaced, despite the availability of enchanted spectacles that could provide much the same advantages. The mage, having been trained as both an enchanter and a surgeon, felt that to remove healthy flesh would be a despicable act. At the same time, the man was willing to pay handsomely.