I also am leaning more toward the earth or wind character (I'm throwing around ideas of a more scholarly mage type, or perhaps someone a bit more roguish/adventurous). Would the three characters be moving toward creating a larger force, like the Inquisition? Also, what kind of place in society do mages have at the start of this? Something like the circles, or more independent colleges of magi or something along those lines? I also had a question about what religion was like in Balka. Are most people generally not religious? You mentioned that they partially blame the rifts on Relle's goddess, so I was wondering what the country's relationship with religion was.