:hmm Here's what I've been pondering.  My intention is not to hammer out every detail (as I'd like most of it to come out in the RP), but just to give a general history to drive the story.  Thoughts/comments welcome.

[i]Magic has always been rather rare and considered dangerous.  But there was a prestigious order of mages who studied magic and tried to utilize it wisely.  It was about a century and a half ago when things went wrong.  A mage named Gerrell dove too recklessly into magic and it corrupted him, driving him to seek ever more, no matter the consequences.  When the others grew concerned, he fled the order and was forgotten about for years.  During that time, he was slowly building an army, corrupting the minds of the trolls until they came to serve him.  Gerrell himself continued his foray into more and more powerful magics, driven ever more insane and lustful for power.

After a decade had passed, his troll army began their conquest, bolstered by his magic, and more organized than ever before, they swept up a large portion of territory before the other areas and races could get their act together.  The order of the magi was overrun, killing all except a few that managed to escape.

War followed.  Gerrell was only defeated by the combined efforts of the armies from various city states and those few mages who had escaped him previously.  They performed a ritual to finally defeat him and seal up the fortress that housed the mage's order "forever".

By almost unanimous decision, magic was outlawed.  

Dulcena believes she may have found a way to get inside that fortress and see what secrets can be uncovered.
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[@Assallya], I hope you join in at some point!