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[center][sup][h3]On The Compromise[/h3][/sup][/center]

The Eternal Throne of Man is not the first time that mortals acted against Ihlo's design.

When Man was made, Ihlo bestowed upon them a mote of her divine strength in the form of magic. Naive to the influences of Aramais, Ihlo believed that Man would be capable of great things with this power, able to transcend their pitiable forms and flourish well into the future with the First Blessing. However, a nameless individual sought to manipulate this power for their own benefit, intent on drawing more and more magic into their being so as to rival the very gods themselves. Nachma-Sol, Knowledge Unending, foresaw this slight against his divine brethren and warned Ihlo of the mortal's machinations. The Mother of Creation lamented, and woefully ripped her divine might away from Man. The individual who sought to overthrow the gods was summarily excised, and Ihlo warned of the misuse of such power.

Nihalla put forth an alternative—to allow Man access to this thing they've deemed to be 'magic', but at a great cost. Those willing and intent to learn the complexities of magic and its uses must enter into a new contract called the Compromise. They must give something of themselves, something vital and important, something that would become unrecoverable—and in doing so, they would be granted the ability to learn magic. Their body would become a vessel of arcane power by the sheer offering of a piece of themselves, but to use magic was another arduous task entirely, only sped up by the offering of more of themselves. And so, the Compromise was born.

It is easy to discern those who are capable of magic, as there is always a piece of themselves missing, given freely to the gods in exchange for such a gift. No mortal can escape the contract and come away from the Compromise unscathed.
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Out of curiosity, can someone enter into a contract for someone else's benefit? I. e., one person pays the price, the other gains the ability to learn magic.