Mages Guild

The Mages Guild is an organization that is responsible for the regulating the education of Arcane Magic through Artograch, but mainly Etrand, Frotutrn and Artaburro. The name "guild" is misleading, as the "Mages Guild" is not a single guild, but rather a collection of guilds who have signed the Mages Guild Charter and use the name "Mages Guild", united by a set of common rules and common ranking system, allowing for easy transfers. With the exception of desperate times, the title of Archmage - the designated leader of the Mages Guild - is largerly honorary and ceremonial.

Monopoly
The Mages Guild has a legal monopoly on the name "Mages Guild", allowing only guilds that have joined this union to use that name. The states of Froturn, Etrand and Dragoc have legally empowered the Mages Guild with this monopoly, forbidding outsider organizations from using that name. The aforementioned states have also granted the Mages Guild the right to crack down on freelancers who try to teach magic to a large number of students without legal permission, reasoning that without the regulations of the Mages Guild, the students could easily turn evil, and that without being able to regulate what gets taught, it's easy for necromancers to fall through the cracks.

Forbidden magic
The teaching of Necromancy is strictly forbidden under the rules of the Mages Guild, and any organization that signs the Mages Guild Charter agrees that Necromancy is dangerous, "heretical" and should always remain illegal. In addition to necromancy, a variety of curses are banned too, arguing that their usage is inhumane and serves no purpose, further arguing that if a mage is to use magic for destructive purposes, he/she should have the decency to use magic to gift the designated oponents fast and painless deaths, rather than causing needless and inhumane suffering.

High-level dangerous spells are not forbidden, but their learning is restricted to high-ranking senior members, arguing that the weak only end up destroying themselves.

Standardized ranking system
The Mages Guild Charter states outright that all signing parties must have the exact same ranking system, so that members of the various local Mages Guilds can easily transfer from one to another when changing place of residency. Additionally, this also means that underdeveloped regions are not forced to invest in high-level equipment and books, but can focus on teaching beginners, sending sufficently advanced members away to study at guilds located in more developed regions.

The ranks are the following:
 * 1) Novice: The lowest of the low, they are members who are in the proccess of being introduced to magic, to the proccess of casting spells and learning new spells. When they manage to
 * 2) Intermediary between Novice and Adept:
 * Apprentice:
 * Disciple:
 * 1) Adept
 * 2) Master:
 * 3) Archmage:

The Mages Guild Charter
The Mages Guild Charter is the most important documentation for the Mages Guild, as it not only contains all the rules and regulations that all guilds must share, but also contains the general mission statement. Every guild that signs the charter must own a copy of the charter.