More of a lore question than anything else, but given the ties their craft has to Wraiths, why aren't the practitioners of Black Magic persecuted or at least mistrusted?
Unlike priests with their magic coming from the gods and witches and wisemen who had probably been a part of every Savarran society for ages, Black Mages are relatively new and unlikely to be useful for anything besides conflict.
Also, tangentially related, followers of which deity of the pantheon, if any, can in theory be zelous witch hunting types? And how welcome would content that involves sexy version of such folks be?
Unlike priests with their magic coming from the gods and witches and wisemen who had probably been a part of every Savarran society for ages, Black Mages are relatively new and unlikely to be useful for anything besides conflict.
Also, tangentially related, followers of which deity of the pantheon, if any, can in theory be zelous witch hunting types? And how welcome would content that involves sexy version of such folks be?