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The Journal of Alexander Vyrell

I: Musings and a Brief History
I've never kept a Journal before, not something I ever thought about but it seems like it's a tradition for the Grand Archmage to keep one so here I am. I've found countless volumes of Saleh's in the chest in his office, I've only managed to get the first 3 open, the 4th I managed to steal a look at, they're hexed with some powerful spells that might take me years to unravel. It also seems like his predecessor Isaac Luneset also kept a journal, equally as hexed, I guess it's tradition and who am I to stand in the way of that. For anyone reading this in the far flung future where these names have lost meaning and are only held in high regard by Magic scholars, both men I have listed above were great Archmages and leaders of the Wizard's Tower and I was lucky enough to have met Sale* Din*, he was a great mage and a better man than I'll ever be and I hope I can do even half as much as he did in his time.
I am Alexander Vyrell, I belong to one of the oldest magical families in Gie*indor though I am currently the oldest member at the ripe old age of 27. I was educated at the Wizard's Guild in Yanille from the time I was 10, I quickly excelled in Magical studies and was well verse in all elemental magics by 16. On my graduating year my younger brother Lazarus and I encountered a student that through a summoning accident created a small dragon within the guild. My brother and I fought it off but were somehow blamed for the whole episode. I have suspicions that my witch of a Grandmother was behind it but, if I ever get to that it will be in a later volume. Lazarus and I were expelled from the order, we decided to strike out on our own, ending up working at the bar in Seer's Village where Lazarus eventually opened up an Antique shop. I traveled the world seeking new forms of magic where I eventually encountered a strange group of mages in the heart of the Karamja Volcano...

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The Journal of Alexander Vyrell
II: The Zamorak Mage's Institute
My first encounter with the mages of the Wizard's Tower took place in the most unlikely of locals. I had been on a soul searching vacation to Karamja (note do not return, much too humid) when I decided to take a trip into the Volcano see if there was a mystic or some arcane thing that could offer me guidance. Instead I found a Mage in Green Robes, a Mage in White, and 2 in blue. Having been lost in the caverns that honeycombed the Volcano I was glad to see other Human life and made my prescience know to them. I learned that they were in search of a library of arcane knowledge that was fabled to lurk underneath the Volcano. Interested in their findings I tagged alone assisting them in the dispatch of a summoned dragon and getting past a cursed door. The mages managed to obtain a book of magic that still sits in a vault under the tower. This was also the first time I encountered the ZMI. Once we had returned to the surface now on the island of Crandor just north of Karamja their leader Sale* Din* teleported away expecting to be followed by Sam, Roe, and Raven. However at the moment Sale* left we were attacked by an ice mage named Verlokh Cipher, may the gods have mercy on him now. He attacked us and attempted to steal the book. After a brief skirmish concluding with a quick swim, we managed to escape with the book. Upon returning to the Tower I offered my assistance as a Librarian similar to what my Father did at the guild. I proceeded to work as the Tower Librarian, and technically still do though I find it requires more clean up than the regular profession.

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The Journal of Alexander Vyrell
III: Adventures at the Tower
If I recount all the events that transpired at the Tower since my arrival I would be able to fill several volumes and likely sell them and retire a rich man. However I will attempt to summarize the noteworthy ones here.
-The ZMI Conflicts, twice we encounted the ZMI, the first being when I first joined the Tower, in which we fought with their combined forces as they staged an attack on the Tower. This battle lead to the library being mostly destroyed twice, much to my chagrin. We were victorious in both conflicts but at the cost of a fellow Wizard and master Enchanter Hank Traven losing his life.
-The Rise of the Mahjarrat, this goes along with the second ZMI attack so I will try to be brief. It became aware to us that the member of the ZMI cult that we defeated were brought back from the grave and were being used as pawns in the revival oh and ancient and powerful Mahjarrat that sought to destroy the world. With the combined efforts of all the Tower mages we killed the Mahjarrat and the undead ZMI putting an end to them permanently.
-The Named Demons, this tale bothers me greatly as I feel I am safe from Maz*a's prying I still do not know the extent of her monitoring. A foolish Necromancer attempted to summon demons to fight for him ended up summoning 2 named demons that proceeded to destroy large parts of the countryside. The hunt for them ended with the death of both my sister Victoria and Saleh along with the destruction of an organization known as the Justicars and the banishment of the remaining demon Mazda to the Abyss.

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JoAV III Cont:
-Night's Family, a family of Vampyres hailing from the island of Orlais moved into the manor just North of Draynor and proceeded to both menace the local villages and the Tower. After several encounter with members of the Coven and sending Verlokh into the enemy camp to spy on them. (Verlokh joined the tower after the conflict with the Mahjarrat) The family staged an assault on the Tower ending with the majority of them dead, wounds on both sides, and Verlokh changing sides and being imprisoned for it. Also a side event is that we were dealing with a problem with the previous Enchanting Archmage Graves concerning enchanting reagent and the Runespan.
-The Other Side of the Coin, I was lucky enough to be on my honeymoon and avoid the beginning of this one, I fear that if I was there things wouldn't have ended up in our favor. Roe being both the fool and the mage he is learned of a cursed ruin located in the north end of the Khradian desert that was said to contain a lamp imprisoning a Djinn with the power to revive the dead. Still suffering over the loss of Saleh I expect that he sought to revive him. Instead of finding a lamp we found a cursed idol that when touched created a polar-negative of all the beings in the vicinity. This lead to a man hunt trying to find and eliminate our negatives before they could do the same to us. In the end ****-Sam, and ****-Connor were killed, a negative version of Saleh we knew nothing about appeared and through a strange turn of events regained the conscious of the original Saleh (still a bit fuzzy on that one), and the other negatives where scattered to the 4 winds. I don't fear ****-Roe returning we have an understanding with him, however ****-Raven, ****-Hannah, and ****-Lazarus still remain at large. Amendment, ****-Raven is dead of permanently crippled after being thrown from the 2nd floor balcony of the Tower after Raven's death.

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JoAV IV: The Events Leading to Saleh's Disappearence
-The Mystical Orbs, after the negatives episode and the return of Saleh it seemed nice that things went back to the way they were. However soon after we learned that a mystal orb of immense power had been stolen from the Tower vault. It belonged to a set of 7 that upon collection at the right time could contain the power to bring back the dead. We then learned that the Orb had been stolen by the last of a race of Lizard People that had attacked the civilized world 50 prior. After much searching for the orbs akin to a headless chicken we learned that the sole survivor had gain the bizarre skill to manipulate time as it happened and had collected all the orbs. We tracked it down and in a final show down we defeated it by using it's control over time against it. The 7 orbs already being set for the ritual activated and using them we brought Fred back as he still had more life to lead. After this I wiped Fred's mind clean, if he still chooses to be a Wizard we will welcome him back but he deserves his own life to lead. After a few months Saleh started taking long trips away from the tower and one night simply vanished along with Katerina, we had long suspected they would do this but it still was a shock for us. With the other two most skilled and eldest mages gone the task fell unto me to lead the Tower. I have learned that it is tradition for a Grand Archmage when retiring to disappear without a trace but I must be the one to break this tradition. I have both family at the Tower and in the vicinity. It would be both unfair and impossible to get them to dislocate themselves to honor some ridiculous tradition. When I do step down as I know I must I will not leave the Tower, I will simply advise their new leader as I did for Saleh and for Katerina. I hope to see my children grow and schooled at the Tower as I can imagine no safer place for them to live. (Irony is noted)

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JoAV V: My History
As I expect my successor will read this the same as I with Saleh's journals I should leave a history of myself and what lead me into that Volcano on Karamja.
My parents with both mages at the Wizard's Guild, my father the guild Librarian and my mother a Druidic studies teacher. They met at the guild and were soon married. I came into the world soon after that. I am the eldest of 3 Vyrell children, I am followed by my younger brother Lazarus and my sister Victoria who's current whereabouts trouble me. My parents died when we were very little so we were put into the care of our Grandparents ex-nobles and vassals to the the Yanille nobility. We became very close to our Grandfather but avoid our Lucinda, that witch doesn't deserve a title like -mother. Mathias died soon after our move to their home and Lucinda was given control over us. Immediately we conflicted, all 3 of us had shown magical promise but Lucinda had a dislike for the magical arts and attempted to groom both Lazarus and I into noblemen, we still attended classes at the guild with much protest from her. Our first major fight with Lucinda occurred when she realized that she could sell of our sister to a Lord in attempted to restore the family's nobility. I had a problem with that but soon after our fight both Lazarus and myself were banished from both Yanille and the Guild because of an incident with a Dragon and a younger student. We moved to Seer's Village and worked at the bar to pay rent. Eventually Laz open an antique shop and still runs it albeit remotely to this day. Despite being separated we never stopped thinking of a way to save our sister and eventually we summoned the courage to rescue her. In the night we stole into the guild and transferred her to a position studying under our Grandmother (on our Mother's side) away from Lucinda. The plan succeeded and Victoria became safe. After this Laz went back to his shop and I decided to travel and learn new magicks.

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JoAV VI: My Past I'd rather Forget
The following I have never told in whole to a living being as I fear those around me would judge me differently because of it. After leaving Seer's Village I made my way north in search of the fabled Lunar Isle with aspirations to learn their ways. I managed to find my way onto the island and by chance encounter save the Baba Yaga (their spiritual leader) from a beast while she collected herbs for her spells. In return she offered a position as her apprentice. I accepted and spend a year with her learning much in the way of healing and manipulating the physical world. It was here I first met my future wife Luna. Luna and I did for a time have a relationship but me being a foolish young man feared commitment and disappeared one night seeking a new home. I then traveled across the land and headed south eventually winding up in Menaphos seeking trips into the Pyramids that dotted the desert. With no luck I struck out on my out only to be beaten by both the sun and the heat. When I awoke I found myself in the tent of a mysterious old man that revealed himself to be the Mahjarrat Virtus. He explained to me that he meant me no harm and that he sought to train me into a tool for his use. He then transferred all of his knowledge on Zarosian magic into me similar to Lunar thought transition. Under his influence I became his blade striking where he needed. I am not happy with who I was. I travelled to Orlais and assassinated the Vampyre king and had an unfortunate run in with a certain family. I eventually realized what I was doing and left again this time heading to Karamja seeking a away to cleanse myself of my deeds and find a way back into the light. I spent time in Shilo Village speaking with their Witch Doctors and learning that my salvation would be in the Volcano, and thus our story comes full circle.

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Magic Guilds, Associations, and Schools of Gielindor (Major Guilds)

The Magic Guild of Yanille
The seat of magic organization in Gielindor. All Magic Guilds are under the direct oversight of the Guild. However due to power struggles and a brief schism the Guild has lost its hold over many satellite Guilds and is currently rebuilding under new leadership

The Arcane Research Institute
Located in the famed Watchtower of Yanille, the ARI is the center of Applied Magic Theory and testing and is responsible for many of the spells used by the modern mage such as: Combination Runes, Elemental Staffs, and the Lodestone Network. Is currently being rebuilt due to it's merging with the United Thaumaturges after "The Schism"

The Wizard's Academy
The famed Wizard's Academy is located in the furthest northern reaches of the Al Kharid desert and is home to Gielindor's premiere magic school, taking on pupils of all ages. The Academy is also responsible for the creation of the widely used Rune Golems

The Order of Druidic Mages
Located in Taverly, the Order is the middlemen between the Taverly Council and the Wizard's Guild in Yanille. They are the foremost leader in Summoning and Herblore magic on the continent and are devout followers of Guthix

The Sisters of the Elid
A small guild located in remote Nardah, this all female guild follows the Goddess Elidnis and practices a unique desert variation of Water Magic. Though they don't often get visitors the guild is often asked to act as mediators due to their tactful skills at diplomacy

The Order of Seers
The Seer's Village branch of the Wizard's Council is a haven for those with the "gift" of Futuresight, a skill certain mages are born with. Here these Seer's are trained to control and use their gift

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Magic Guilds, Associations, and Schools of Gielindor (Minor Guilds)

The United Thaumaturges / Thaumtech
This guild is one of the youngest in the council only beginning just before "The Schism" and is devoted to the study and use of the mysterious Wisp energy that appeared around ancient magical ruins. This energy has been found to create Portents that cause "miracles" to occur or can be used to power other enchantments. Located in Varrock

The Order of Arcanis
A small guild located in the northern city of Adriador in Asgarnia, started out as the personal guard of the Scarlet King that started the Scarlet Conflict. After his fall the Order banded together under a new banner and joined the Wizard's Council

The Nightengale Magic Guild
Started by the prodigy Grayson Nightengale as a freelance organization that does various jobs across the Kingdom of Asgarnia while still being politically neutral. This small guild is located in the small village of Willowvale near the southern coast and sees the occasional bout of action

The Ashdale Magic Guild
The Ashdale Magic Guild is a relatively new guild that came about just before the Scarlet Conflict and had to deal with the Raizing of Ashdale during "The Schism". It is a small guild that tries its best to teach new generations of mages in its isolation on the scenic island

The Moonclan
The Moonclan is an ancient group of ex-Fremminik mages that were exiled to the mystic Lunar Isle. There they have remained honing their own school of magic that focuses much more on the mind and existence than the elements. The Moonclan are an antisocial bunch with few every leaving their home island. The few that do are revered for their magical talent and telepathic powers

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Magic Guilds, Associations, and Schools of Gielindor (Rogue Guilds)

The Zamorak Mages Institute
Not recognized under the Wizard's Council, this guild worships the god Zamorak and mostly focus on causing chaos and furthering their own aims while destroying everything in their path. Currently believed to be disbanded after their last leader Andrei was killed by the Tower Wizards

The Cult of Virtus
A small group of mages that worship the Mahjarrat Virtus and study the school of Zarosian Magick that has been lost to all but them for millenia. The cult is mostly solitary and rarely bothers with other but have the capacity to seriously threaten civilization if they so chose

The Draconian Order
The Draconian Order is a small isolated shamanic group that rules Dragontooth Isle in the far East. They worship Dragons, the Dragonkin and practice exclusively fire magic. Until "The Schism" they were part of the Wizard's Council but broke free after conflict with the new leadership system and disagreement with the punishments of warcriminals

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