Wizards

Physical Characteristics

Wizards are often called the self-made
race. That's true in more ways than
one. The most obvious physical
characteristic of a Wizard is the
massive muscle that bulges from his or
her broad frame. They work hard to
break and rebuild muscle tissue so as
to increase their number of
mitochondria which creates the energy
necessary for their form of magic.

They almost look Human, except for
their larger size and eerie eyes. Some
Wizards have silver, yellow, or orange
eyes. Others simply have a brighter
shade of a Human eye color.

Like Elves and some Humans, Wizards
have mind shields to protect their
thoughts. Few, however, can transmit
thoughts telepathically.

Ability for Magic

Wizards also have the same subcellular
structure as Elves to convert energy.
Wizards produce as much or more energy
as a Human, therefore can power
difficult and dangerous energy
conversions that Elves can't. Very
high-level Wizards can emit an
electromagnetic wave that cooks a
person from the inside out. (Humans
use plastic to defend against such
Wizardry.)

Wizardry isn't limited to spells. They
also study chemistry to create
concoctions with all sorts of uses.
Wizards create potions that evoke
emotions, treatments for illnesses,
powders that explode on contact, and
of course - poisons.

Many Wizards argue that Wizardry
includes their style of physical
combat since it's part of their
schools' curriculum. They use not only
their blades in battle, but their
whole bodies. Elbows, fists, and knees
are just as deadly as their blades.

Wizardry

Mating Rituals

Prior to the War of Magics, male and
female Wizards came together for
reproduction purposes once a year at
the Festival of Creation. At any other
time, Wizard genders did not associate
with each other. Their boys and girls
were raised in different schools, then
dwelled in different houses of magics.

Some attribute this lack of emotional
connection with the opposite gender as
being the cause for Wizards'
aggressive nature. After Wizards lost
in the War of Magics, their city lost
to the depths of Hell, they no longer
had the luxury of separate houses.
They had to band together to rebuild.
Relationships between the genders
evolved along with their society, and
their wars ceased.

History

It's still widely debated whether
Wizards descended from Hybrid Elves.
Some argue that because Hybrids can
perform high-level Wizardry spells
without the strenuous physical
training that Wizards endure, that
Wizards must be dilute Hybrids.
Wizards, however, still cite historic
texts as evidence that they descended
from a Human settlement in the Krohnos
Mountains.

Note from Ness

At the word "Wizards", I know people
picture old men with long beards who
walk with canes. However, what do
Wizards look like when they're young?

I imagine that to perform very
powerful spells you'd need a lot of
power, which comes from mitochondria
in your cells. Athletes have more
mitochondria than couch potatoes.
Bulking up through strenuous exercise
(breaking and rebuilding muscle
tissue) signals the mitochondria to
reproduce. Thus, a thickly muscled
person has more cellular power than
the scrawny stereotype of a Wizard.
Plus, I like that a Wizard can become
stronger through hard work - both
mentally and physically.

Wizards won't always play the bad guys
in West New Pangaea. I have a novel in
the works in which Wizards are the
heroes. It's second in line on my
writing schedule.