And there's one other reason to hate him. The magic is drying up and the Sorcerer Royal can't magically fix it. "We are a laughingstock - a nation of hundreds of enchanters, and nothing to enchant with."So there's another reason to hate Zarcharias. The nerve of him.ĭespite none of them (seemingly) owning slaves, they are pissed that he manages to conduct magic despite being so "inferior."Īnnnnnnnnnnd, then there's the other elephant in the room. Why? The new Sorcerer Royal, Zacharias Wythe, inherited the position based on his magic, talent and intellect.oh and he happens to be a former freed slave. The British elite conquest consist of magicians (called thaumaturges) who are racist, sexist and all have all sorts of petty, bullying behavior. It's never a good sign when it takes well over 150 pgs to get the story not.
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