Stormwatch Wizards

The Stormwatch Wizards is an order of occult practitioners charged with protecting the people, foretelling the weather, healing the sick and advising the emperor. The Wizards are revered and feared across Eloria, operate chapter houses in every major city and often serve as advisors to clan leaders, mayors and governors. The order is secretive and starts apprentice training at age five (Elorian years), though it is not uncommon for an older boy with promise to apprentice. For some reason, only the poor of Eloria exhibit the raw talent to become a Wizard. However, it is a well known fact that Wizards live longer than most emperors.

The Wizards scour the land for potential apprentices since many Wizards choose not to marry. Aside from Arcane lore, most are experts at botany, astronomy, mathematics and history. To become a Wizard, the apprentice must successfully pass a series of tests, which include crafting his own gun. Once the apprentice is declared a Wizard, she is given a black cloak with silver stitching, an off-white cotton scarf and a silver ring; this is the uniform of the Stormwatch. Any who cast it off is declared “rogue” and killed on sight.

The Wizards do not know their power as “The Force” but rather it is entwined in the Elorian world religion of the Angel and the Dragon, one symbolizing light and reason while the other is the power and fury of the storm. Some wizards choose the Angel and others the Dragon, but all are bound in the Tower.