![]() ![]() Magnoshutatt from Magi: Labyrinth of Magic.Of course, that attitude becomes inconvenient when a noble is, say, cast out from their family or the child of two mages is born without magic. In The Familiar of Zero, magical power and nobility are ( officially) inseparable in fact, mages are called Nobles.The TSAB appears to actually be very egalitarian, allowing those who can lead to lead regardless of whether they measure up in magical combat. These include an apparent Muggle commanding a battalion of mages and Regius Graz, head of the Ground Forces branch, is explicitly a Muggle who got his start with the Bureau as a good trainer. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS makes the subversion much more blatant, with numerous non-magically-able TSAB personnel featuring. The Time-Space Administration Bureau in Lyrical Nanoha looks to fall into this mold at first, but there are subtle hints of a subversion in the form of Amy Linetta, who never demonstrates magical ability but is in a position of fairly high responsibility aboard the local Cool Ship.They get a little influence by posing as unreasonably talented mercenaries and NGOs, but nothing beyond lobbying and combat work. The real world, though, is more Harry Potter-style "mages in charge of governing themselves and keeping themselves secret, nothing more". Negima! Magister Negi Magi's magical world is like this, and being a pocket universe that was created by a mage, it's rather to be expected.This is viewed neutrally or even positively in the setting's various stories as mages typically exhibit amoral or even sociopathic mindsets, barely considering the moral ramifications of experimenting on ordinary people to further their own knowledge or goals. The Nasuverse plays this straight in ancient times with the likes of King Solomon and Queen Himiko but come the modern day, when a more formal structure fitting this trope has been established, the political and mystical powers of mages have been severely diminished due to Generational Magic Decline.Both make use of foul magic to control their armies. The Kushan Empire from Berserk is governed by an Emperor who has turned himself into an Apostle as Emperor and his right-hand man Daiba is an Evil Sorceror.For a smaller-scale version of this, when a mage has only one or a few ordinary humans in their custody, see Muggle in Mage Custody.Ĭontrast Anti-Magical Faction and Muggle Power. For mages who are part of the government but hold only subordinate or advisory positions, see Court Mage. If the ruler maintains their power through magic but this is not part of the official political system, see Sorcerous Overlord. If there's not just a handful of magic-users but the whole society is influenced, it's likely to develop lots of Magitek. Related to Rank Scales with Asskicking (more likely ass- fireballing). Then immortal wizards break this limit, having centuries to both accumulate knowledge and entrench themselves in power bit by bit. If the laws of magic require intense study and not just talent, a natural limitation may be sharing time between magic improvement and actual ruling. If the society is hidden from muggles, it's a Wainscot Society. The most sinister versions will have the society consist of undead wizards and double as The Necrocracy. A Magocratic society may also be a Proud Scholar Race when mystical learning and arcane knowledge are valued as much as or more than raw sorcerous power. If Religion is Magic, it may overlap with The Theocracy. A Magocracy can also overlap with a Magical Society, although it's quite possible to have a Magocracy which is more loosely organised than that. If the wizards rule over a population of Muggles, on the other hand, they are more likely to be evil. Sometimes overlaps with Mage Species if everyone can cast spells, the Magocracy is usually depicted as good or indifferent. Sometimes there is a Muggle figurehead on the throne, but clearly power lies with the spellcasters.Įvery now and again you'll have a wizard race being the nobility with some manner of Wizarding ruler at the top, however.Ĭan be good, bad, or indifferent. ![]() This is a relatively normal society (for a given value of "normal") that is governed by a magic-using oligarchy. Wizard s, plural, that is - a king or queen who just happens to be a spellcaster (such as the Benevolent Mage Ruler) doesn't count, nor does the traditional tower-dwelling Sorcerous Overlord. Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixĪ society ruled by wizards. ![]()
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