Class Fantasy
Power is only beautiful when it is contained.
Mages bend reality and live with the marks it leaves. Every spell reshapes the world and the caster, and power draws fear and scrutiny in equal measure. Discipline is the only thing standing between an Arcane Master and an unstable outcast.
They burn, bind, interrupt, and reposition. A careful Mage makes an impossible fight short; a reckless Mage makes a short fight remembered.
Power makes witnesses. Mages rise through Credibility and Threat Index, forever balancing wonder against fear.