Halcyon

The Halcyon
Halcyon are those of have failed the final test to become a Mage. Such failure is, unfortunately, quite common. As a result of such failure, the Circle of Magi severs the majority of the member's connection to the Arcane arts. Such an act is performed to prevent a spirit from beyond the Rift from consuming and taking over the individual. Failure of the final test helps identify members too weak to defend themselves from being taken over. As a result of such weakness they must have their connection cut off for the protection of themselves and others. Regardless, the Halcyon play an important role in the world. The retain enough magical potency to use Telospheres (see special abilities), and thus serve as messengers.

Halcyon would make poor player characters and should only be reserved for NPCs. Because of their severed connection, Halcyon are incapable of advancing to a prestige class.

Telostravel
Most arcane users never amount to much more than being able to cast level 0 spells, however, the Order of Magi has a need for such Mages still. As part of the agreement the Order of Magi has with the leaders in the world they provide a messenger service of sorts. These arcane members use preestablished teleportation devices, called a Telosphere, to teleport from one Telosphere to another. The travel time is dependent on the total distance traveled, every 100 miles takes an hour to travel. It is the fastest way to send messages, however, is not ideal for travel as the traveller cannot bring with them anything, even clothing. Anything that is brought along will be torn apart during the travelling process. Thus, each Travosphere is places in a private room, similar to a closet, with cloaks and robes for arriving members and places to store their belongings for outgoing messengers. It is also because of this that most who service as these messengers are based out of certain cities.