"Black mage" is a broad title, used to describe those who once sought knowledge, truth, and power through deep study, contemplation, and patience. Some, however, only valued power and were not willing to wait in order to obtain it. One cannot identify a black mage easily; their attire is not uniform, their actions are not in union, they have no headquarters, no leaders, no doctrine, or anything that might possibly set them apart from any other practised caster. Great evil dwells within the body of the black mage, manifesting itself in many unnatural and unseen ways, forming a cocoon of pure, tangible malcontent, acting as a buffer between both the black mage and otherwise lethal blows.