During the Age of Magic Kylorin used magical trials to seperate common mages from the truly talented. The things that appeared in the trials were illusions, but the risk of death was real. Most died, but the few that passed the trials went on to be some of the most powerful archmages of their age. Some of the leaders in the current age, such as Os-Gabella and Perpentach, went through these trials when Patria was still the only empire of man. Other such as Laroth, Barbatos or Trenton Majosi are less well known survivors of the trials.