User blog comment:Grand's Story Time/The Champions of Terra/@comment-28898344-20151129015327/@comment-27269570-20151219144158

Suddenly, the Martians sprung to consciousness, bearing their weapons and pointing them at the three. When it looked like they were going to shoot, a storm suddely brewed within seconds, and lightning struck all three of them, frying them to ashes. Out of the trees and the thick vegitation came men clad in powersuits, but no helmet. Their suits were stylized, containing many runes from a different, strange language and a pentacle symbol on their chests. They were definitely mages.

The mages pointed guns at the three. "Identify yourselves. What is your business on Mars?"

They could tell they were mages because they didn't suffer paradox with the spell. But that didn't gaurantee that they were "good" mages. They could be one of the Mad, Scelestus cultists, or any one of the Seer ministries.