Archetype:Court Mage

Court Mage
Merlin (Arthurian Mythology/Legends/Folklore) is an extremely powerful wizard and the court mage to King Arthur of Camelot.
Archetype of:	Court Mages; magic users that serve in a royal court.

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a court mage. Variation of Magician. Opposite of Court Scientist.

Also Called

• Court/Royal Sorcerer
• Court Wizard
• Sorcerer Adviser/Chancellor

Properties

As an archetype, a court mage is a sorcerer who works for or serves a royal family (or any other main government body). Primarily these mages provide mystical advice and services as chancellors of the King, Queen etc., giving general wisdom in political and country level situations.

Most of these types of sorcerers are goodly beings only working towards the betterment of the realm they charged to serve and protect alongside the ruler of that realm. However, there are also evil sorcerers who get into these upper level positions and use them for their own power seeking agendas.

Associated Powers

• Enforcement Inducement: Enforcing the Law of Magic in their nation/realm.
• Magic
  • Omni-Magic (Varies by sorcerer)
    • Magic Arts
    • Magic Energy Manipulation
    • Mysticism
  • Spell Casting
• Magic Mastery
• Magical Object Manipulation
  • Magic Object (Varies)
    • Magic Books (All)
    • Magic Necklace
    • Magic Ring
    • Staff/Wand Magic
• Overwhelming Influence: Over all things magic in there own nation/realm.

Associations/Relationships

• Magical Human Physiology
• Magician
  • Archmage: Court mages are generally the strongest magic users in their nation/realm.
  • Astrologer
  • Evil Sorcerer: Often their worst enemy.
  • Sage: Court mages are very wise people.
  • Seer: Court mages often possess Divination.
  • Wizard: Wizards are often portrayed as court mages.
• Squad/Allegiance Leader: A court mage is likely to work in a group or even as a leader of an organization.

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Evil Sorcerers are often depicted as their main enemy.
• Court Mages normally have to respect/be under the command of a ruler, unless they chose not to otherwise depending on the circumstances.

Trivia

• This archetype can be seen as the opposite of High Priest/Priestess since the government and religion are often separated, and sometimes opposing, organizations.
• Court mages can became Mage Ruler under special circumstances.

Example Characters

Also See: Court Mage, The Good Chancellor and the Evil Chancellor.

Anime/Manga/Donghua/Manhua/Manhwa

• Madam Suliman (Howl's Moving Castle)
• Chanchellor Mogamett (Magi: Labyrinth of Magic)
• Siluca Meletes (Record of Grancrest War)

Cartoons/Comics

• Jafar (Walt Disney's Aladdin)
• Rasputin (Anastasia)
• Sorcerio (Disenchantment)
• Schmendrick (The Last Unicorn)
• Eudia (Wonder Woman (1987))

Comics

• Malgigi (Arak: Son of Thunder)
• Nabu (DC Comics)
• Doctor Stephen Strange (Marvel 1602)
• Billy Kaplan (Marvel Comics)
• Arthax (Nodwick)

Folklore/Mythology

• Merlin (Arthurian Mythology/Legends/Folklore)

Literature

• Cimorene (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
• Court Mage (Forgotten Realms)
• Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings)
• Saruman (The Lord of the Rings)
• Flagg (Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon)

Live Television

• Merlin (BBC Merlin)
• Melisandre to Stannis, Red Priestess (Game of Thrones)
• Court Mages (The Witcher (2019))

Movies

• Wise Man (Army of Darkness)
• Profion (Dungeons and Dragons 2000 film)
• Court Wizard (Wishmaster)

Video Games

• Merlin (TYPE-MOON)
• Merlin (Prototype) (TYPE-MOON)