Sage (RPG)

The Seven Sages, also known as Sacred Sages or wise men are a group of individuals with supernaturally begotten knowledge of the natural and spiritual world, created and empowered to protect Hyrule and the Triforce.

Overview
A Sacred Sage is a person who has received fully contained knowledge of one of the seven elements; Forest, Fire, Water, Light, Shadow, Spirit and Time. This is achieved with a process whose function is largely unclear, but the effects of which are easily noticeable. A new Sage, after being selected by a previous one, has to first perish in order to disconnect themselves from any material influence. Once the ritual begins, he or she is connected with either the element itself, or some sort of extraphysical record, and obtains full wisdom regarding it. This also connects them with the other Sages, living and dead. The new Sage is resurrected and healed of any of their wounds, and stops ageing for as long as they are a Sage.

While generally, this process is one between a Sage and their chosen successor, Sages of other elements can step in if there is none to pass their own mantle. Once it is passed, an ex-Sage resumes ageing and cannot gain new knowledge, but does not lose knowledge which he or she has collected over their Sagehood.

Knowledge
Upon the ritual's completion, a Sage has access to an extraphysical "record", of knowledge. Because information from this record is often unverifiable, it is widely considered a form of divine knowledge. The Sage's body reacts accordingly, and gains various forms of senses which let them understand the world around them. While some, such as the ability to feel their element at a distance or feel their full composition are understandable, others are too esoteric and vague to describe with words. However, a Sage is not omnipotent; extensive meditation, contemplation and training is required to be fully immersed in and understand the element.

Due to their near absolute knowledge, Sages are capable of manipulating their elements with means absolutely incomprehensible to anyone but themselves. Some techniques and abilities include manipulation of heat, ignition, hydrokinesis, induction or stalling of growth, manipulation of light, creation of disease, conjuration of vast amounts of material, wind manipulation, spiritual manipulation, various forms of divination including prophecy, and even manipulating the flow of time.

Pre-Hylian
The origin of Sages is shrouded in myth, and largely preserved in tales. According to tradition, the First Sages were created by the Golden Goddesses at the dawn of time to protect the Triforce and guide the natural development of the world. Immediately following this event, the Goddesses left their creation and traveled back to the distant nebula. The First Sages, young and highly pliant, began to settle into their roles, assuming different positions which best suited them.

At some point, the First Sage of Forests, Sulkaris, grew dissatisfied with her role and what she perceived as errors in existence. Seeking to correct those errors, she attempted to take the Triforce for herself, but was banished from the Sacred Realm by Demoko and Solarisin, presumably severing her connection to its power and forcing her to take lesser forms. Later on, the Sage of Shadows, Evaleen, began to detest death, the flow of which she was meant to guard. She, like Sulkaris, began plotting to take the Triforce to defeat death, but did so in secret, waiting for the rest of the First Sages to perish.

Over the ages, the rest of the First Sages, with the exception of Demoko and Evaleen largely secluded themselves from the world, stopping to take physical forms before eventually fading from existence.

Age of the Hylians
Knowing that they would eventually perish, the First Sages developed a process of passing down their knowledge from person to person. This included that of Sulkaris, whose knowledge was passed without her permission. Throughout the ancient age, there were rather long lines of Sages, though these have been largely unrecorded and forgotten by history.

Sage of Time

 * Demoko (First Sage)
 * Liyer

Sage of Forest

 * Sulkaris (First Sage)
 * Palagard
 * Kasuto
 * Saria

Sage of Fire

 * Maphaeus (First Sage)
 * Darunia

Sage of Water

 * Malkorbagia (First Sage)
 * Ruto

Sage of Light

 * Solarisin (First Sage)
 * Rauru

Sage of Shadow

 * Evaleen (First Sage)
 * Impa

Sage of Spirit

 * Kovaloo (First Sage)
 * Gwonam
 * Nabooru