Chapter 67: Lesson: Divination Magic
“Sasha Mez, also known as Sasha the Green. Is maybe the most famous of the founders of Graheel university, besides maybe Cain Mired himself. Her fame mostly comes from the Epic of Sasha. A multi-story tale of Shasha Mez and her journey all across the western continent that has been told and re-imagine countless times.
“For those who are unaware of the Epic, we shall give a short summary of it.
“Sasha Mez grew up in a town that bordered the swampland of Agado. She was a genius mage. During her time growing up, her town was going through a terrible famine. Caused by excessive rain that led to blight within the crops. Resulting in people starving.
“To try and solve this, she worked with a local mage, known as Creen, to try and develop a solution to this problem. Her solution was a special type of mushroom that could survive and thrive under the condition her village was going through. Thus mushroom magic was created, also known as Mycomancy.
“For a time, Sasha's home thrived and people were no longer starving thanks to the shrooms she could grow with her magic. But, as for all hero tales goes, misfortune befell Sasha. Creen, the man Shasha developed mycomancy with, had weaponized mycomancy and destroyed Sasha's village with it. All as an attempt to try and monopolize mushroom magic for himself.
“Sasha barely managed to survive herself when her village was infected with Creen’s weaponized mycomancy. Since she had helped develop this magic, Sasha was able to create a method to counteract its deadly application and survive. Unfortunately, she was unable to save anyone else. Everyone she knew died.
“From this point of the Epic, Sasha goes on a multi year journey chasing down Creen, who had fled after destroying Sasha's home. For more detail on her journey, please refer to the “Epic of Sasha.”
“At the end of the epic, Sasha becomes a bit of a pacifist when Cain Mired meets her. She did agree to help build the university, under the condition that she would exclusively focus on teaching non-combative magic inline with her pacifism. Also, the university had to promise to never weaponize mycomancy. To which, Cain Mired and the other founders agreed.
“Thus, the Shroom Pact college was formed. A college with the largest admissions and most famous for its agriculture offerings in its curriculum, where no combat courses are offered. Keeping in line with the promise made to its founder, a pact of both mushrooms and pacifism if you will.”