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However, this led to weakened community which cascaded over generations into a society built up by individually relationship-weak families. Since these networks were the original method by which spells were learned, the broken families drove the younger generation to the market.

The market acted as a surrogate teacher with good intention. Like any system though, it was incapable of imagining a better world where things were better when not part of the system. The more the market grew, the more it justified itself needing to grow.

The Old Spells are dying. Those who can still cast them are dwindling. Many have the knowledge, but not enough MP to demonstrate. They ask us to believe without proof. They ask us to have Faith in Wisdom and so drive away all the students.

The system is inherently self-destructive as Love will always dwindle to 0 over time within a closed system It's only saving grace is that as magic dwindles the Touch of God events occur more often due to the increase in Death/Pain/Fear.

When an old system's fractures cause it to blow open, the old system finds itself within and so becomes, a larger system. This is the "Death and Rebirth" spell which returns to you all your skillpoints to re-allocate. You also lose all your classes so you have to pick them again

The Death and Rebirth spell is rarely cast because it's cost is all of your remaining MP. It's too dangerous to cast unless you have someone who can cast Love on you to restore your mp. Though, it will still work even if your MP is at 0 (depression).

Those who have a reliable source of love can constantly cast Death and Rebirth thus giving them greater growing potential than others. They are seen as "heroic", constantly facing Death and becoming stronger with each encounter.

However this is surrogate worship. It is worshiping the usage of magic rather than the source of magic. We rightfully exalt in the right direction (the Hero) but not as the right source of the light (the source of Love).