Preserver

Preserver
Power Source	Arcane
Used by	Wizard
Variants	Illusionist
Editions	2e
Race Limit	Human, Half-Elf, Elf

Preservers also gather energy from the land, but they take only what they need and work to keep the world healthy and alive. Preservers are mortal enemies of Defilers, stand locked in a never-ending battle -with the survival of Athas at stake.

Reviled and hunted, hated and feared, Preservers live in secrecy, hiding who and what they are from the rest of the world. They are criminals whose crime calls for swift execution. They are oucasts, with no place to call home. They are Wizards, and their crime is the practice of magic...

Beneath the crimson sun, the life of a Wizard is hard and dangerous. Blamed for the conditions of the world, feared for the mysterious power they wield, and hated for crimes both real and imagined, Athasian Wizards walk in the shadows of civilization and in the barren wastes of the wilderness. For to reveal their nature is to admit their crime —and risk their very lives.

Culture

Preservers make sure not to take more life force from plants than necessary for their spells. If they take too much they risk destroying the plants in a way that kills the plant completely. In extreme circumstances that defilement can mean that no plant life will ever grow from that spot.

Avangion

Much like how Dragons are the apex of Defilers, Avangions are the apex of Preservers.

Sources

• Defilers and Preservers: The Wizards of Athas. 1996. Accessory, by Nicky Rea. Ref. 2445. ISBN 0-7869-0383-X.