Archimage
The title of Archimage originates in Miaopiaoist tradition
History
The title of Archimage was created around 100 AA by the 26 grandchildren of Altam, who thus became the first Archimages. This to define a title for those who can tame Dragons and choose the "Super Flying Cat" The rules of inheritance of the title were codified in the book Control of Magic. The title was symbolized by the Colm, a carved stone tablet. It was passed down to a chosen apprentice, upon the Archimage death or abdication. This resulted in the fact that each Crom was mostly passed inside the same culture. The book also established the Archimage Council, held n Miaopiatiao every 20 years. It was created to maintain harmony between the culturecs and take decisions on the use of magic.
In the following centuries the Archimages held all power. They first coexisted peacefully and planned the colonization of new archipelagoes during the Archimages Councils. They first ruled directly. However around 1000AA they began to delegate the rule of far or newly colonized land to members of their family or apprentices. During one of the Archimage Councils, the title of "Prince" was created. These Princes were give land by an Archimage and ruled it (more or less independently). However with the passing time the relations between Archimages of different culture deteriorated. During this period independent tribes began to appear in newly colonized land, far from the control of the Archimage or its Princes. Tension sometime rose between the Archimages over control of some newly colonized pieces of land. This resulted in some conflicts, however most were resolved during the Archimage Councils.
