The Rasmussen School of Illusion (or RSI as it is often called) is one of many mages' guilds located in or around Metamor City.
History
Founded by Ivan Rasmussen in 1736, the RSI is dedicated to the advancement of the illusionary arts, at once the simplest and most difficult of all schools of magic. Simple, because creating a mana field that affects only light and sound (rather than producing something substantial) is an easy and straightforward application of magical theory; difficult, because shaping light and sound into an illusion that is detailed, lifelike and accurate in its depiction of something else requires an extraordinary memory and an attention to detail that is rare even among wizards.
Membership
The RSI is a wizard-only mages' guild; sorcerors rarely have the self-discipline to become illusionists at all, and a skilled illusionist depending on intuitive sorcery is virtually unheard of. Like most mages' guilds, the RSI accepts students as early as age 7, and provides schooling and training through the Adeptus Exemptus level. Graduates of the school may return to work or study with their masters even after graduation, but they are also urged to go out and experience the world at large, as a journeyman is meant to do.
Culture
Being a society of Illusionists, the RSI doesn't take itself too seriously — whimsy and humor are part and parcel of life in this guild. Practical jokes run rampant among both the students and the faculty, and an insult by another mages' school is more likely to be answered with clever gags than harsh words. The RSI teaches that laughter is good for the soul, and that people best reveal their true selves in how they respond to a good-natured ribbing. Those who can laugh at themselves are truly wise, for they know a humility that cannot be found in the pious man nor the intellectual. Not that the RSI condemns either intellect nor piety, but all must be kept in balance with a keen sense of one's own innate absurdity.
Secrets in Shadow
The RSI is one of the few guilds that possess knowledge of Shadow magic. It is considered very dangerous for multiple reasons, and knowledge of it's existance, much less training in it, will only be given to highly disciplined, experienced, and skilled members.
Known Members
Author's Notes
Source: http://transform.to/~ravenb/stories/mk2k/bible/rsi.html
