Talk:Book:The Colour of Magic/Annotations

Grades of wizardry in Roundworld Magick:-

• 1:- The Outer Order

• Neophyte, 0=0;
• Zelator, 1=10;
• Theoricus, 2=9;
• Practicus, 3=8;
• Philosophus, 4=7

• The Portal

There are three grades above the Portal which belong to the Inner Order.

• The Abyss

The two highest grades are beyond the Abyss and the highest is

• Ipsissimus - a grade senior Wizards on the Discworld have oft ascribed to themselves...

The sign by which the Zelator, the foot-soldier of wizardry, will announce himself so that others may recognise him is with the straight-armed Roman salute, the right arm raised into the air at a 45 degree angle with the open palm out. (Ie, the fascist salute of Mussolini and Hitler)

Funny what you discover when you're really researching for a Good Omens fanfic set in the 1930's...

--AgProv 16:19, 28 January 2010 (UTC)