[Irish Wolf]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

"There is a huge difference between between joining a civil war for political reasons and doing nothing because of political reasons. Mages can do all the nothing they feel like doing. The more nothing they do, the better the Chantry likes it."

It's probably for the best anyway. In the Discworld stories, it was eventually uncovered that Unseen University existed primarily to prevent wizards from using magic however they pleased. Because there was a time when wizards did that sort of thing, and in some of the places it was done nothing will ever grow again.