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Originally Posted by Shuckster
Transhumanism: mages are only created, never born naturally, this process involves anything from bio-tech to cybernetics but the magic is surgically or artificially "installed" into the mage in some way.
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Originally Posted by Tymathee
Magical biohazardous material; prolonged exposure to certain magical substances may cause long term detrimental effects on ones health but may also infuse you with magical aptitude.
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These could fit together: The first mages were accidentally created by exposure to alchemical waste (one of the possibly-less-bad results of visiting a
paranormal waste repository, or not knowing that there is one upstream from your village), and later alchemists refined the process so that it could be done consistently and (possibly) safely.