Via Mutatio

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The Via Mutatio is one of the nine vias, or "ways", of mages in the Ars Magica - a subset of the school's formalized magical theories. The "Way of Change" is possibly the second most familiar school to the layman after the Via Mandatum's command of the elements and is responsible for some of Ars Magica's most dramatic effects, like the transformation of the wizard or their target from one form to another. The school is concerned with the interplay between magical energies and living bodies as a sort of reflection of both the Via Artificia and Via Lemurae. A less well-known but more coveted and certainly more benign use of the secrets of this via is magical healing of the body, the extension of life through the slowing of physical aging, and the promotion of the good health of crops and livestock. Via Mutatio students often study the healing miracles of Modo Gratia healers and, in talented hands can even replicate the same outcomes.