Via Vocatio

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The Via Vocatio 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 Calling" is a discipline concerned with summoning, conjuration, and translocation - differing from Via Artificia in that it can best be thought of as "conjuration by moving things which exist" rather than "conjuration ex nihilo". The iconic use of the Via Vocatio would be in transplanar summoning of a demon to Ahren, or the teleportation of the wizard between locations. The school has great promise, and powerful masters of the discipline can transport themselves and others freely between the planets as though they were crossing a shallow creek, or carve themselves out pocket realities in which to find solitude and safety. However, misuses and blunders can lead to disaster; plenty of wizards' biographies end in their mysterious disappearances.

This discipline experienced a sudden surge in study during the Great Collapse and subsequent study of the Great Rift.