Illusion Magic

Illusion is a school of Magic which is rather common among trained mages. In essence this school of magic gives a mage the ability to trick others into thinking things are real when they are not. It is the ability to create illusions. Most Mages are able to perform a few illusion spells, such as the ability to create light to see in the dark.

However, the trained illusion mage can use the magic to not only affect the eyes, but also the mind. Certain spells are capable of tricking the mind into thinking something is the case, when it is not. For example, if an mage wishes to sell an item at a higher price than they would be able to otherwise, he could either cast a spell to make the buyer believe that the item was much more ebautiful than it was in reality, or he could cast a spell to make the buyer subconsiously gain trust in the amge, or like the mage more. There are spells which can calm a person who is in a rage, or turn calm individuals to anger, provoking an attack. In any case, it is quite illegal to use illusion magic to alter the feelings of an unwilling or unaware person, so those spells are often ill-advised.

Masters of Illusion magic can use it to conceal themselves, to trick people into thinking they cant actually see you. This would be quite useful in theft or in spying. Even more difficult than that is to cast spells which couple a illusion of sight with an illusion of mind. In other words, one could cast a spell showing another person the image of his beloved; a illusion of sight. One could also cast a spell which made the person hear his beloved's voice and feel her touch; an illusion of mind. If these were combined into a single spell, the person in question would not be able to tell the illusion from reality, resulting in an extremly potent spell.

During the War of Ages, the famed mage Albright the Wary cast a spell on hundreds of Tainted Warriors which made them believe that they were being attacked when they were not, cauing them to turn on eachother and wipe themselves out. This legendary feat of Illusion Magic was performed to buy time for Cenhelm the Vigilent and his armies to arrive to defend the area at the Battle of Bewilderment.