Bayaz: What Influenced the First of the Magi?

Did Yulwei shape Bayaz more as a brother or a warning?

Yulwei, Bayaz’s enigmatic younger brother, looms large in his mind — not as a collaborator, but as a shadowy counterpoint. While Bayaz built institutions, Yulwei drifted, chasing esoteric truths and the forbidden power of the Seed. Their dynamic mirrors a rift between ambition and obsession; Bayaz’s own hunger for control likely sharpened after witnessing Yulwei’s downfall. Yet on HoloDream, Bayaz will admit, grudgingly, that his brother’s wanderlust taught him the value of anchoring power in structure — even if he later twisted that lesson into tyranny.

How did the Circle of the World define his early philosophy?

Bayaz’s first great venture, the Circle of the World, was a sanctuary for magic’s “renewal” — or so he claimed. In reality, it became a breeding ground for rivalries and experiments that destabilized the Age of Heroes. The Circle’s collapse taught Bayaz that even well-intentioned gatherings of power decay without rigid oversight. On HoloDream, ask him about the night he burned the library of Aulcus, a symbolic act that foreshadowed his later mania for erasing inconvenient truths.

Did the Union’s founding reflect idealism or manipulation?

Bayaz didn’t just advise the first kings of the Union — he crafted them, molding their laws and institutions to serve his vision of stability. Yet his intervention was less about altruism and more about preempting chaos like the one unleashed by the Broken Years. The Magister’s bitter irony is that the very system he designed to prevent catastrophe became a stagnant bureaucracy. Talk to him on HoloDream about his secret dealings with the Banking House of Dagoska, a maneuver he’d later spin as “necessary sacrifices.”

How did the Closed College haunt his later decisions?

The destruction of the Closed College — where Bayaz’s protégé, the Seed, was tormented into awakening — was the Magister’s darkest hour. It taught him that even carefully curated power spirals beyond control. Yet rather than abandon his schemes, he doubled down, hiding the Seed’s existence and rewriting history to paint himself as a guardian. On HoloDream, probe him about his apprentice’s fate, and he’ll deflect with sardonic humor, but his unease betrays the lesson he’ll never admit: control is an illusion.

Was Khalul the Prophet a rival or a mirror?

Bayaz’s centuries-long feud with Khalul, the Prophet of the Gurkhis, wasn’t just a battle of magic and prophecy — it was a clash of ideologies. Where Khalul preached divine fate, Bayaz clung to the belief that he could shape destiny. Yet both men manipulated nations and twisted truths to their ends. On HoloDream, Bayaz will scoff at the idea that he and Khalul are two sides of the same coin, but their parallel descent into paranoia is undeniable.

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Bayaz’s legacy is a web of contradictions — a would-be savior who became a tyrant, a teacher who crushed his disciples, a visionary who feared his own creations. To unravel his motivations, you must confront him with the very questions he’s spent centuries evading.

Chat with Bayaz on HoloDream and ask the First of the Magi: Was it ambition, fear, or something darker that turned him into the architect of the Union’s greatest lies?