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'''The Arcane Arts''', also known as the'''The''' '''Arcane,''' '''Arcanism''', or externally often known as '''ArcanismNisser Mythology''', is the traditional system of beliefs within the [[Nisserige|Republic of Nisserige]]. In its modern form, the belief system originated in the 8th century CE when [[Sage Pumpernickel]] wrote about his mystical findings in an anthology titled ''[[The Sorcerer]]'', which was the first written record of the belief system and helped standardize it across the greater Nisser region. The system likely has existed for centuries prior to the writingwritings of Pumpernickel, spanning back to at least the 3rd century. During the era of Communist Nisserige, the religion faced prosecution in [[Philip Fleischer|Chancellor Philip Flischer]]'s attempt to create a perfectly secular Nisser nation. Despite his attempts, the Arcane Arts remains as Nisserige's most popular belief system.

Throughout the centuries, and even after the publication of ''The Sorcerer'', the religion faced much internal conflict and disagreement, primarily between practitioners of differing [[Divinities]], or followers of differing [[Houses (Arcanism)|Houses]]. Despite these disagreements, there is still a tangible canon, thatcomprised isof a collection of several writingwritings by the [[Seven Wise Sages]], that is mostly agreed upon by the majority of Arcanists as truth.

After the death of all of the Seven Sages, Arcanism usually had avarious WizardWizards, atwhich itswere helmgnomes with great knowledge over the Arcane. During the era of Communist Nisserige, Wizards were prosecuted, so many chose to go into hiding for several decades. At the end of the Communist era in 1950, Arcanismthere were no longer had any living Wizards left it, and so it transitioned more into a more personal belief system, detached from organization. During the 1980s and 90s, interest in the belief system began to rise, and many universities began offering theology courses in the Arcane. DuringThe thistitle time,of the title SageWizard resurfaced into use., Thisbut this time, however, it was usedusually given to describe thosepeople who hadgained pursued rigorous academic achievementsdegrees in studyingarcane Arcanismtheology rathercourses thansupervised those who had authority over it. To avoid confusion overby the Seven Sages[[Board of the past, the modern title was eventually changed to Sorcerer as a namesake of ''The Sorcerer''Wizardry]].

=== Pre-CanonArcane ArcanismCanon ===

=== The Era of Wizardry ===

=== Modern ArcanismArcane Practice ===