-= Thought =- Technology vs. Magic - The beginning of the war

The war between magic and technology lasted centuries. At the end of the 21st century, magic reappeared in a world that had been without it for centuries, as users of magic began to surface and sell their magical answers to technologies problems.

 

Issues such as pollution and waste management quickly became a thing of the past as mages began to reap the windfalls of technologies mistakes. While the number of mages was limited, the area of impact was generally large. These were considered issues that could be dealt with by a small amount of magical power

 

Such a union seems like it would solve all of mankinds issues, quickly and easily. However, as usual in instances such as this, basic human nature would not allow this to occur.

 

It initially started very quietly. A scientific research organisation had it's funding reduced, as many of the projects it was working on had been made redundent with the introduction of mass magical useage. To counter this, the research organisation began to invest time and effort into propganda of an anti-magic slant.

 

Soon, hearsay and conjectured stories about the unspeakable rites that the mages used to gain power were heard everywhere. The mages attempted to counter this, to prove the untruth, but again, human nature transpired to defeat them. Fearing those that are different is something that is built into the most primal of humans, and so the mages were feared by the common people.

 

The powerful leaders of countries understood the campaign against the mages and continued to use them, until public opinion swayed aganist them. The mages soon found themselves without allies in an increasinly hostile world.