Lifestyle

A commoner's life typically follows a pattern: A noble's life typically follows a pattern: A magic student's life typically follows a pattern: Magic students usually start learning about 14 or 15.
 * Birth.
 * Childhood, usually filled with play and learning.
 * Legal adulthood at age thirteen, when a family either teaches their child the trade of the family or apprentices him or her to a master.
 * True adulthood at age fifteen, when he or she is expected to be wed quickly and making children.
 * Retirement, after fifty years of work. Most people chose not to retire.
 * Birth.
 * Childhood, usually filled with play and learning.
 * Legal adulthood at age thirteen, when their studies continue into matters of ruling.
 * True adulthood at age fifteen, when he or she, if orphaned, may rule without a regent.
 * Marriage between the ages of seventeen and nineteen, followed shortly by making heirs.
 * Grooming the children once they're born and managing the estate.
 * Retirement, which is rare since most either enjoy the power, or are worried for their heirs.
 * Birth.
 * Childhood, usually filled with play and learning.
 * Legal adulthood at age thirteen, when they seek a teacher or the academy. Some may also seek a trade apprenticeship as well.
 * True adulthood at age fifteen, his or her studies continue.
 * Marriage between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one, depending on how far he or she wishes to study and if he or she is noble or not.
 * Work-- a magic user must find a job. It's easiest with the military in Aridefort, but some prefer to freelance.
 * Retirement is whenever a magician is ready to be done doing magic.