What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger, but what kills me grants me the opportunity to befriend the forgotten eldritch monsters of the underworld and learn their witchcraft.

Don’t worry if your skin keeps breaking out. Growing magical powers need years to balance themselves out and they’re known to irritate the skin. Once you’re strong enough to befriend a dragon, your skin will clear.

One rule of magic says:

A magic user’s choice of writing instrument really doesn’t say much about them. Magic is difficult and fickle work, so anything that puts words on paper will do. There is one exception, however, and the reader is strongly advised to take caution; for should they ever observe someone using a fountain pen to take down notes during any performance of magic, an immediate retreat must be performed, since a hand that inks calmly under a storm of spells is truly to be feared.