The Magic was always present in the universe for sure, as it is the threads the dreams of the dreaming beast are woven from. The most powerful, mages of ancient Mars were Mafa. And Mafa Archmagi in particular. The sponge wizards as they were not been able to die from the natural causes, lived for thousands of years, and the eldest of them who learned thousands of the true words, in a tongue of dreams, were capable of creating true miracles – moving mountains, and making the sea currents change their direction. As well as manipulating the life itself… Many of them as well have created many amazing technological wanders such as for example flying ships, or they studied how to treat multiple illnesses, which were usually considered incurable by Fao, and Urons.
Speaking of them, Mafa, were their teachers, in the mastery of magic, trying to give the two legged folks as much as they could obtain through their comparably short lives. But the studying of magic for the Fao often, ended up in the malicious corners, as the humanoid brain is especially vulnerable for the waves of Etherial energy, and some sorcerers ended up going insane. However many Fao, became capable mages, and sorcerers, walking the continent, and helping people in need, as wandering hexers, wind casters in the sea, scholars, and slayers of the creations of evil.
Other kind of the wizarding folk were Hankoo – this word originating from the Oloomuk language language means something between shaman, witch doctor, and the fortune teller. Generally speaking a person, who studied magic without the assistance of the Sponged Ones, mastering their arcane abilities in a more natural way. It is hard to imagine a settlement without at least one shaman, or witch, and in some regions, like for example Mur, every child knows some magical spell or two…