Never really been an overly superstitious person myself. No time for that sorta thing during war. [ of course, he can't lie and say that he doesn't believe in anything. not with the kind of things he's seen- and back at the manor no less. but that's more of coming to accept that some things just can't really be explained than having devoted beliefs into something. ]

Whatever it is those mages believe in, they do believe in it strongly. Enough to see something they consider a failure almost immediately. [ or at least that's how one mage came off in particular. the way anger overtook the man when he looked into his book and shouted about 'failures' and 'wretched creature.' left a bad taste in his mouth to more or less been spit down on like that but.. well, can't do much about it right now. ]