An order of magi who live in the Eldersbane of myth and legend. Due to the perilous living conditions in Eldersbane, as well as the Curse of Eldersbane, by the time the flying castle makes a definative re-emergence in Battal there is only one Archmage remaining - Nixwing the Dark. Once a force for good, they were mutated by the power of the Orb of the First Evil.
Events surrounding the reappearance of Eldersbane and The Archmage are chronicled in Book 8.