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Most of the wells, and a lot of these magical shrines also slowly regenerate their magical gifts opens up for speculation that they might have been set here by ancient [[Horadrim]] mages to harness the ley lines of [[Sanctuary]], and further their power against [[Darkness]]. The fact that [[demon]]ic creatures and [[monster]]s generally never touch them also support this theory. The evil forces don't seem to have much problems standing near them, so it might just be a very simple protective spell making it untouchable, or invisible to dark spawns.
==The Corrupting Force of Magic==
:''Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely''
::: Earthly proverb
::: - Lord Acton (1834–1902)
Any man, woman or entity in power are subject to being corrupted by hunger for power, or just being subject of losing empathy of "lesser" men, women or entities. This is naturally true with magic as well, and great magical power can be even more thrilling than great political power, as you can manipulate your emmidiete surroundsings in an instant. Whether channeling magic in itself will corrupt a person is unknown, but [[Demonic magic]] seems to have the ability to do so.
It might just be the fact that Demonic magic handles a lot more destructive components than other schools of magic, but many [[sorcerer]]s and [[sorceress]]es have fallen to the demonic lure, and turned against fellow man. The [[mage wars]] between [[Bartuc]] and [[Horazon]] is a prime examples of this, and one of the reasons the [[mage clans]] started concentrating more on [[Elemental magic]] instead.
The [[Vizjerei]] also formed the [[Order of Mage Slayers]] (also known as the [[Assassin]]s) to watch for rogue magi that may become corrupted by the forces of [[Evil]]. To be effective at this task they were trained in abilities that were not conducive to Demonic corruption, and using macical or technological equipment rather than magic by themselves.
Ironically, some parts of the "traditional" Demonic magic that involves the manipulation of the dead has seemed to have almost no corruptive powers. The [[Priests of Rathma]], also known as the [[Necromancer]]s have shown no signs of traditional corruption, despite what many citizens of the world might think of them.
Druids shun the use of traditional magic and call it [[Dubhdroiacht]], and use another path that also seem to be impervious to the corrupting forces, namely [[Nature magic]]. If they use the name for Demonic magic, or any other form of magic than Nature magic isn't known. [[Holy magic]] of the [[High Heavens]] and magic through the [[Amazon]] dieties also seem to be more or less free of corruption.
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