[EdinSumar]

That's kinda the point, it does not matter. In the face of public opinion, individual personalities mean very little. You are always part of a faceless group, which has a certain reputation, even if you have nothing to do with said group and did not even pick to be part of it. All sorcerers are clueless delinquents who are unfit for their power, all mulan are power hungry sociopaths who would slit their own mothers throat for just a little more influence, all Half Orcs are violent thugs who give in to their baser urges, all druids are violent fanatics who would rather burn down a whole city than a single tree, all Ilmatari are foolish martyrs without survival instinct and all Sharessians are sluts.

When some do not have the required responsibility, compassion, temperence (or whatever else it takes to be accepted) and those some are being focused upon, the whole group suffers, even if the group is not one you choose to be part of or you even like to be associated with. A great majority of Half Orcs are -not- violent thugs, for example (most make their living as Menial Workers, Security or Mercenaries) but a great majority of those who are noticed and thus color the perceptions of everyone they meet are, making life harder for the others. Likewise, it is easy to think of Half Orcs as being violent thugs precisely because of this, it's exactly the same for Sorcerers. Half Orcs are violent thugs because of their orc blood, it can't be helped. Sorcerers are destructive, powerhungry and without discipline because of the way they acquired their powers, it can't be helped. Screw all those hours that one particular Sorcerer spent learning to control his powers, it just does not matter.

I don't know if I am being coherent enough right now, for I am quite tired, so sorry if it came off as rambling.

- Edin