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Space Delver

One of the most contriversial professions in all of Battal, space delvers bring it upon themselves to explore the spaces of the world--any place one might physically travel through. While there are a number of peaceful and explorative space delvers, there is a large contingent of what may politely be described as "nutjobs."

Some space delvers argue that walking back and forth from their living room to the nearest pub constitutes delving into space, and make a killing off their hourly wages from the Spaceman Guild. Others believe that other peoples' bedrooms and houses are space enough to wander around in, and make a life out of breaking and entering; these are the most legally reprehensible, as these space delvers often join with thieves' guilds to double their income with only half the effort.

Perhaps the most infamous of space delvers are the Elemenstor space delvers who have repeatedly attempted to reach Battal's moons--any one of them, as the Middlemoon is closer but more dangerous, and the Bright Moons further but safer. Through ingenius use of gears and massive alchemical devices, some have actually reached above the skies of Battal, although they have all then died from various causes.

Armchair (or "living") space delvers of this sort describe Battal as being covered by a "roof" of magical energy that locks the planet's air from escaping to the moons, and also helps buffer meteorites and Meteoric Cows as they crash back onto the planet from places unknown. (This has been confirmed by one of the many, many dead space delvers, who, upon returning to the ground, exploded in midair, while (panickingly) telepathically communicating to his comrades below that "the roof--the roof--the roof is on fire!")

Most residents of Battal ignore space delvers as hard as they can. Many succeed.

Space Delvers have a hatred for Wizzards, who essentially do the same thing they do, only much better and faster. Wizzards don't enjoy it, at the very least. They don't really explore every space in Battal so much as they happen to run through it all at high-velocities while screaming in terror.