Writing - Rewhan 5/?
The Calling of an Alchemist I based, in no small part, on Rudyard Kipling's The Calling of An Engineer - I wanted a secular ceremony that still imparts upon its participants the enormous responsibility of their craft, and the potential danger (and benefit) they present to the world at-large.
A magician can't give a nonmagician the power to hurl fireballs, after all, but an Alchemist can. He can potentially outfit an army with destructive potential... hence Rewhan's pacifism