Diviners are specialist mages who have mastered the art of obtaining knowledge. The entire world is an open book to them, just waiting for the pages to be turned. Diviners are not a group's first choice to take along a hunt, but that doesn't mean they aren't valuable or influential. They were originally used during the Great Shattering as intelligence gatherers. Astraeva felt that with a lack of appropriate time to fully train her mages, she could best use them to gather information of Itzal's army that would better help their defense. In addition to these knowledge-seeking spells, Diviners were also taught some spells of basic combat.