But who's stopping necromancers from attacking mages about a month after the start of the game? There definitely won't be any level 3 mini-artifacts. There's not even a guarantee that there will be level 2 mini-artifacts.
At the hero level, it's even harder for mages against necromancers.
Ingvar, please explain what this interesting idea is: mages take both the Seal of Darkness and Eternal Light. So, Light, Darkness. Do we take Summoning or not? I understand we're playing as Hafiz, so machines? And do we take Spellcasting or not? And what about Education?
This idea doesn't seem very good. A reasonable question arises: have you even played as mages?
I'll reveal a secret: you take the Seal of Darkness, you take Eternal Light, and the necromancer will crush you with Summoning.