Magic Powers

In the small Powers multiverse there are many forms of magical power. Most magi speak of them as 'schools of magic'. And there are some kinds of magic for which there is no reference, other than a mage with a particular type of power. Cindy is one of those exceptions. She was born with an amazing level of power that seems to be unlimited, and of an unfathomable type, at least in the realms and universes known to the Order. Another with an unusual power base is Jake. He has a polymorphic ability to accomplish magical things with powers and energy that are not from any school of magic or from any sources of magic.
Most of the wizards of the Order are trained, or arrive with the ability, to cast spells from the elemental schools. Fire, Air, Stone, Water, and Energy. These are often very useful to a questing mage. Many have trained, or were born, as shaman. In the arts of prediction and revelations, the schools of metal as they are known, the wizards of the Order vary in their abilities and talents. The future, Brass, is one where there seems to be many places where it does not work well or at all, limiting its popularity. Of Iron, the present, there is wide usage, and the training wizards of the Order focus primarily on this school. Steel, the potential future, there are only a few who can command this power. The school of Gold, knowledge of the structure of things, is very rare. Rarer still is the school of Silver, the power to manipulate the structure of a universe. The school of Bronze might be the rarest, as manipulating the past calls for power that some have said that only the titans and gods have. There are several other schools of metal, and most of them are less useful for a questing wizard. The most complex schools include sorcery, bardics, and necromancy. The converse of those being drudics, geomancy, and augury. All of which have foundations in the elemental or metallic schools. There are many among the Order who study even higher forms of magic. Enchanters, illusionists, and theomages being the most well known of those.
In all, the wizards of the Order study as many of the various schools as they can. When faced with saving the world, they all quickly find out that it takes everything you can bring, and everything you can find in the place in peril, to accomplish the task.