@Assaultsquirt
The most prominent Sage of their time, the one in the Hero's party, is a pretty good view of how Sages 
should likely be, IMO.
Being 
forced into a life 
is shit. I 
know people want structure, 
I'm fucking one of them. The reason I want structure is 
because I have free will. The 'protection' is pretty much forced slavery, 
not structure. Quoting 
one individual, an outlier even, working with a bad 'protection' does 
not counter my point:
	
	
		
		
			Logic dictates roughly half of the population is unhappy with their 'protection'.
		
		
	 
Ademi had to resort to fucking drugs because he hated his 'protection', and look what that resulted in. All is 
not fine when 
logically half of 
everyone is suffering under compulsion running directly 
counter to their free will.
You are misunderstanding my usage of 'job'. A job is 
not just the task one performs, but also the recompense earned. You are talking about 
tasks; no shit nobody wants to suffer sewage for shit pay unless absolutely necessary or voluntary. No shit almost anybody 
would for tons of cash. Society is what it is, and changes slowly. There 
are jobs enough for everyone, but like you said nobody wants the task for the pay offered. You just confirmed my fucking point.
Edit: for clarity
@Kiyan19
There are issues with 
our free will as well. It can be affected by various conditions or chemicals. But generally, I think most would say they act of their own free will. In this fictional world, 
everyone is 
constantly having their free will impacted by their 'protection'. It's like if 
everyone in 
our world had Dissociative Identity Disorder, with some lucky people just by chance having everything align with their will regardless.
Edit: shit, tagged the wrong person. Sorry flannan.