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merlinscribe) wrote2024-07-20 02:37 pm
merlinscribe) wrote2024-07-20 02:37 pm
Questions?
If you have general questions about the World of Obsidian and its lore, post them here and I will answer them as best I can. I say "as best I can" because I have been working on this series since the late Cretaceous period and I may no longer remember some answers.
Types of Mages
1) For a Wildmage, must the Gods of the Wild Magic *approve* of what they do in order to grant the power loan to them? (I call it a loan because it leaves them beholden to mageprice).
2) If the above is true, is that why only dragon-bonded Wild mages can be corrupted to use their power for the Dark? (High mages can also be corrupted because their power requires no approval outside of their intent and will)
3) In Vieliessar's time, are the Lightborn basically Elven Mages, but rather than having a Dragon to draw from, they have to find power from Flower Forests? IE: Are Lightborn Elven Mages even though they have no Dragon?
4) Am I correct in understanding Elven Mages need a power source that is of-the-light but they do not need the Gods of the Wild Magic to approve of what they do? (Compared to a Wildmage who might be declined when asking for magical help?)
5) High Mages: War Magick evolved during the Second Endarkened War, we know. But little context is given to how. Must a High Mage be human?
6) Tiercel narrates that "Healing spells weren’t a part of the High Magic, but they were a part of the Wild Magic," but Kellen narrates that one could "...hire a Mage to [...] heal their injuries."
Does or does not the High Magick heal? Perhaps that is just still lost knowledge to Tiercel?
Thank you! I'm sure I'll think of more... :)
Re: Types of Mages
2. Dragon Mages can be corrupted because they are spiritually vulnerable. They are actually more like a cross between Wildmages and High Mages (who are called, at the time their magic first evolves, War Mages) in that their power source can argue with them but will eventually do what they say. Consider how Bisochim overruled Saravasse, making her do things she did not want to do.
3. In Vieliessar's time, the Lightborn draw upon the Light without negotiating with it, so they are closer to being High Mages than Wild Mages. Mosirinde's Covenant requires them not to kill in using their Magery, which was a rule she imposed upon them a very long time ago to stop them from killing the Lightforests and the Otherfolk that lived in them. A dragon functions very much as an inexhaustible Flower Forest for them.
4. Elven Mages (Lightborn and Dragon Mages) do not require the approval of the "Gods of the Wild Magic" in working either "small magics", Dragon Magery, or Lightborn magic.
5. A High Mage must be human. War Magic evolved as an attempt to provide humans with effective magic. The Elves have very little access to magic by the Second Endarkened War.
6. I imagine Tiercel is referring to the Wild Magic, as the High Magic he is aware of would not be used to heal. Certainly the High Magic could be used to heal, in a mechanistic fashion involving pills and cordials, if any of the High Mages of Armethalieh were interested in doing so.
Therefore, the answer to your question is Yes and No. It also depends on which period. The High Magic Kellen knows would be almost unrecognizable to Tiercel.
Looking forward to the next round of questions. :)