Questions?

[merlinscribe]

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.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Interesting! Any elaboration on those pre-Flower Forest practices?

So are Lightborn mages no longer being born? Or are they only taught to draw their magic from Dragons now and thus while the Elves still have the potential for Lightborn magic it simply fell out of use? Are all Lightborn mages Dragonborn mages? Or were there Lightborn mages who could not form Dragon bonds? And were there Elves who were Dragonborn mages who could not use Lightborn magic?

[merlinscribe]

Interestingly, I covered this in detail in DELIVERANCE OF DRAGONS, but since you won't see that until May, I can summarize it here. What the Elves drew their power from pre-Mosirinde was other reservoirs of Light, i.e. Elves, animals, and Otherfolk. (Yeah, there was not a huge amount of difference between them and the Endarkened in those days.)

But in the post-Dragonmage era, Elves capable of becoming Lightborn are not being born. They have surrendered their magic to the Light. For a few thousand years after that surrender, there are still Dragon Mages around, but eventually Death breaks the last Bond and all there remains are ordinary Elves with "small magics" and unbonded Dragons. Since the Dragonbond does not rely on magickal adepthood a new Bond could probably be formed at any time, but the Dragons are understandably wary about doing so.

[(Anonymous)]

Oooooh very nice I look forward to reading about the history of Elven magic. Would love to know more about the lands to the east of the Greythunder someday too!

[merlinscribe]

For that you would have to go very far back in history, though I'm not calling it impossible. We'll have to see after this book comes out.