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| ====== The Magical Arts ====== | ====== The Magical Arts ====== | ||
| - | //Several years ago, there lived a very great magician known as Amilcar. In those times, it was thought that the best manner of casting was as fast as possible, with very little thought to anything other than the desired outcome. Amilcar, being a wise and measured woman, found it more expedient to clear her mind entirely before considering the effects she wished to bring about. She would then consider them fully and completely. She was known to say that she would only know the spell was ready once she could all but see and hear the effects. It is good to follow Amilcar's example, for it was she who first gave a spell an Inflection.//\\ ---Excerpt from //Meditations on Inflections and the Proper Casting of Magic//. The Hashar author has been lost to time. | + | //Several years ago, there lived a very great magician known as Amilcar. In those times, it was thought that the best manner of casting was as fast as possible, with very little thought to anything other than the desired outcome. Amilcar, being a wise and measured woman, found it more expedient to clear her mind entirely before considering the effects she wished to bring about. She would then consider them fully and completely. She was known to say that she would only know the spell was ready once she could all but see and hear the effects. It is good to follow Amilcar's example, for it was she who first gave a spell an Inflection.//\\ ---Excerpt from 'A Meditation on Inflections and the Proper Casting of Magic.' The Hashar author has been lost to time. |
| =====The Basics===== | =====The Basics===== | ||
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| Alchemy is magic in a bottle. For centuries, [[culture#marriage_and_legitimacy|Legitimacy Rituals]] were the only type of alchemy in existence - although it was never referred to as such. Many magicians attempted to ‘bottle’ magical effects but had no success because nobody had yet made the connection between magic and the blood. | Alchemy is magic in a bottle. For centuries, [[culture#marriage_and_legitimacy|Legitimacy Rituals]] were the only type of alchemy in existence - although it was never referred to as such. Many magicians attempted to ‘bottle’ magical effects but had no success because nobody had yet made the connection between magic and the blood. | ||
| - | About a decade ago, however, it was discovered (or perhaps rediscovered) that Legitimacy Rituals are, in fact, a form of magic. Once magicians realised this, they quickly incorporated human blood into previous attempts at alchemy, and - with a little experimentation - succeeded. | + | About a decade ago, however, it was discovered (or perhaps rediscovered) that Legitimacy Rituals are, in fact, a previously unrecognised form of magic. Once magicians realised this, they quickly incorporated human blood into previous attempts at alchemy, and - with a little experimentation - succeeded. |
| For the first time, people can carry prepared spells around with them. There are limitations: alchemically-cast spells can only target the person who drinks the potion, and cannot be given an Inflection. However, alchemists and magicians alike are looking to surpass those limits. | For the first time, people can carry prepared spells around with them. There are limitations: alchemically-cast spells can only target the person who drinks the potion, and cannot be given an Inflection. However, alchemists and magicians alike are looking to surpass those limits. | ||
| Alchemy is a fast-growing industry in consistently high demand. Because of this - and because nobody has yet been trained to detect the precise magical register that distilling a spell into a potion gives off - a large proportion of ‘alchemists’ are cheats, frauds, and quack doctors. | Alchemy is a fast-growing industry in consistently high demand. Because of this - and because nobody has yet been trained to detect the precise magical register that distilling a spell into a potion gives off - a large proportion of ‘alchemists’ are cheats, frauds, and quack doctors. | ||
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