Magic Mastery Treatise III
Description
| “ | Even though most of the existing magic is rooted in Antiquity, there's surprisingly little information about the Axonians who actually practiced it. | „ |
Effect
Teaches :
You will receive 100 XP after reading that treatise.
Acquired From
- Always sold by L'Owcrey, occultist in Rotten Willow Tavern.
Book content
...going all the way back to Axonia, the art of casting Seals has rather fascinating origins.
According to ancient manuscripts, it stems from one of the most mysterious practices of the Late Autocracy - duels between the Chosen, the mage-priests of Axonia. Don't let the word "duel" confuse you: the custom in question is completely dissimilar to those ugly displays of cruelty one can witness on the Bronze Isles.
There's not a single evidence supporting the claim that duels between the Chosen were meant to resolve any disputes - if that were the case, the results of such confrontations would be so disastrous that they would quickly get banned outright...
( . . . )
If anything, these magical duels resembled a friendly spar. The Chosen didn't try to annihilate or cripple their opponent - instead, their goal was to demonstrate the sophistication and finesse of their spellcasting technique. The highest degree of mastery was to subdue the opponent without inflicting any bodily harm upon them apart from some bruises and scrapes.
The surviving records of this tradition contain no mention of the battle-focused sorcery we use today: there are, however, colorful descriptions of immaculately reflected spells and inventive applications of the most simple and innocuous magic that can sometimes last for pages on end...
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