Electromantic Treatise I
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| “ | This treatise is the first known attempt at organizing scattered information about the properties of natural and magical electricity into a coherent, unified theory. | „ |
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...For the longest time, this rare and mysterious Lesser Element, which is situated between its two Greater brethren - Fire and Air - had been undeservingly neglected.
Although some natural philosophers were quite aware of its existence, they didn't see much use for electricity outside of classroom and parlor tricks. Obviously, none of them could imagine that the force causing a bird feather to stick to a piece of amber after you rub it with wool is in fact the innocuous side of the same destructive power that creates lightning strikes.
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Thanks to the efforts of Alfano the Elder, the venerable Bronzian scholar who managed to discover and translate a number of ancient texts that had previously been considered lost, not only we acquired a better insight into this curious natural phenomenon but also got our first glimpse at electromancy - an ancient magic school that we didn't even know existed.
It took many years of meticulous work to restore some of its long-forgotten spells, but it was Alfano's work in particular that laid the cornerstone for all future research.
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The first step to understanding the true potential of lightning magic was the discovery of the mysterious connection that binds the caster and their spells to other living creatures. This magical charge is what allows electromancers to direct elemental energies with pinpoint accuracy, a feat beyond the reach of mages from other Circles.
And even though the inner workings of this effect hasn't yet been fully understood, nothing prevents electromancers from making skillful use of it on the battlefield...
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