Magic Mastery Treatise III

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Magic Mastery Treatise III
Written by Magister Virios
"The Magic of Axonia and What We Know About It"

Allows you to learn the following Magic Mastery abilities:

Seal of Reflection
Thaumaturgy

Reading this book grants some Experience.
Even though most of the existing magic is rooted in Antiquity, there's surprisingly little information about the Axonians who actually practiced it.
Price750

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

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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