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The first Being to discover and assay the Squiggle was a very powerful Magic-Wielder, a Wizard specifically; a Title for a Wielder of one of the two Low Order Magic Systems that both function throughout the Subterra System. After assaying The Gem, the Wizard had a dream about the Squiggle; what it is, how to use it and that it granted Extended Life by at least 10 fold. The Wizard found the Squiggle about 3,000 years (local time flow) before the arrival of the Jeweled Road. After learning its initial secrets the Wizard began wandering Subterra to learn every type of Magic possible; including Clerical or Faith Magic. | The first Being to discover and assay the Squiggle was a very powerful Magic-Wielder, a Wizard specifically; a Title for a Wielder of one of the two Low Order Magic Systems that both function throughout the Subterra System. After assaying The Gem, the Wizard had a dream about the Squiggle; what it is, how to use it and that it granted Extended Life by at least 10 fold. The Wizard found the Squiggle about 3,000 years (local time flow) before the arrival of the Jeweled Road. After learning its initial secrets the Wizard began wandering Subterra to learn every type of Magic possible; including Clerical or Faith Magic. | ||
− | After a few centuries the | + | After a few centuries the Wizard had mastered all of the Low Order Magics Subterra had to offer and had also 'mastered' High Order Sorcery and the Powers of the Imprint of The Gem... or so the Wizard thought. During time traveling the Core Realms of Subterra, learning the Magics of each Realm, the Wizard also learned a lot about the peoples and cultures of Subterra as well; it was a Realm (worlds) constantly at war and on the edge of total ruin. The Wizard knew something should be done but was not exactly sure what... so decided to make a Pilgrimage to The Gem to contemplate the problem and hope for inspiration and a solution. |
− | Upon arriving at the secret location of The Gem, The Sorcerer had an instant urge to place his foot upon it and assay it again, but knew this was not possible | + | Upon arriving at the secret location of The Gem, The Sorcerer had an instant urge to place his foot upon it and assay it again, but he knew this was not possible, he had tried twice in the past; once shortly after he assayed it centuries ago, and once about a decade later, both times he felt a resistance, a force, keeping him from placing his foot upon it again. The Sorcerer spent many weeks regarding it from different angles, studying the many colors it produced, studying the pattern of the color changes (or more accurately lack of pattern), and all the while contemplating the fate of Subterra if the current state of affairs didn't change soon. Each time he studied either end of the Inscription, or got near either of them, he again felt a compulsion to set foot upon it and assay it again... and one day, after many weeks of resisting the impulse, he set foot upon what he would call the 'end' of the Inscription (only because it was harder to get to and because he assayed it in the opposite direction the first time. His experience the second time was identical to the first, except for the direction the inscription led him; he felt as if he was supposed to be walking the magical inscription, despite the effort to do so, he knew he could and would complete it, despite the increased effort needed at certain points, and he also felt, and somehow knew, that the Inscription, 'The Gem', wanted him to assay it... even though that thought seemed unlikely and somewhat like the ravings of a madman, but when he finished Assaying The Gem the second time, knew that no matter how unlikely or crazy it may seem, it was true; 'The Gem' wanted to be Assayed. |
inspiration strikes... | inspiration strikes... |