Let's start from the beginning -- it's necessary to first understand that the spiritual substance we term mana is the source of not only magic, but the root from which all life springs and grows, a fact from which all further hypotheses must be based. It is essential that the mana in a world remains in balance, as a significant depletion at any time will doubtlessly lead to the withering and death of the world in question, a clearly undesirable outcome. Yet simple usage of any form of magic crystallizes and removes a great deal of mana from the reservoir at such rates that you'd expect a world to decline with a single casting of 'Fireball'; to prevent against such an occurrence, the world of Aselia has implented several safeguards. The first lies in the existence of beings composed sheerly of mana, known as Spirits, or Summon Spirits, which act as buffers of a sort; comprised themselves of incredibly large amounts of mana, they prevent precipitous mana drops when magic is utilized by releasing an equal amount of mana into the mana reservoir as that which was taken such that there is no net loss. Crystallized mana is eventually returned to the reservoir after a period of time whereupon the Spirits reabsorb it, thus regulating the inward and outward flows of mana at all time in a fascinating and not yet entirely understood methods. The second method of regulation lies in the inability of pure-blooded humans to tap into the mana reservoir entirely, and although it is unknown how such a thing came about, it's likely that the creators of this world foresaw the necessity of a species created entirely to guard the flow of mana, namely, the Elves. The . .. . . . .. . ........................ .....
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So you see, if this experiment is a success, it would prove that full-blooded humans would no longer have to be dependent on elves in order to utilize magic. My memories have shown this to be the case, but there's nothing like first-hand confirmation.
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Date: 2009-11-19 04:37 am (UTC)Let's start from the beginning -- it's necessary to first understand that the spiritual substance we term mana is the source of not only magic, but the root from which all life springs and grows, a fact from which all further hypotheses must be based. It is essential that the mana in a world remains in balance, as a significant depletion at any time will doubtlessly lead to the withering and death of the world in question, a clearly undesirable outcome. Yet simple usage of any form of magic crystallizes and removes a great deal of mana from the reservoir at such rates that you'd expect a world to decline with a single casting of 'Fireball'; to prevent against such an occurrence, the world of Aselia has implented several safeguards. The first lies in the existence of beings composed sheerly of mana, known as Spirits, or Summon Spirits, which act as buffers of a sort; comprised themselves of incredibly large amounts of mana, they prevent precipitous mana drops when magic is utilized by releasing an equal amount of mana into the mana reservoir as that which was taken such that there is no net loss. Crystallized mana is eventually returned to the reservoir after a period of time whereupon the Spirits reabsorb it, thus regulating the inward and outward flows of mana at all time in a fascinating and not yet entirely understood methods. The second method of regulation lies in the inability of pure-blooded humans to tap into the mana reservoir entirely, and although it is unknown how such a thing came about, it's likely that the creators of this world foresaw the necessity of a species created entirely to guard the flow of mana, namely, the Elves. The . .. . . . .. . ........................
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So you see, if this experiment is a success, it would prove that full-blooded humans would no longer have to be dependent on elves in order to utilize magic. My memories have shown this to be the case, but there's nothing like first-hand confirmation.