Alternate Warhammer 5

A
brief dicussion on magic

Magic permaiates the world, every leaf, every gust of wind, contains the power of
magic. To begin we must address common misconceptions about magic and its
praticoners. The first misconception is that magic is the stuff of Chaos, this is
false, while the two are very close (and magic is often the first thing corrupted
and thus helps to spread chaos), they are separate elements. Magic predates the
forging of the world, Elven history (and what has been gained from the Slann)
tells us that magic was most strong when the world was new (no doubt this ties
into the myths of the realms of magic that are said to predate the world, some
Imperial scholars call this the Age of Sigmar) with the coming of Chaos magic
began to wane, consumed by the Daemons who use the power to manifest with
in the mortal realm. This means that while magic still moves in winds they are
now seen as harbingers of a Choas invasion. While Daemons are the most
noticeable consumer of magic they are not the only ones. In truth all creatures
consum magic to some extent, what affect it has on each person varies. For
example, experments (by the Mages of the Asur in conjunction with those of the
Empire) show that; when the winds of magic blow stronger men, Elves and even
Dwarves are able to run fater and farther, lift more for longer and get hit harder
then when the winds subside. This disproves the commonly held belief that
Dwarves have no magic, they simply manipulante it in different ways the other
races, for example rather then move the magic with in a flame to move and
manipulate it, they use it instead to bind the flame to an object or to activate
when certain creatures are near (such as a dragon). The Dwarven runes show
how magic can be used in subtle ways, for example a rune can make an axe
sharper or harder or more soild in the presence of a Dragon. Despite (or perhaps
because) their mastery of rune magic Dwarves have little to no ability with
personal magic, this is where a mage uses magic directly. While a Human (or
Vampire) can safely use a single wind of magic (the name given to the different
types of magic, such as light, life, fire, hevans, etc) an Elven mage can safely
harness two or three and still create their own version of Dwarven magic runes
(though it is not advisable that the similarities be mentioned in the company of
Elves or Dwarves for that matter).

Magic is both powerful and dangerious, both to those who face and those who
use it. A single mistake can kill a Magic user, drive them mad or open a rift to the
warp. Another danger is for the magical affect to diserpate premeturly, as
commonly happens when a Metal wizard attempts to turn lead into gold. This is
because few wizards have the complex mental control needed to continue
pushing magic into the recpient of their spell (though the recipient is still
unlikely to survie). However the greatest uses of magical energy are Dragons.

At this a student of magic may ask, why? The answer is simple they (and other
smaller heximal creatures (those with 6 or more limbs) use magic to survive. As
has been stated before magic is a type of energy; Dragons use it move, breath fire
and in simple terms; a substitute for food (this is also more evidence that magic
predates the coming of Chaos). Dragons, Griffions, Basalisks all use magic to
augment their own strengths and thus they are more active when the winds of
magic blow stronger or are drawn to sites of strong magical energy. Including
people with powerful souls.

Thanks to the studies of the collage of Light the magical community now has
proof of the existence of the soul. Many attempts to describe the nature of the
soul fill volumes much larger then this humble tome. Suffice it to say that a body
is like the outside of a book, giving it its physical characteristics; size, shape,
length, etc. While the Soul is the text, the words or pictures, giving the book its
information and making it what it is (a text book, history, thesis), this
information can be rewritten, moved to other books or changed in any other
ways, even a destroyed book can still be read in part. This proves an excellent
metaphour for the many ways a soul can change or be changed. A priest of Morr
may be able to speak with the dead, while certain black arts can strip a man of
his soul, or even bind his soul to an object (such as a ring) to ensure he does not
pass from this world.
Thus we can see that magic is not simply the waving of hands and spells. It is not
the sutff of Chaos, but a life force the sourounds us, strengthens us and binds us
together.

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