Dec 6, 2018
All across the yet unnamed settlement growing in the reclaimed
ruins of the Last University, small possibilities begin to
reverberate from the potential future into the present moment. A
caravan detained at the border, heading north. A fleeting scout in
Ordennan armor. The theft of candy… and books unnamed. The slow,
parade-approach of a Prince. And tree growing with worrying speed.
Lord Ephrim looks these over, and must decide where his priorities
lie.
And he is not the only one who concerns himself today with things
that grow quickly. Hadrian, no longer a Paladin, takes on his role
of father with haste and pride--words that a companion reminds him
are oft forgotten flaws. Throndir, meanwhile, offers advice to his
protege that he needed once learn on his own. And while Adaire does
not set out to be a teacher, even crooks may find themselves
sharing old tricks with the impressive young.
This week on Spring in Hieron: A Certain Way
Among the many important practical device a neophyte mage
must learn, the CYNOSURE is most necessary. Whether in school
ALCHEMICAL or CONJUROUS, WILD or INCORPORATED, EFFERVESCENT or
NECROTIC, the first step of any spell is finding its elusive
center, the aspect around which every other component must RELATE.
Perhaps it is in the material ingredients--the mushroom shavings or
recovered kestrel claw--or in the vocal and somatic terms--the
right syllable to press, the uncomfortable shape of your hand. But
as is true in SOCIETY is true in magic: the center of your spells
must ATTRACT and DEFINE all that is around them. The periphery may
falter, the margins may surprise you, but if the center holds,
magic will follow.
-An Excerpt from the Crystalized Lectures of the Wizard
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Cover Art by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot)
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