On 31/12/2011 13:05, Michael Busby wrote:
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:33:36 -0500
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Thats a good point. the only thing i can think of is Macros, Nakor,
Amirantha and his brothers were all touched by the Gods. Miranda was
born from Macros, and we know the Emerald Queen envied Macros and
Nakor's abilities and couldn't achieve them. Pug was the only one on
Midkemia to do it as a mortal.
IIRC Macros told Pug and Tomas that he guided Pugs "career" in order
to bring the Greater Path magic to Kelewan. Macros also mentioned that
he was present at the games in Kelewan when Pug expressed his
displeasure at various aspects. Pug while captive in Kelewan held by
the Warlord manages to cast spells that only a Lesser Path magician
can follow. Macros has also told Pug "that is not like other magicians
and doesn't follow the Greater/Lesser Path" a true sorcerer.. that
implies that there are three varieties of magic available to humans
Lesser Path, Greater Path and Sorcerers.
Pug later learns some eleven magic... making another kind of magic..
maybe similar to "Druid magic". Throw in demon magic and that's five
different "brands" of magic... without various kinds of magic in each
brand eg: Amirantha's elven colleagues using Geomancy - one of my more
favourite kinds. Open to debate whether these magic all involve
accessing Nakor's "no magic - only stuff" in some way. The closest
way I could think of describing it was that magic in Midkemia,
Kelewan, Hall of The Worlds et al is that magic is like the
internet... There are many ways of accessing the internet to do
things... Like there is different forms of magic... Browsers -
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera... You can use a PC,
laptop, netbook, mobile phone, iPad just like there are devices which
produce magic... There are different jobs involved on the internet
like there are different kinds of magic user/wizards etc.
just my $0.02 worth and I more than welcome debate and contributions
even they are contrary to my own.
Elliott
> One thing I could never understand... if there was no "greater path"
> magic on Midkemia prior to Pug going to Kelewan, how did people like
> Macros, Nakor, and Miranda practice their arts? Were they somehow
exempt?
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> CJ
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