Warden Page 355
Added 2023-09-14 02:03:32 +0000 UTCI ended up spending more time on this page than usual. I was almost done, but decided to improve it before sending it out.
The Prisoner is speaking in a way he thinks the Owl would understand. So he speaks in metaphors and simile like he came out of a fable. Warden would've called him out on it, but she's not here and he is trying to awe his guests.
This is a power boost that would be incredibly powerful. Supreme control of creating mana force objects in the air. This is incredibly rare. Most mages have trouble controlling and shaping mana on it's own. Making it dense as barrier while its flexible and moving!? Unheard of for a barrier mage.
Of course this magic has limitations. Warden-verse, for the lack of a better name, ascribes to the notion that mana and mana control dissipate at a distance and at speed. This forces of mana pushes against an opposing mage or empowered personal control over the surrounding mana. A tendril moving too far and quickly will break against a powerful mage's aura. Opposing mages would be able to overpower another mage, causing magic to be weaker within the radius. Spells are designed to rely on, bolster, or penetrate this aura.
It is a mark of power to completely overwhelm Owl Ros-mei. At close range, her mana capacity and strength doesn't match up to the Prisoner's. The top density and speed of the Prisoner's tendrils are currently unknown but it follows the same rules. So no force chokes on a mage across the universe but it is possible on those nearby. Still it is incredibly powerful when you think of the utilitarian aspects... it appears more like a tool.
Comments
This world, like most other worlds have background mana radiation. Some type of mana is dense while other type floats. People are submerged in an ocean of mana. How thick that ocean is determines how magically potent a planet is. As for space. All orbital bodies have various levels of mana. Some areas have more or less mana circulating in the vastness of space for various reasons. Too much mana suggests a solar system or an anomaly. But the main problem is distance from the control origin over mana, which by its nature wants to disperse.
Groz
2023-09-14 21:06:27 +0000 UTCSo in this universe there isn't a mana vacuum where a mage could reach through effortlessly. A background mana radiation from.... The universe's creation? An energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us? ... *re-reads the last sentence with this comics content in mind* George Takei: "oh my"
jbezorg
2023-09-14 18:12:22 +0000 UTCI'm so happy you noticed. It definitely shows his dismissal of them.
Groz
2023-09-14 16:49:36 +0000 UTCthanks. I miss doing the lore entries and plan on getting back to them as soon as next month.
Groz
2023-09-14 16:48:02 +0000 UTCA simple but excelent touch using THE and A to simply refere to the devines
Lasse Henriksen
2023-09-14 06:44:27 +0000 UTCI simply love your lore work and how much tough you put in everything here. It makes so much mor fun to first read the comic, get your explanation and then jump back and re-read it with the added information. Gets me every time.
Jens Thoma
2023-09-14 05:33:01 +0000 UTC
