"No one has become a mage over night, for the path to mastering the arcane arts is a long and difficult one. Some might stumble, some might fall, but those truly destined to wield the power of the world in their hands...those are the ones that always get up and keep trying. It is not a shame to fall, it is not a shame to not get up, but what matters is that you always try. We live in a world of magic, where everything is possible. Sky can be reached, ice can be set on fire, water can be breathed. Then tell me...why are you still not getting up?"
There always was one thing that bothered me, either in game or in stories. Magic. We know from Lore that it is a very complex thing, being able to achieve amazing feats, but...how? How does one cast a spell? What does it take to cast a fire spell? How does Illusion work? Questions that are very often left without answers.
This little project of mine combines a story with Lore to delve into the mechanics of magic, following a path of a fresh student just accepted to College of Winterhold, student that has no understanding of magic. Everyone has to start somewhere and magic isn't an easy thing to master.
As part of the Straag Rod Universe there are few subsequent stories:
Enter Twice - Exit Only Once
Alteration will lead
you to Destruction
Only Illusion shows the
way to Restoration
Conjure not, but
be conjured instead
- A Minor Maze
First Seed, 4E 203
- Introduction -
- Basics -
Lesson One / Lesson Two / Lesson Three
- Alteration -
Lesson One / Lesson Two / Lesson Three
- Destruction -
Lesson One / Lesson Two / Lesson Three
- Illusion -
Lesson One / Lesson Two / Lesson Three
- Memories of a Very Stupid Orc, First Entry -
- Mysticism -
Lesson One / Lesson Two / Lesson Three
- Memories of a Very Stupid Orc, Second Entry -
- Restoration -
Lesson One / Lesson Two / Lesson Three
- Memories of a Very Stupid Orc, Third Entry -
- Conjuration -
- Memories of a Very Stupid Orc, Fifth Entry -
- - - Equilibrium - - -
- Chasing Sun -
The Penitent / Vorkhim Lorak / Vosh Rahk
Here in his shrine
That they have forgotten
Here do we toil
That we might remember
By night we reclaim
What by day was stolen
Far from ourselves
He grows ever near to us
Our eyes once were blinded
Now through him do we see
Our hands once were idle
Now through them does he speak
And when the world shall listen
And when the world shall see
And when the world remembers
That world shall cease to be
Sun's Dusk, 4E 203
Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4
Chapter 5 / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8
- Restoration -
- Illusion -
Chapter 10 / Chapter 11 / Chapter 12 / Chapter 13
Chapter 14 / Chapter 15 / Chapter 16
- Destruction -
Chapter 17 / Chapter 18 / Chapter 19 / Chapter 20
Chapter 21 / Chapter 22 / Chapter 23 / Chapter 24
- Mysticism -
Chapter 25 / Chapter 26 / Chapter 27
- Conjuration -
Chapter 28 / Chapter 29 / Chapter 30 / Chapter 31
Chapter 32 / Chapter 33 / Chapter 34 / Chapter 35
- Alteration -
Chapter 36 / Chapter 37 / Chapter 38 / Chapter 39
Chapter 40 / Chapter 41 / Chapter 42 / Chapter 43
Chapter 44 / Chapter 45 / Chapter 46
Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5
Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Chapter 9 / Chapter 10
Comments
First: I'd like to say thank you to Lis for her awesome job at editing my stuff, she's a keeper.
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Alteration will lead
you to Destruction
Only Illusion shows the
way to Restoration
Conjure not, but
be conjured instead