Witch in which place?

[witchwatcher]

Grendyne groans and starts pulling on her boots when the alarm goes off. Again. She quick-marches to the broom hangar, sits on her machine and is handed a plethora of loaded weapons by attentive corporals.

"Two flyers in one day? They're getting way too common."

"It's worse," the commander informs them, "South Karlsland got hit with three at once. We're taking Lytee's express and sleeping there. You can sit out if you absolutely need to, but Freya's still recovering so we could use you as a comms relay."

"No, I'll come. I just reserve the right to complain about it."

The 42nd United Forces Witch Wing takes off, bracing to fight yet another city-destroying monster, and assembles into a perfect synchronized formation as Lytee charges her teleport power.



...This is not South Karlsland wilderness.

Near the Golden Coven capital, in Aurum

Near Savarasse, in Thilanushinyel

Near Whately Academy

With Unbitwise

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[speak_softly]

"Reasonable," says Rosheverel. "And... it does or does not, depending how you look at it. It's said that long ago, all elves were Elven Mages, but that we gave that up to extend our lives, and now can only reawaken our power through a Dragonbond. I have no way to know if that is true."

"Dragons live for as long as we can avoid being killed," says Saravasse. "Which is much easier now that we can have multiple Bondmates at a time. If I died, so would the both of you, and if the both of you died, so would I, but as long as I always have at least one living Bondmate, I can keep going no matter how many I lose. Oh, and only Bonded dragons can have children. It was a strange bargain my ancestors struck, and not one entirely to my liking, but I can't fault them too badly since it did give them the strength to fight off the Dark that time around."

[witchwatcher]

"If the bargain is more than a figure of speech, I think this world's magic is far more complicated than I first expected."

[speak_softly]

"You've seen a little of the Elven Magic already," says Rosheverel. "The High Magic and the Wild Magic are dissimilar to it and to each other, and of the three, it is the Wild Magic that most concerns itself with bargains."

"The Wild Magic is more like a god than a kind of magic, in some ways," says Saravasse. "I've heard being a Wildmage described as like trading favours with a cosmic force. The details are lost to history, but it seems likely that if the dragons and elves of old did make literal bargains, the Wild Magic is what they were bargaining with."

[witchwatcher]

"If there is a god on my world, it does not choose to make itself plainly known. Many believe there is. I am not sure whether I do as well. It would be interesting to try to learn the elven and high magics. I suspect I can, since my special is copying."

[speak_softly]

"There are some High Mages among the Bonded. None are here at the moment, but you will surely meet them eventually," says Rosheverel.

"And you already have as close a look at an Elven Mage as you could possibly get," says Saravasse.