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A private chronicle
A private chronicle
A simple leather bound pocket book tied closed with a long woven strip of spidersilk.
Monday, 11 April 2016
Recent events indicate there may be a need for more research and experimentation. Just my cup of ... mead.

I have had little chance to compile my notes into an entry. Now it seems important that I make the time to do so. And to continue experiments.


Comparison of effects of fire and lightning staves' magic upon the sands of the Sandy Flats south of Dundee.

with additional effects of levels of each staves with variants of my--the experimentor's--level of training.

First experiments:

At my sponsor's advice I trained to level 18 before he took me to the desert temple to -- become an enchanter. I took my lightning staff I and a fire staff I to the Sandy Flats, not far from the great stone eastern wall. There, I pushed some sand into a small mound and, standing ten paces away, I shot a ball of fire into the mound.

Upon examination, I found that the force of the fireball hit the mound, dissipating it. I noted several tiny smoking insects lying about and where the mound had been, the sand was warm to my hand .

Next, I searched along the high cliff wall until a found a bowl-shaped portion of it's stone along the bottom edge. I poured more sand into it, and repeated the experiment. The sand remained in the bowl, and it was very hot--though not visibly so. I could feel the heat when I held my palm about a foot above it. Even at that distance, I had to remove my hand after a short count of three.

I made a note of these results, and determined to repeat this experiment with the same Fire Staff I when I reached a level of training that was five levels higher.

Then I repeated the first experiment with the mound of sand--and my lightning staff I.


Ah! I wonder why I was surprised. We used to go out to the beach of the Great North-eastern ocean after a thunderstorm and gather these. We called them sand-crystals. The lightning bolts fuse the grains together into the most beautiful patterns.

I wonder, if the blast had more power to it, would the crystals be larger? More intricate? Or would they become glass?

I look forward to the next experiment very much.


Brielle Erawind posted @ 18:15 - Link - comments
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