Templewood,largest of the three main towns in Mudrun, home of the DruidsCouncil of Mudrun.
Turtlehaven,Smallest of the three main towns in Mudrun, home of the dragonturtle.
Twin Towers,One of three main towns in Mudrun, home of Featherdown and thecommercial gateway.
Unity ofWisdom, council of wizards and religious faiths that governPanmagica.
wand, a shortrod containing several spells of the same type that may bedischarged by a magic user with the appropriate knowledge.
wizards, magicusers who use learned spells derived from experimentation tocontrol the effects of free magic essence taken from theenvironment.
Yith, asentient but violent militaristic lizard race.
Yithmardu, aYith druid.
zenostruct, aconstruct made by a dream-weaver out of dream matter.
Magic spells andeffects
acid stormspell, a magical effect that causes acid to rain from the skyover a target area for a short period of time.
air shield, amagical effect that creates a shaped, almost invisible shield ofcompressed air around an object or area.
anti-magiczone, an area in which magic spells and spell effects will notwork. (cannot be dispelled).
aura sight, aspell or spell-like ability that allows a creature to see thenormally invisible aura of another creature.
chaos matter,also called mind clay, a clay-like material that can be mentallymanipulated by mind wizards to form objects.
charm spell, amagical way of influencing another person to be friendly in orderto influence their actions to your advantage.
city mind, aninnate telepathic method of communication similar to a mindlinkused by the Crin allowing them to be in continual contact withtheir Queen. (blocked by dispel for short time).
control soundspell, a magical effect that allows a wizard to create andmodify the sounds in an area around an object.
dominationspell, magical way of taking absolute control of anotherperson’s mind so that you may force them to do your commands.
crystal sight,an innate form of magical sight available to Aquitain which allowshim to see the structure inside crystals. (similar to the stonesight that stone elementals use to navigate underground).
darkness spell,a magical effect that absorbs light in an area around a targetobject or area.
dead magiczone, an area made of rock that avidly absorbs magic essence.Has the effect of an antimagic zone. (cannot be dispelled).
dispel magicspell , a magical effect that causes other spell effects to becountered, removed or terminated.
elementalprotection spell, a spell that gives some protection against anelemental attack.
fear spell, amagical effect that causes the target recipient to run blindly interrible fear.
fire ballspell, a magical effect that creates a ball of fire that can beprojected like a missile. It normally explodes after apredetermined distance to scorch everything caught in a 20 pacediameter spherical area of effect.
fire stormspell, a magical effect that causes burning rain from the skyover a target area for a short period of time.
glamour spell,a semi-permanent magical illusion used to enhance the beauty of anobject; used by the Elendari to create exotic illusory clothes tocover their bodies.
ice stormspell, a magical effect that causes large chunks of ice to rainfrom the sky over a target area for a short period of time.
light spell, amagical effect that creates a zone of yellowish light around atarget object or area.
lightningspell, a magical effect that causes a bolt of lightning toproject from the casters hand towards a target object.
Mantras ofYith, seven sacred methods of mind manipulation. 1st mantra isa method of remembering, 2nd mantra is a method of forgetting.
mind clay, alsocalled chaos matter, a clay-like material that can be mentallymanipulated by mind wizards to form objects.
mind blastspell, a magical effect causing the target recipients mind tobe temporarily stunned stopping them from acting in any way.
mind blockspell, a temporary magical effect used to stop or absorb mindaltering attacks or effects.
mindlink, amethod of private bi-directional mental telepathy.
mindspeak,local name for mental telepathy, unidirectional mind to mindcommunication.
polymorphspell, a magical effect that allows a wizard to change theirshape to that of a known animal for a short amount of time. Theshape-changed person still thinks as if they were in their originalshape.
Passion flower,a unique mental illusion created by Aquitain for Miranda.
Pure Heart,special spell-like power given to the Warden of Moonmist to protecthim from, fear, domination and charm spells; also blocks peopletrying to read his aura.
reincarnationspell, a plea or request directed to a deity to bring asentient creature back to life in the physical world by re-joiningtheir spirit to a new body container of the deity’s choice.
resurrectionspell, a plea or request directed to a deity to bring asentient creature back to life in the physical world by re-joiningtheir spirit to their healed body container.
scrying spell,a magical effect that creates a remote eye (like a web camera) thatcan be used to observe distant events.
scrying pool orcrystal, devices used to receive the signal from the scryingeye spell.
sending spell,a magical effect that allows a short message to be projected overlong distances. The recipient usually receives the message in adream.
shape shiftability, a magical innate ability that allows a creature tochange their body shape to that of another creature. Theshape-changed person still thinks as if they were in their originalshape. They can remain in the shape for considerable amounts oftime.
silence spell,a magical effect that absorbs sound in an area around a targetobject or area.
telepathy,locally called mindspeak, one-way mind to mind communication.
teleport spell,a magical essence driven method of instant transport from onelocation to another known location within the same world.Potentially dangerous and generally limited to higher level wizardsand the wealthy. Can be used to transport up to four people to aknown teleport marker located on the same world. Cannot be used forinter world travel.
teleportmarker, a small object such as a rock or metallic plate that ismagically inscribed with a set of symbols that identify a physicallocation upon a world.
teleport ring,a ring that allows two teleport spells to be cast each day. Can beused by anyone that knows the magical activation word and thelocation of a teleport marker.
teleport, shortrange, a less powerful teleport spell that allows a magic user tomove a few hundred paces in any direction from their currentlocation.
tower of will,a very powerful method of protecting a mind against assault
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