Closing Thoughts

Sitting in that ice chamber, I did feel a strange sense of comfort. Going against what I ought to be feeling proved to be quite an interesting experience. Sy talked to me of a cosmic balance and how it plays a pivotal role in one’s magical potential. We have the power to use magic for law, chaos, good or evil, but it seems if we push to hard towards one axis, magic itself will intervene. During the great war, I believe this manifested in the form of Mzzapzzawzza, a previously unknown being before the rise of Sy Gadsburg. Now that the Lady of Havoc and her patron are spreading chaos across the world, will magic intervene again? I must wait and see what the future will hold.



The ideas brought forward by both Ermac Mangakuri and Sy Gadsburg suggest that magic is itself a kind of sentient being with its own plans and desires. Its will is unknown, but it seems to want to maintain balance, at least on a cosmic scale. Whatsmore, the dreaded Obsidia and my good friend Cirio Cervantes both agree that magic is a natural force, one that is inherent in all things. Finally, Ace Joybringer would have me believe that the spellcasters of the world and others are what shapes the nature of magic. Therefore, my conclusion is this:



The true god is magic, and magic represents the collective consciousness of all things. This hivemind was once whole, and set about creating reality and everything within it by putting part of itself into everything it created. Thus, in a truly paradoxical manner, we are magic and magic is us.



I will hold to this theory until I have collected more knowledge. For the next edition of my Manual of Magic, I shall travel to distant worlds beyond my own in search of more arcane knowledge to unearth. Wish me luck, as I shall surely need it. By reading this manual you have furthered my ambitions, and so I thank you with all my heart.