Chapter 20 magic

Among the Hittites of the Archipelago Kingdom, the ability to cast magic is like musical talent, a natural talent, only rarer.Most people are completely devoid of talent.A few people, perhaps one in a hundred, have latently developable talents, and even fewer show them without training. The magic talent mainly gains power when using the mantra (that is, the language of creation).In the mantra, the real name of a thing is the thing itself. This language is an innate ability of dragons, and humans can also learn it. Some people are born with at least a few words of creation without being taught.Teaching the language of creation is at the heart of teaching magic.

A person's real name is a word in the mantra.One of the essential elements of witch, sorcerer, and wizard talent is knowing and giving a child a real name.Only at the right time (usually early adolescence), in the right place (a spring, a pool of water, or a flowing river) under specific circumstances, can this knowledge be invoked and the gift received. Because a person's real name represents the person, and the words are true and beyond doubt. Anyone who knows the real name has the real power of this person and can control his life and death.Usually the real name is known only to the giver and the owner, and both of them keep it a secret for life.The power to bestow one's true name and the duty to keep it secret are one.Some people have sold their real names, but they were not the ones who gave them.

There are people who are gifted and trained to find out another person's real name, or even make it come true.Because such knowledge can be sold or misused, it is extremely dangerous.Mortals keep their real names a secret, and so do dragons, but wizards hide and guard their real names with spells.Mo RuiDe even had to see the enemy's real name written on the sand in falling rain before he could fight against it.Ged was able to force Yevad to obey because of his sorcery and knowledge, he discovered Yewad's real name buried under the false name for hundreds of years. Magic was a wild talent before the era of Morid. As a king and a mage, Morid formulated the knowledge and moral principles of magic skills, gathered wizards to come to the court to cooperate with each other to seek common welfare, and research the moral basis and limitations of techniques. .This peace lasted until Wang Zuo of Maharinan.In the Dark Ages, magic gained notoriety for its inability to control the power of wizards and its widespread misuse.

Rock College As mentioned above, the academy was established around 650, and the nine masters, also known as the Roke Nine, were originally: Master of Wind Keys: The master who holds the spell to control the weather Master of Hands: Master of Illusions Master Herb: Master of Healing Arts Master of Change: A master of spells that change objects and flesh Summoner: Master in charge of summoning the living and the dead Name Master: The master who holds the knowledge of the mantra The master of form and meaning, the layman with a forest of hearts, the master of true meaning and intention

Search Master: Master in charge of searching, binding, and returning spells Gatekeeper: The master in charge of entering and leaving Hongxuan Hall The first Archmage Harkai abolished the title of Seeker and replaced it with Master of Chanting.The job of the chant master is to preserve and teach all oral traditions, ballads, songs, etc., and to chant mantras. Words such as witch, sorcerer, and wizard were originally used loosely and only roughly described, while Halkai strictly formulated its hierarchy.Under his stipulations: Witchcraft is restricted to women only.All magic performed by women is called "lower arts", although it includes arts called "higher arts", such as healing, chanting, transformation, and so on.Witches can only learn from each other or from warlocks, and are not allowed to enter Roke College-Halkai tried his best to prevent wizards from teaching women, especially prohibiting women from teaching any words of truth.Although this prohibition was generally ignored, women who practiced magic suffered a profound and lasting loss of knowledge and power over time.

The sorcery is performed by men, but otherwise it is no different from witchcraft.Warlocks train each other and know a little about the mantra.Spells include what Halke defines as "lower arts" (finding, mending, exploring water, healing animals, etc.) as well as certain higher arts (healing humans, chant, weather manipulation).The students who show their talents in magic arts are then sent to Roke for training. They first learn advanced skills in magic arts. If they are successful, they can continue to study other magic skills, especially naming, summoning, form and meaning, etc., and then become wizards.

A wizard, under Halkai's definition, is a man who receives special supervision training from another wizard and then receives a wizard's staff from this wizard.A wand is usually given to a student by the Archmage to make him a wizard.This teaching and transmission also took place in places other than Roke, on the Isle of Parn, but Master Roke grew suspicious of any student not trained on Roke. Mage is basically still an undefined term, a powerful wizard. The name and position of the Archmage was invented by Halkai, and the Archmage Roke was the tenth master, never counted among the nine.The Archmage is a central force of morality and wisdom, and also wields considerable political power.On the whole, this power is used for good.In order to maintain Roke as a strong, centered, normal, and peaceful element of Archipelago society, the Archmage sends warlocks and wizards who are trained and understand the morals of magic to protect the community from drought, plague, invaders, dragons, and mistakes. Damage with magic arts.

There had been no Archmage in Roke since the coronation of King Lebanon and the restoration of the High Court and Council of the great port of Havnor.This post, which did not belong to the College or to the dominion of the Archipelago, seemed neither suitable nor appropriate; and Ged, whom many called the greatest of the Archmages, might have been the last.