>>6293922<span class="mu-s"> POV shift to Sophia. </span>
Dark clouds were gathering to the north, and the harsh autumn winds would blow it southward soon enough. You watched the sky warily, knowing that the storm would be upon the island, whether it be in a few hours or within the month. Not that it mattered much; the elven tower was built strong and had withstood many such storms before.
You thus turned away from the window and back to the library. While the libraries back home were filled with all manner of books of scholarship, this section of the elven library gave you the opportunity to study magical tomes not seen outside of universities. There was much to be studied, more than you could digest.
While you had been willing to help your father with his war, in truth you wished for it to be over already; there was a greater threat on the horizon, and though he might not live to see it, it would be his kingdom on the line.
Part of you wished to go back, to begin preparing for what's to come in the future, even if you would be an old woman by then, unless of course? No, such a feat would require much research.
Speaking of research, Father had contented himself with a manual between Aurunican and the Elven language, as he had decided he might as well take the time to learn it.
You hadn't, mostly because there was enough in languages you understood here, for which you were grateful. The elven court mage had been helpful in pointing them out, though you had to sift through the tomes of actual use. But you were left a set of books that would allow you to conduct research and master an advanced field of magic. Unfortunately, you would only have time for one subject, and even then, only the basics.
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Select a book and field of magic to begin your studies.
>The mind and magic – what about it? [Psychomancy, the application of magic on minds]>Manufacured magic, artificery 101 [Artificery, creation of magical items.]>An introduction to the world of biomancy. [Biomancy, the usage of magic on living things]>Illuminate thyself! [The study of light magic, pure light that is, not through fire or other things.]>Beyond Water, Earth, Wind & Fire [advanced elementalism, the study of magic beyond the traditional elements.] >A strange black-bound book with the title missing; what it is for, you don't know. [?] 