>>5893672An era of High Magic… By the gods! Literally, you suppose! The last such age is mere myth, literal LEGEND… But here and now, among all these LIVING legends—magical devices such that you can scarcely comprehend, a Goddess Incarnate—you can only imagine how much good such wonders could do on Earth if only you had the mystical energy to power them, and the knowledge to wield them wisely for the good of all!
But then you remember. You remember the mortal terror—not wonder, but TERROR—when you experienced the <Plane Shift>, and were strong-armed into performing the <Rite of Attunement> amidst the Elemental planes. You remember the warning of the sprite on Old Maple Hill:
“Every time a new soul is created, or changed and modified, the balance shifts,” he had told you. “If it shifts too far… If the pact is broken… The others will take actions of their own. Down THAT path lie wonders and horrors best forgotten.”
You have glimpsed in old tomes the scattered fragments of great and terrible artefacts which attest to the old ages of High Magic. You have seen for yourself the flesh and blood of a Dragon King, proof of individual monsters who could annihilate armies, fighting wars which could destroy entire nations… Destroy them in body and soul.
Whatever your rationalizations, this way or that way, your heart is its own beast. And in your heart…
>You are excited by the possibilities>You fear the coming stormDo you do anything else?
>Ask Mithrel something about all this [what?]>Interject into the council-meeting [to say what?]>Sit quietly [Abbreviates the end of the meeting and moves onto next scene]>Write-inSorry if this is a bit exposition heavy, but you DID pick the lore route! Things will get a bit more dynamic again after the meeting. 