[Dragaera] Gah! My books are packed!

[Philip Hart]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Jon Lincicum wrote:

> On a side note: I notice that Elder Sorcery here is described as being
> the "oldest of magical arts", which would imply that it is even older
> than witchcraft... Which I find strange, given that according to Sethra
> Lavode, in /Issola/, Easterners came to Dragaera first, long before the
> Greater Sea of Amorphia was ever formed (making Elder Sorcery possible).
> I would therefore expect witchcraft to be the oldest of the magical
> arts--though I suppose it might be that the Easterners only developed it
> later on.


The _TRIH_ precedent might mean (roughly) Elder Sorcery was used to create
the universe.  Also note that witchcraft can be turned off by a god so
I wonder if it does not come from the gods in some sense.