Bahzellstudent wrote:
and another thank you for this second snippet; looking forward to a few more over the next weeks and months.
And my bet too that the old man is Wencit - he just has the right feel (but of course RFC has led us convincingly down the garden path before..!)
We already know Wencit is tolerated in The Empire...
Wizards might be tolerated — barely — in some realms; with one notable exception, however, they received short shrift and a long rope in Belhadan.
I've also noticed in DW's stories in this world that good magic is blue in color, and bad magic is green in color.
Finally, he shook his head, muttered something under his breath, and clapped his hands once, sharply. The sound of his clap vanished in a roll of thunder — a roll unaccompanied by any flash of lightning — and a blue hemisphere whuffed into existence about him. It was faint, its glow more sensed than seen even in the darkness, yet rain hissed into steam upon its surface, and he peered about alertly, eyes slitted against the faint blue haze.
So the wizard seems to be on the side of good, and AFAIK, there is only one good Wizard - although I don't know what will happen with Brandark or Bazhell's kids in the future.
-- Bob G
Insert pleading/begging/grovelling for the next snippet for
HFQ here.
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