I'm starting a new IRA book, called Spellwright by Blake Charlton. In this book, there are magic wielders but they use words. There are several magical languages. Some effect the physical realm, others are more metaphysical. Also, there is Language Prime. It was the first language, and the creator used it to make the world. So its clearly the most powerful language out there. It's considered blasphemy to use it, though. When the deities first awakened, they attempted to master Language Prime and rule humanity. This started the Blood Crusades and nearly destroyed humanity in the process. Thats why its deemed blasphemy to use it. Many believe it no longer exists, but it does. This story seems to exemplify the thought that words are powerful. It's rather like the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword." In this case, it most certainly is.
There are also people who, for whatever reason, when they touch any kind of text, end up rewriting it into a dangerous misspell. This can be potentially deadly. These individuals are known as cacographers. The main character is one such (Nicodemus Weal). I will continue discussing the main character and this realms magic in my next blog.
hey... there' something like this in my book. But I didn't add it because I thought of it as irrelevant, but anyway, To fuel my geekish nerdom. the use of magic words reminds me of "Skyrim." (Yes, I am a geek, there's nothing wrong with that.)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds pretty interesting because it talks about history mixed with magic. I find it weird that someone could just touch a piece of paper with writing on it and suddenly use it against someone as a evil spell. Likewise to your last blog, I want to know how you are going to criticize how magic is interpreted in movies and books.
ReplyDeleteI would hate to have to come up with a launguage for a book. It would be so hard to remember the names for objects and hope that you don't use use that same word for another object. It just gives me a headache thinking about it.
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