Magic. Possibly one of the hardest areas in fantasy to talk about. I haven't thought through the magic in my world that well, so this is just a brief description.

Magic is all done by the power of the Creator God. It is a gift that he chooses to give to some, but those people don't always use it for His glory, the gift to the humans is often abused, used for dark purposes and personal pleasures. There is a confederation or group of Wizards named the Estolar who vow only to use magic to the glory of their Lord, and not for worldly purposes.

That's about it. (sidetrack--I was just talking to my dad and he said that Elanhil sounded like it was a woman's name. ??? Does anybody else think so?)

First, I don't think the Estolar do anything unless they feel led. I haven't really developed them yet, but for example, if a minister has to make it to a certain town but has a death threat, one of them may feel burdened to escort him.



Mostly the magic is all like telepathy and moving objects and stuff, (woops, kinda like the force) but there are those beautiful violent bursts of light that you see in other books. It can be used to heal, but it's a magic that mostly just modifies what happens to creation, so it wouldn't be able to create things.



Wizards come from wizlings, and anybody could be a wizling. So it depends if the Wizling decides to pursue his gift to it's full potential and become a Wizard. I think that there are about the same amount of female and male wizards.



Well I'm glad I didn't make it Elanhila then.

I think you are off to a very good start in developing your magic Elanhil, and no, I don’t think your name sounds like a girl name. I like it, and were you to change it you might confuse me

Well, before you came along it was another name which I think confused quite a bit of people, because I changed my avatar at about the same time.

Yeah, I remember reading about the fact that you were not alone in choosing an evil character for your Avatar. Merashath, wasn't it? You talk about him in some of your story lines.

Yep! You're good! Hmmm... you didn't by any chance look at my sig. line?

Only to remember how to spell it! I knew the name though, and remembered the conversation somewhere on the forum.

I like the idea of the Estolar(good name!). What about evil wizards?

Well, I haven't really decided about those, yet. I'm thinking due to their selfish nature and lust for power (the reasons why they worked at becoming wizards), they aren't at all organized and work alone, but there are much more than the Estolar.

First, no, your name never struck me as girly. Merashath, however... I'm kidding.

(I also like the Wizards name!) That is an interesting concept of the evil wizards not being united. Do they ever fight against the Estolar? Would they unite to do so at one point or another? Because if they went one by one against a whole group they would have to be REALLY powerful to be a threat, correct? Or am I reading too much into this?

In most other stories the dark magic tends to be more powerful. However, since magic in my world comes from The Creator(God), White magic is has more potential. So, in answer to your question, even though the Estolar aren't always together, only occasionally to discuss important matters (they are more of a group that vows once to do what's right and then mostly never talks to each-other again, except for important matters such as whether or not to fight in a war), potentially a dark wizard could be stronger than a white one, because perhaps the white wizard hasn't discovered the full potential of magic. But, if both had taken the knowledge of magic to it's highest possible heights, the white wizard would probably win.

I like that idea. It has always frustrated me that people will make the evil guys more powerful than the than the good guys. Star Wars is the worst.

Thanks! That's always bothered me as well, so I'll be different. The only problem is, there is a reason why the bad guys are always stronger. It makes for a better plot because it's a challenge for the good guys.