Who needs to these days, after all? We have unearthed the secrets of physics, we've learned the language of mathematics. We can explain the movements of the heavens and the dance of atoms. Who needs magic when we have penicillin, motor vehicles, and firearms?
Yet there are strange unexplained phenomena in the world. For example let us consider the Broken Bridge that once spanned the Great Rift, deepest canyon in Midorian. To this day scientists cannot explain how it was built. There is no evidence of seams or joints or mortar. It's almost as if it had been drawn directly from the cliffs on either side. It's in ruins now, crumbling away to the bases.
Similar construction can be seen in the remains of the Waterwall, the dam that once spanned the mouth of the Imperial Valley (and unwisely blown to smithereens by the "esteemed" Sir George d'Taneria). No seams, joints, or mortar on an even larger scale than the Broken Bridge. These are just two examples that can be found in Midorian.
Now let us examine the old stories, fairy tales as they are called. These often speak of magic as a rule. according to these stories, magic built the monuments I mentioned before, as well as many others (the perfectly geometrical canals of Old Minara, for example). Then there are the myths surrounding the great Dragon Queen, ruler of both men and dragonkind. It is told that she commanded power beyond belief and commanded dragons in her armies. No one believes in dragons anymore either, other than the wild drakes. The mythological description of such creatures are impossible by the rules of biology that we know. Thus perhaps the rules they followed were shaped by magic.
What if the rules have been changed and no on has realized it? What if the change from magical to mundane has been hidden from us, perhaps purposely? We've come farther in 2,000 years than we have in the previous 20,000. It seems an abnormal, sudden progression, as though nature is struggling to fill a vacuum. What happened to drive magic and dragons away into exile? Did it happen when the Dragon Queen was deposed, or was it a slow change in the centuries after Queensfall?
It's an answer I hope to discover.
J.E.D, Jurriane 14, 1922 QF (Queensfall).
Now let us examine the old stories, fairy tales as they are called. These often speak of magic as a rule. according to these stories, magic built the monuments I mentioned before, as well as many others (the perfectly geometrical canals of Old Minara, for example). Then there are the myths surrounding the great Dragon Queen, ruler of both men and dragonkind. It is told that she commanded power beyond belief and commanded dragons in her armies. No one believes in dragons anymore either, other than the wild drakes. The mythological description of such creatures are impossible by the rules of biology that we know. Thus perhaps the rules they followed were shaped by magic.
What if the rules have been changed and no on has realized it? What if the change from magical to mundane has been hidden from us, perhaps purposely? We've come farther in 2,000 years than we have in the previous 20,000. It seems an abnormal, sudden progression, as though nature is struggling to fill a vacuum. What happened to drive magic and dragons away into exile? Did it happen when the Dragon Queen was deposed, or was it a slow change in the centuries after Queensfall?
It's an answer I hope to discover.
J.E.D, Jurriane 14, 1922 QF (Queensfall).
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