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> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said: > > @"Plagiarised.2865" said: > > Do we know specifically that four are needed? Aurene is "special" and all that. I know you don't like it as lazy writing, but I feel its just as possible. We just don't know enough about The All. Or that The All and the balance of magic are, at least, related. After all, Sadizi says > > Aurene is able to handle conflicting magic, which would otherwise result in Torment. Sadizi never mentions or hints about Torment. > > Sadizi talks about the balance of The All, and according to Taimi's research, a bare minimum of four are needed. And as we saw in Season 3, even though Zhaitan's and Mordremoth's magic and domains have been taken over by Primordus and Kralkatorrik, their spheres in The All remained dormant and inert. > > Aurene could theoretically absorb all the magic in the world and potentially be fine. But all evidence so far tells us that she cannot balance The All alone. And it's be foolish to give it a test run, in all honesty. > > "Yeah, I think Aurene can handle absorbing another Elder Dragons' power. She's immortal and magic doesn't conflict in her!" *-kills an Elder Dragon-* "Oh god the world's crumbling even though Aurene ate all of that dragon's magic and isn't suffering from Torment!" > > Not the kind of risk anyone with common sense would take. Canach may make a gamble about the world's fate as a third party, but even he wouldn't perform an act he is aware might cause the world's destruction if it doesn't work out. > > > > "Only then will the balance of magic truly become stable. Only then will Glint's legacy achieve its ultimate purpose." > > > > Or why there are six Elder Dragons specifically. We don't know exactly what caused the void, or the balance of The All. Does the system break down and collapse when there is not enough entities specifically? Or is it about how an entity acts within the system. Why would they keep talking about sharing the magic rather than hoard it? Or making it clear that Aurene is "one that can act as a kind of prism, separating and recombining all the magics in the spectrum." > > > > I'm just saying its possible that Aurene would be it. It is hokey and "she did because she is special!" feeling. But it is possible. > > There are six Elder Dragons - besides writer desires - because there are six Spheres in The All. > > As per Season 2: the Spheres are **NOT** the Elder Dragons themselves, but rather the Elder Dragons are directly tied to these spheres which represent some unstudied cosmic power. Some norn scholars think them to be spirit realms, jotuns called them stars, it's unclear. > > We do know what caused the void, btw - the death of Zhaitan and Mordremoth is what's being referred to. **WE** caused that void and caused the system to begin breaking down. So yes, it does break down and collapse when there are not enough entities. > > Sadizi's speech is a little weird because he jumps from past to present to past again. All fair points. Thank you for the explanation.

> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said: > Where it is repeatedly stated that the issue isn't the balance of magic. It's the balance of The All. > > Taimi: (big breath) Look, we've discovered that eliminating dragons isn't the best thing for the environment... > > Taimi: But what else were we going to do? Keep them alive and just let 'em eat us? > > Taimi: So we destroy them and deal with the fallout, but... But what if we can't deal with the consequences anymore? > > > Sadizi: But when two Elder Dragons were unexpectedly eliminated from the cycle at one time, we believe it created a void. > > Sadizi: A void that caused the system to break down and the collapse to begin. > > > Pact Commander: Kralkatorrik's even stronger and more dangerous than ever. > > Taimi: Oh boy. That could seriously accelerate the Elder Dragon imbalance. I should run some worst-case hypotheticals right away. > > > Aurene: Now we must ride...scion and champion. Flush Kralkatorrik...from the Mists. > > Taimi: Right! If he dies in the Mists, that's it. His magic is gone. And so is Tyria. > > Ergo, while "too much magic" is an issue, it isn't _the_ issue. _The_ issue is the "Elder Dragon [im]balance." Do we know specifically that four are needed? Aurene is "special" and all that. I know you don't like it as lazy writing, but I feel its just as possible. We just don't know enough about The All. Or that The All and the balance of magic are, at least, related. After all, Sadizi says > "Only then will the balance of magic truly become stable. Only then will Glint's legacy achieve its ultimate purpose." Or why there are six Elder Dragons specifically. We don't know exactly what caused the void, or the balance of The All. Does the system break down and collapse when there is not enough entities specifically? Or is it about how an entity acts within the system. Why would they keep talking about sharing the magic rather than hoard it? Or making it clear that Aurene is "one that can act as a kind of prism, separating and recombining all the magics in the spectrum." I'm just saying its possible that Aurene would be it. It is hokey and "she did because she is special!" feeling. But it is possible.

> @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said: Though I only see the later happening if they forego the whole need to have multiple replacements for the Elder Dragons (which is what will upset me). I see you bring this up a lot, Konig, but I still feel like they can make Aurene the sole Elder Dragon. If she circulates and shares magic rather than hoard it?