How did they bootstrap this thing? If the easiest spell is “Explode The Sun”, then becoming a Great Mage able to cast “Prevent Sun From Exploding” is very unlikely!
In a time before modern mages, before pre-written incantations, before even Auto-Incantated Vibration Casting (A-I VibeCast), there was a… different time.
It was the Sages of the ancient Fortran civilization, followed by the Assembly of Oracles, who truly understood the old magics.
The old tongues are understood so little these contemporary times.
Even those only whisper in hushed cants about the before times, when every inscription was carefully annotated in scrolls that could become as long as entire towers
How did they bootstrap this thing? If the easiest spell is “Explode The Sun”, then becoming a Great Mage able to cast “Prevent Sun From Exploding” is very unlikely!
there have been a lot of suns
Any idiot can cast rm - rf /
It takes real power to limit user permissions and have backups from which to restore.
The Sun was created by some mages that come from a realm where magic is way less powerful…
You see there used to be two suns before the first mage was made.
Easy, it was another, greater mage. It’s mages all the way down
In a time before modern mages, before pre-written incantations, before even Auto-Incantated Vibration Casting (A-I VibeCast), there was a… different time.
It was the Sages of the ancient Fortran civilization, followed by the Assembly of Oracles, who truly understood the old magics.
The old tongues are understood so little these contemporary times.
Even those only whisper in hushed cants about the before times, when every inscription was carefully annotated in scrolls that could become as long as entire towers
Annotations?! You know of the myths?
Is casting “Fist” more complicated than casting “Explode The Sun”?
Yes, for it requires intense physical training for a proper casting of “Fist”