Magic
Magic Listens Back
Magic was once a partnership rather than a weapon. Zamaria must learn not to command it, but to listen to it.
Confirmed rule: magic is a conscious partner, not a servant. The forgotten histories describe a time when magic and mage worked in partnership rather than in mastery.
Zamaria's own philosophy holds to this: power that is commanded is power misunderstood.
In the books
This is established in The Awakening, book 1 of The Arcane Odyssey.
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