Chapter 58: Chapter 56: The many eyes of those who gaze upon the glory of Isaiah

Of the nature of magical-affinities.

Oftentimes, fledgling adventurers will go far out of their way in order to understand and study the intricacies of a form of magic that they are not naturally familiar with.

What is meant by this is that people, humans and elves mostly*, are sometimes born with an innate tendency towards prowess in a particular branch of magic, such as FIRE or NATURE, or even sub-elements as LIGHTNING or ASH. Should these talented individuals pursue paths of this magical nature, a strong tendency towards success is essentially guaranteed.

However, some people do not find themselves to identify with their given natural gifts. Most often, we see this with individuals who have a natural tendency towards unsavory forms of magic, such as POISON or ASH — Essentially, anything related to the DARK tree of elements. Oftentimes, these people will ignore their natural talents, hammering them away into obscurity with intense study of other schools of magic, in order to live normal, socially acceptable lives.

In many cases, this works out well enough and while a person who is naturally gifted in an element will never be as good in another element as they would have in it, will certainly live to a higher quality of life nonetheless for making the switch.

A lifetime as a wandering priest with no possessions is a life better lived than a day as a necromancer.

*Humans and elves of both varieties seem to be the most subject to magical-affinities from birth. While not unheard of in orcs and dwarves, it is far less common to occur. We do not know why this is.