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<blockquote data-quote="ScyldSceafing" data-source="post: 5836574" data-attributes="member: 5928"><p><strong>GONZO TEMPLE: Interlude from magical academia</strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">An excerpt from “Heroification: How Adiles' Process of Magical Idealization Explains the Heroes of the Covenant” </span></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Abstract:</em></strong></p><p>Recent research by Underscrivener Arvos Adiles has given us insight into the efforts of certain extraplanar beings to capture or control what the Doorkeepers call our 'Crystal Sphere' – our universe, to the layman. Those efforts typically involve a process Ardiles calls 'Idealification,' which he describes as “a magical half-conversion through unknown processes which renders Everything Solid and Perceptible into a more palatable and digestible energy-form.” This process was most noticeable in the run-up to the so-called Devourer Invasion of two centuries ago.</p><p></p><p>This paper proposes a second process which is perhaps a corollary or side-effect of Adiles' Idealification. <strong>We call this process the Hero Process, and believe it is caused by the dwoemers which push local matter up the energy well</strong> (such as the ones Adiles identifies in his work). <strong>As the invader-being or beings prepare the matter of our universe for consumption, our universe seems to respond by empowering small groups of individuals to conform to the Ideal of the Hero.</strong> We see these effects in the rapid and unpredictable rise of Wyn A'rienh, Kerrick the All-Powerful, et al.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, we wish to demonstrate, through some simple and repeatable experiments, that the process seems to be underway once again. We do not speculate as to causes or potential outcomes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScyldSceafing, post: 5836574, member: 5928"] [b]GONZO TEMPLE: Interlude from magical academia[/b] [CENTER][SIZE="3"]An excerpt from “Heroification: How Adiles' Process of Magical Idealization Explains the Heroes of the Covenant” [/SIZE][/CENTER] [B][I]Abstract:[/I][/B] Recent research by Underscrivener Arvos Adiles has given us insight into the efforts of certain extraplanar beings to capture or control what the Doorkeepers call our 'Crystal Sphere' – our universe, to the layman. Those efforts typically involve a process Ardiles calls 'Idealification,' which he describes as “a magical half-conversion through unknown processes which renders Everything Solid and Perceptible into a more palatable and digestible energy-form.” This process was most noticeable in the run-up to the so-called Devourer Invasion of two centuries ago. This paper proposes a second process which is perhaps a corollary or side-effect of Adiles' Idealification. [B]We call this process the Hero Process, and believe it is caused by the dwoemers which push local matter up the energy well[/B] (such as the ones Adiles identifies in his work). [B]As the invader-being or beings prepare the matter of our universe for consumption, our universe seems to respond by empowering small groups of individuals to conform to the Ideal of the Hero.[/B] We see these effects in the rapid and unpredictable rise of Wyn A'rienh, Kerrick the All-Powerful, et al. Furthermore, we wish to demonstrate, through some simple and repeatable experiments, that the process seems to be underway once again. We do not speculate as to causes or potential outcomes. [/QUOTE]
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