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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kavyk" data-source="post: 1360457" data-attributes="member: 16105">Experimentation[OOC: What about the ferret plan? How'd that work?]Now that they have some eggs, he tells his people what he has observed about the mother hawks and what they do to keep the eggs warm and what they feed the nestlings. He can't help but think that an adult bird would be useful in training the hatchlings, so he applies a portion of his mind to the task for later on, perhaps a trap with fresh meat and then throwing a net over the bird?Intrigued by the progress he has witnessed in the Radu's abilities with magic, he examines each of the magic users intimately, as well as examining himself, to see if he can find some sort of resonance for what it is that lets them use magic. He also examines all of the children in the tribe, wondering if magic is something that they all possess, but some lose as they grow older. When he has found an answer to what allows the elves to use magic, he begins another path of emperimentation, once again, out of curiosity.A young elf, Jora, one of the magic-users who was able to learn to use the 'stun' ability, has caught his attention because she seems to be both curious and level-headed. Just before the floods begin, he will send her to the caves where the tribe used to stay before the village was built. He will have others accompany her and take enough food for her to remain one month, then order them to bring one month's supply at a time until she is ready to leave the cave.Eilil will also summon Watcher Alade to the cave, where the three of them will engage in magical experiments to determine what can be done. Firstly, Eilil examines Jora's structure very closely, discerning as best he can how she is put together and things function. Once this is accomplished, he will ask her to cut herself and then Eilil will try to mend the cut. He will slowly progress upwards until he can keep Jora from feeling the pain and he can mend a broken bone. He wants her to be healthy, so she will exercise each day, with Eilil accompanying her. Time will not matter. She will eat when she is hungry, sleep when she is tired and work the rest of the time.  Further, he will see if he can 'encourage' Jora's magical centers to develop faster. He will see if he or Alade can 'boost' her power and if she can in turn boost their power in some way, perhaps by praying or chanting. If these prove successful, he will next find a way for her to 'see' Alade, perhaps trying to lend her a portion of Eilil's own senses. He will see what part of his powers she can 'borrow' and how much of it she can duplicate on her own, particularly with regards to healing. He would also like to see if Alade can teach her anything. Eilil will try to possess her, and will also see if Alade can do the same, as it would be handy to know that dead magic-users could come back in time of danger. Eilil will then determine, if he can possess her, if his 'other' senses still work. Can he still see at a distance and protect his poeple? Can he split off a portion of himself to inhabit her body while the rest does its job?Eilil will spend no more than six months at a time on this experimentation, but his end goal is to create, in Jora's womb, a perfect Radu elf, which will then be Eilil's body. This elf child will be male and must have all of the best qualities of the Radu, including magic use, etc. Then, a part of Eilil's spirit will occupy the body and allow it to be born and grow up as a Radu elf. Eilil plans for the child to have children of his own so that the Radu will have champions of special ability and eventually, all of the Radu will truly be Eilil's children. Again, Eilil is not in a hurry. He will continue to experiment until such time as he 'gets it right'. If  it continues more than a few years, he will choose another female elf and continue. He has all the time he needs and in the mean time, when he learns something else useful, he will communicate it to the rest of the elves and magic-users so that they may benefit from it.Eilil is thinking that this will probably take up to 10 years. With breeding horses and wolves, training the hawks and ferrets, and then with the information that Eilil will give them from the experiments, this seems like more than enough improvements for a few more years. In fact, Eilil is hoping that this new knowledge will lead to more innovation by the elves.</blockquote>

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