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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DoctorB" data-source="post: 197615" data-attributes="member: 903">GalenaGalena had died and gone to heaven, but only for a little while.  She had asked Onyx where he drew his arcane learning from, and it was a testament to their new friendship that he showed her.Near a little-used corridor in the center of the dwarvenrealm was a chamber with a locked door.  Onyx opened that door and led Galena inside.  She expected shelves of books or scrolls, but the floor of the space was bare but for a few benches.  Puzzled, she looked over to ask her companion what was so important here.  He conjured a light and gestured.  The walls.Intricate writing filled every side of the room in dozens of arcane languages and forms.  The wizardess turned slowly to take it all in.  As always with magical writing, the symbols seemed to move with a life of their own.  The entire space pulsed with subtle power.  Onyx smiled at her appreciation.  She fumbled for her notebook.Galena passed the next several days learning everything she could of dwarven magic.  She and Onyx spent almost every waking hour there studying tiny elements of the walls’ incredible richness.  She quickly found that she could understand no more than half of the writing.  Many of the carved elements included unfamiliar symbols, or juxtaposed letters she knew in ways that she thought to be impossible.Dwarves had their own interesting interpretations of magic, and combining those with her Tower training led to new insights.  Galena tried to copy everything she could from the spaces on the wall where the combinations were new to her, but not impossible to understand.   She would have liked to copy everything in that room, or find a way to take it all with her.  She would have to settle for returning to the Dwarvenrealm again.</blockquote>

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