![]() ![]() It is believed that magic died out in the west and the Lands of the Long Summer after the Doom of Valyria, despite attempts to restore it through spell-forged steel, stormsingers, or dragons. Wizards of the Rhoynar used water magic against the Valyrian Freehold during the Rhoynish Wars. In the flesh pits of Gogossos, Valyrian bloodmages mated animals to slave women to bring forth half-human creatures. Dragons were controlled by whips, dragon horns, and sorcery. The people of Valyria were strong in magic, and they used their powerful wizards and their dragons in conjunction with their armies to conquer most of western Essos. It is often said that the old wizards of Valyria did not cut and chisel stone, but worked it with fire and magic as one might work clay. With the obsidian candles, they could see across vast distances, look into a man's mind, and speak with one another though they were half the world apart. It is said that they could set dragonglass candles to burning with strange, unpleasantly-bright light. Īll Valyrian magic was rooted in blood and fire. King Aenys I Targaryen dabbled in alchemy, astronomy, and astrology. Most surviving books about alchemy have been distorted by amateur practitioners, and study of them rarely yields practical results. ![]() They claim that wildfire's power is magical in nature, though the exact ingredients are a closely guarded secret. In recent centuries their power has waned, and they focus on creating the incendiary substance known as wildfire, which burns much hotter than pitch and cannot be extinguished by water. The Alchemists' Guild in Westeros specializes in this, claiming that in the past they were able to transmute base metals into gold, along with other powers. Alchemy is a diverse range of practices involving the creation of substances or materials with magical powers.Practitioners of bloodmagic have dark spells to save a man from death, though some say death is cleaner. Bloodmagic is said to be darkest and possibly the most powerful of magics.Years of practice can be needed for effective glamor use. Some glamors are associated with specific objects. Glamoring is when wizards and sorcerers change their appearance or the appearance of others by using light and shadow.Necromancy is said to have been practiced by the Bloodstone Emperor, Dagon Drumm, and Morgon Banefort. Necromancy is the ability to raise the dead as mindless automatons bound to serve a specific purpose.The revived still have any wounds incurred before their passing. However, the reborn person may have difficulty remembering parts of their past life or exhibit a change in personality. Raising the dead is an extraordinary feat performed by some followers of R'hllor after performing the last kiss.Having the blood of the First Men may make it more likely for someone to be a skinchanger. Skinchanging is the rare ability to enter the mind of an animal and control its actions.This is called greensight if following the way of the old gods or dragon dreams if it is done by a Targaryen. Divination is the ability to see the future either through dreams or looking in the fire in the case of the followers and priests of the Lord of Light.It is possible that other wizards and sorcerers know ways of using other elements. Aeromancers are known to practice their art in Asshai. The wizards of the Rhoynar were able to use water magic to manipulate water, such as the river Rhoyne. ![]() Firemages and some red priests of R'hllor can evoke fire with their bare hands in order to engulf their weapons in flames, to use the fire alone as a means to attack enemies, or just to amaze crowds. Elemental control allows practitioners to manipulate elemental forces.Some of the abilities exhibited by those who practice magic are: All manner of wizards, sorcerers, necromancers, spellsingers, aeromancers, bloodmages, and more are said to gather and practice their arts in the lands by the Jade Sea and Asshai by the Shadow. Magic has remained a potent force in Qarth, where the enigmatic warlocks of the House of the Undying are said to possess great powers. The maesters of the Citadel may apply for a Valyrian steel link for the study of magic, but they believe it to have faded away following the Doom of Valyria, since there has been no record of its use in Westeros since that time. In Westeros and most of the lands west of Valyria, magic is held to be a mythical force only. Blood, life, and death seem to be keys that can help unlock the secrets of magic. It has been so long since magic was truly potent that most understanding of it only lives on in superstition and rituals of questionable validity. ![]() Magic is a little-understood force in the world. A shadow assassin, by Rafal Hrynkiewicz © Fantasy Flight Games ![]()
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