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Agaros Xamaroth - The Wisdom of the Art: Karsus’s Folly
By: SuspiciousActivity Date: June 18, 2019, 7:31 pm
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This book is dedicated to Mystril and Midnight, the past and
present goddesses of magic.
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Mystra teaches, “True wisdom is knowing when not to use magic.”
A simple lesson with enormous nuance. It begs the question, when
should a mage not use magic? It seems antithetical to our craft.
We each performed untold hours of improvement.
If anyone is entitled to the fruits of their labors, it is us!
Right?...
The answer is no.
Our curse is hubris. We hear the siren’s call to ever greater
power. To re-shape the world around us on a whim is an
intoxicating experience. Practitioners become so preoccupied
with whether or not they could, they did not stop to think if
they should.
Unfortunately, there are countless examples of those who ignore
this wisdom. The greatest of all being the Netherese Archwizard,
Karsus. He who sought to become THE god of magic. His arrogance
slew the first goddess of magic, Mystryl.
Her death caused all magic within Faerűn to…stop…altogether. For
the briefest moment every enchanted item, every spell,
everything imbued with magic, simply ceased. Liches phylacteries
failed. Floating cities came crashing to the earth. The
devastation remains indescribable and unknowable.
What is known is the Dire Wood. A single red stone butte at the
base of a high cliff was all that remained of the fallen body of
Karsus, made gigantic by the divine energy he stole.
It is I who encourage all Arcane magisters, visit the Dire Wood.
Look upon the hubris of just one man. Look upon it and know that
this is one such fate should you reach beyond your grasp.
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The signature of a man named Agaros Xamaroth appears at the end
of this book. (SuspiciousActivity)
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