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[pactmarshal]

Who: Trahearne & you!
Which: Journal post/open log
Where: Tree of Stories
What: Now that the Story Eater is taken care of, it's time to look into the next order of business: staying in Songerein.
Warnings: N/A as of now

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> JOURNAL: A Query

Sender: Trahearne
To: All
Subject: Regarding Mirrors.

I am presently researching stories involving mirrors.

If there are any tales from your culture that prominently feature magical mirrors, I would be interested in hearing about them.

Thank you.

> ACTION: The Tree of Stories

[ If you are looking for Trahearne, you will...not find him at the archives, strangely enough.

For these past few days, he has holed himself up in the Tree of Stories, leaving only to get food and to feed his pets. He is scouring every inch of the multiple floors and countless shelves for stories involving magical mirrors, taking into account what others have told him, and what he has discovered on his own. Before long he's surrounded by stacks and stacks of books; he quickly skims through them, then places them in one of many of the other stacks, catergorizing them in a way only he understands. He seems totally lost in his work, oblivious to others talking or making noise.

Towards the latter half of his time spent researching here, he's starting to look...well. Wilted. There really is no better way to put it. His leaves seem to lack their particular shine, and the ones on his head seem to droop lower than they normally do. How long has it been since he went outside...?

Feel free to help him research, or perhaps test out a promising story with him, or even just tell him to take a break. Good luck with that last one, though. ]

Comments

[pactmarshal]

Fascinating! Thank you for reaching out, Nuadha.

Would you consider mirrages and mirristry to be commonplace in your world? If so, then I suppose my question might be too broad. Do you know of any stories that feature particularly powerful mirrages or mirrists?

I assume non-magical mirrors are present in your world as well?

[burnttoashes]

No, there are very few of them left these days.

[Just going to. Conveniently leave out the part about how that's largely his own fault.]

It's an ability that's passed down through bloodlines. You're either born with the ability to use it or you're not. As for notable mirrists... I suppose the one that first comes to mind would be the first mirrist, the Yaw Biqe. She was also the priestess of the sun goddess Dana, and as such was able to commune directly with the goddess herself.

We also have normal mirrors, just like any other world. Mirrages have special properties to allow mirrists to cast mirrage artes or exoflect objects.

[pactmarshal]

I see. Thank you.

If you don't mind me asking a few more questions about Yaw Biqe - what sort of mythology surrounds her? As the first mirrist, are there any tales of her coming into her power, or discovering it, or any particular tales of making use of mirrages?