[Mention of steak has Garahel perking up, and Inessa smirks.]
Now you've done it. I'll have to find him some steak before long, or his guilt-tripping will be unbearable. Such a spoiled mabari, or he would be if he didn't go out of his way to earn it.
[Given his size and build, it's evident that he's a war dog, and indeed the mabri looks rather smug at the complement. She listens with interest at Adalia's explanation, tilting her head.]
Quite similar, then. Mana is a measurement of one's ability to channel energy from the Fade, and this energy is expended in the practice of magic. Just as the Fade can be reshaped by those who have grasped its nature, so can the world of Thedas be manipulated by magic via willing different effects into being. The ability of a living being to expend mana is what defines a mage, and it is an inherent trait. Mages can be taught to control their abilities, but no one born lacking such can gain them.
As for the rifts...they are not natural. An ancient magister called Corypheus created the Breach -the mother of all rifts- in an attempt to physically cross over into the Fade. No doubt he wished to reach the Black City--once the Golden City, seat of the Maker. Instead, he severely damaged the Veil separating the physical world from the Fade, hence the rifts. The arrival of those from beyond subsequently new, as well. We had never heard of other worlds until then.
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Now you've done it. I'll have to find him some steak before long, or his guilt-tripping will be unbearable. Such a spoiled mabari, or he would be if he didn't go out of his way to earn it.
[Given his size and build, it's evident that he's a war dog, and indeed the mabri looks rather smug at the complement. She listens with interest at Adalia's explanation, tilting her head.]
Quite similar, then. Mana is a measurement of one's ability to channel energy from the Fade, and this energy is expended in the practice of magic. Just as the Fade can be reshaped by those who have grasped its nature, so can the world of Thedas be manipulated by magic via willing different effects into being. The ability of a living being to expend mana is what defines a mage, and it is an inherent trait. Mages can be taught to control their abilities, but no one born lacking such can gain them.
As for the rifts...they are not natural. An ancient magister called Corypheus created the Breach -the mother of all rifts- in an attempt to physically cross over into the Fade. No doubt he wished to reach the Black City--once the Golden City, seat of the Maker. Instead, he severely damaged the Veil separating the physical world from the Fade, hence the rifts. The arrival of those from beyond subsequently new, as well. We had never heard of other worlds until then.