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chosen:magic:span [2023/09/18 15:05] – external edit 127.0.0.1chosen:magic:span [2024/01/18 14:13] (current) shyriath
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 //For some of the thoughts behind this topic, please see [[tirades:2019-07-18|the Avishraa Tirades]]//. //For some of the thoughts behind this topic, please see [[tirades:2019-07-18|the Avishraa Tirades]]//.
  
-**Span magic** is by far the rarest of the eight [[chosen:magic:|types of magic]] to be found among the [[chosen:|Chosen]], and consists of the ability to manipulate space and time. Users of Span magic are referred to in the [[avishraa:community:Citadel:]] as //oracles//.+**Span magic** is by far the rarest of the eight [[chosen:magic:|types of magic]] to be found among the [[chosen:|Chosen]], and consists of the ability to manipulate space and time. Users of Span magic are referred to in the [[geopolitical:Citadel:]] as //oracles//.
  
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 There have been a grand total of six oracles to appear in the entire history of the Citadel (though there have been more in the world as a whole); while each of them have been considered individually important, their rarity and individuality makes it difficult to assign any kind of socioeconomic generalizations. The nature of their powers, and the fact that the first of the six oracles was the one who led the Chosen to found the Citadel in the first place, has given subsequent oracles there an aura of spiritual authority and hidden knowledge, but not all of them have accepted the mantle, and indeed some of them have been reluctant to advise anyone of anything. There have been a grand total of six oracles to appear in the entire history of the Citadel (though there have been more in the world as a whole); while each of them have been considered individually important, their rarity and individuality makes it difficult to assign any kind of socioeconomic generalizations. The nature of their powers, and the fact that the first of the six oracles was the one who led the Chosen to found the Citadel in the first place, has given subsequent oracles there an aura of spiritual authority and hidden knowledge, but not all of them have accepted the mantle, and indeed some of them have been reluctant to advise anyone of anything.
  
-The sixth and current example, Dlyss, has used her precognition to attain wealth and political influence in the Citadel, acting as a consultant for the [[avishraa:community:citadel:council|Citadel Council]] and for others from many walks of life. Her firm belief in a particular divinely-appointed destiny for the Chosen has led her to very much embrace the role of a prophet and dogmatist, and she has allowed and quietly encouraged a [[culture:organization:hzataalar|movement]] to form around her.+The sixth and current example, Dlyss, has used her precognition to attain wealth and political influence in the Citadel, acting as a consultant for the [[geopolitical:citadel:council|Citadel Council]] and for others from many walks of life. Her firm belief in a particular divinely-appointed destiny for the Chosen has led her to very much embrace the role of a prophet and dogmatist, and she has allowed and quietly encouraged a [[organization:hzataalar|movement]] to form around her.
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