What I've decided (recently) is that Gerald is from an Earth within Magic: The Gathering's multiverse. He didn't know even existed before Equestria even though it does exist on his earth. In the Human Magic group he'd probably be classified under "Magic Granted through Dealings with Magical Beings", seeing as his form and magical affinities are because of the being who displaced him.
6148815 ah, yes, I remember MtG's rules: the our world is one like any other within the Multiverse. Some worlds possess so much magic that its mages are liken to small gods. Others possess so little its mages are non-existent(though magic exists on all worlds with living things, for it is a requirement of life). However, every sapient being possesses a small chance of being born with a planeswalker's spark, which, upon receiving sufficient trauma, can ignite, transforming the mortal into a planeswalker, the only being capable of surviving the Blind Eternities, and traveling between worlds. I assume our world is on the low end of the spectrum? You know, even on a world with as little mana as ours, it one could theoretically gather it through blood sacrifice, as a being's lifeforce works just as well as any other type of mana...
Yep, Gerald's earth is a pretty low-end world when it comes to the Leylines of mana, but magic is possible there. That is were the myths, legends, and such come from. They forgot about magic in the past, but magic still manifests as miracles, disasters, and strange phenomena. Small groups of people still know about magic, but useable amounts of mana are in such a rarity that those groups definitely hoard it all for themselves.
6153142 ah. And there's the blood sacrifice, right? I also want to ask, can you hurt demons without magic of some sort? I mean, in-game the point's kinda mot, because everything but artifacts are magical copies bound to your will, but in a story like this? It's kinda important.
All occultism is legitimate on his earth, even blood sacrifice.
Well, I use both prerevision and post-revision summoning as I feel each should or would be applied. Prerevision summoning is a mage literally pulling a being through the aether and forcing them under a geas in order to control them. Or the creature agreed to be an ally. Post-revision summoning is a mindless magical clone created based on another creature (Wizards has not said that any one way is the only way to do it).
And hurting demons without magic depends on the kind of demon and where they are from. In general, yes, you can hurt demons without magic. If you couldn't, Grixis would have stomped Bant even worse than they did.
And as for this story, Gerald is more of a prerevision mage when it comes to summoning. Most of his summons are undead creatures or spirits which he himself crafts, reanimates, or communes.
6157350 ah. I see. Though I have to mention, does it really make sense that you can hurt a demon without magic? Demons are manifestations of Black Mana, and physical objects do not alter the mana flow. Either way, I'd love to live on his world.
Most demons are manifestations of black mana, they are not of true flesh. But they are still physical beings who can be injured and killed through physical means.
The best comparison I can think of are Hellspawn and Demons from Image comics. Made from ectoplasm. Non holy, non magical damage is mostly ineffective because their are created from supernatural energy, but you can still wound and kill them through mundane weaponry, it's just ridiculously difficult.
From what I've read, they are distinctly different from spirits and ghosts which usually NEED magic to be killed. But the lines do intersect, like with the Oni from Kamigawa who are both demons and spirits lorewise.
Like my other post said, I'll apply M:TG logic how I interpret it. My interpretation is that demons, like other powerhouses exist on a sliding scale ranging from the OP unkillables like Pit Lords, to the pathetic woebringers.
Good chapter.
The plot thickens. Hope the next chapter come soon to know more about Gerald's past with the Princesses.
So he never was from our world to begin with?
Wait, are you saying he destroyed their souls? Completely? There's no more left of them? Nothing by an echo in Gerald's mind?
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He's from earth. Our earth, I can't say. I haven't thought of if I wanted him to be from a mirror image of the real world.
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You'll see later. Whether the truth is better or worse, I'll let the readers decide.
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I am a dreadfully slow writer, but I'll do my best.
6140871 is he an Earth's Mage(something from the group Human Magic: humans who knew magic before they came to Equestria)?
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What I've decided (recently) is that Gerald is from an Earth within Magic: The Gathering's multiverse. He didn't know even existed before Equestria even though it does exist on his earth. In the Human Magic group he'd probably be classified under "Magic Granted through Dealings with Magical Beings", seeing as his form and magical affinities are because of the being who displaced him.
to be*
I forsee love story between those two.
As for your mistakes Chrysalis... "Mistakes done twice, aren't of mare wise."
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Thanks for the catch.
No comment.
6149532 I knew it!!!!!!! Awesomesauce.
6148815 ah, yes, I remember MtG's rules: the our world is one like any other within the Multiverse. Some worlds possess so much magic that its mages are liken to small gods. Others possess so little its mages are non-existent(though magic exists on all worlds with living things, for it is a requirement of life). However, every sapient being possesses a small chance of being born with a planeswalker's spark, which, upon receiving sufficient trauma, can ignite, transforming the mortal into a planeswalker, the only being capable of surviving the Blind Eternities, and traveling between worlds. I assume our world is on the low end of the spectrum? You know, even on a world with as little mana as ours, it one could theoretically gather it through blood sacrifice, as a being's lifeforce works just as well as any other type of mana...
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Yep, Gerald's earth is a pretty low-end world when it comes to the Leylines of mana, but magic is possible there. That is were the myths, legends, and such come from. They forgot about magic in the past, but magic still manifests as miracles, disasters, and strange phenomena. Small groups of people still know about magic, but useable amounts of mana are in such a rarity that those groups definitely hoard it all for themselves.
6153142 ah. And there's the blood sacrifice, right? I also want to ask, can you hurt demons without magic of some sort? I mean, in-game the point's kinda mot, because everything but artifacts are magical copies bound to your will, but in a story like this? It's kinda important.
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All occultism is legitimate on his earth, even blood sacrifice.
Well, I use both prerevision and post-revision summoning as I feel each should or would be applied. Prerevision summoning is a mage literally pulling a being through the aether and forcing them under a geas in order to control them. Or the creature agreed to be an ally. Post-revision summoning is a mindless magical clone created based on another creature (Wizards has not said that any one way is the only way to do it).
And hurting demons without magic depends on the kind of demon and where they are from. In general, yes, you can hurt demons without magic. If you couldn't, Grixis would have stomped Bant even worse than they did.
And as for this story, Gerald is more of a prerevision mage when it comes to summoning. Most of his summons are undead creatures or spirits which he himself crafts, reanimates, or communes.
6157350 ah. I see. Though I have to mention, does it really make sense that you can hurt a demon without magic? Demons are manifestations of Black Mana, and physical objects do not alter the mana flow. Either way, I'd love to live on his world.
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Most demons are manifestations of black mana, they are not of true flesh. But they are still physical beings who can be injured and killed through physical means.
The best comparison I can think of are Hellspawn and Demons from Image comics. Made from ectoplasm. Non holy, non magical damage is mostly ineffective because their are created from supernatural energy, but you can still wound and kill them through mundane weaponry, it's just ridiculously difficult.
From what I've read, they are distinctly different from spirits and ghosts which usually NEED magic to be killed. But the lines do intersect, like with the Oni from Kamigawa who are both demons and spirits lorewise.
Like my other post said, I'll apply M:TG logic how I interpret it. My interpretation is that demons, like other powerhouses exist on a sliding scale ranging from the OP unkillables like Pit Lords, to the pathetic woebringers.