Galen's book
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Galen's book
But is the book magical, or is Galen a secret mage?
And what does it say about his uncle? Who was he?
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But Rowan doesn't have magic, he just used an enchanted bow, if you are referring to that moment. Maybe it's the same for Galen...
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I also tend to think that the book was imbued with magical elements at some point. Galen's uncle could have done it, or maybe he found it already imbued and thought it would be useful as a manual.The_Vivian wrote: ↑14 Oct 2020, 07:01 I don't think Galen is a secret mage. I however suspect that the book may have some elements of Magic in it. I say this because at some point in the second part of the book, it was discovered that magic does not necessarily have to be in a person, it can also be placed in an object. Based on this, it is not impossible to say that the book wields some magic in it. As for Galen's uncle, I think that he was a normal man who may have come across something magical. At the same time, I have not been able to dismiss the feeling that Galen might be a secret mage whose powers hasn't surfaced yet.
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But what power does it have? Maybe it reveals its secrets only to a person related by blood, and that's why Galen inherited it.AnnOgochukwu wrote: ↑15 Oct 2020, 05:53 Yeah, about the book. I never gave it much thought. But I believe the book has got some magic to it. I doubt it has anything to do with Galen's magical powers.
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Maybe, or it's just a means through which Galen's uncle communicates with him from the other side. What do you think?raluca_mihaila wrote: ↑15 Oct 2020, 08:35But what power does it have? Maybe it reveals its secrets only to a person related by blood, and that's why Galen inherited it.AnnOgochukwu wrote: ↑15 Oct 2020, 05:53 Yeah, about the book. I never gave it much thought. But I believe the book has got some magic to it. I doubt it has anything to do with Galen's magical powers.
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I think the magical element to the book is how Galen always opened to the page that had the information/instructions he was looking for. I agree that watching Galen starting out as a new blacksmith was interesting, although it would have been better if Galen had a bit more character development.HannahsReads wrote: ↑14 Oct 2020, 14:45 I didn't notice any magical element to the book. I did really enjoy how carefully Galen followed the directions in the book, and how the reader got to experience the beginner steps of learning smith-work from the uncle's book! That was a nice worldbuilding touch the author built in.