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Naked Empire :: Goodkind Terry
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"Cured of not having been born gifted," she said in a flat tone of incredulity.
"Not exactly. They weren't trying to make them into wizards, but they thought they could at least be cured of not having that infinitesimal spark of the gift that simply enabled them to interact with magic."
Kahlan took a purging breath. "So then what happened?"
"This book was written after the great war had ended-after the barrier had been created and the Old World had been sealed away. It was written after the New World was at peace, or, at least, after the barrier kept the Old World contained.
"But remember what we found out before? That we think that during the war Wizard Ricker and his team had done something to halt Sub-tractive Magic's ability to be passed on to the offspring of wizards? Well, after the war, those born with the gift started becoming increasingly uncommon, and those who were being born were being born without the Subtractive side."
"So, after the war," she said, "those who were born with the gift of both Additive and Subtractive were rapidly becoming nonexistent. We already knew that."
"Right." Richard leaned toward her and lifted the book. "But then, when there are fewer wizards being born, all of a sudden the wizards additionally realize that they have all these pristinely ungifted-breaks altogether in the link to magic-on their hands. Suddenly, on top of the problem of the birth rate of those with the gift to be wizards dropping, they were faced with what they called pillars of Creation."
Kahlan swayed in the saddle as she thought about it, trying to imagine the situation at the Keep at the time. "I can see that they would have been pretty concerned."
His voice lowered meaningfully. "They were desperate."
Kahlan laid her reins over, moving in behind Richard as his horse stepped around an ancient, fallen tree that had been bleached silver from the sweltering sun.
"So, I suppose," Kahlan asked as she walked her horse back up beside him, "that the wizards started to do the same thing Zedd did? Trained those who had the calling-those who wished to be wizards but had not been born with the gift?"
"Yes, but back then," Richard said, "they trained those with only Additive to be able to use the Subtractive, too, like full wizards of the time. As time went on, though, even that was being lost to them, and they were only able to do what Zedd did-train men to be wizards but they could only wield Additive Magic.
"But that isn't really what the book is about," Richard said as he gestured dismissively. "That was just a side point to record what they had attempted. They started out with confidence.
"Cured of not having been born gifted," she said in a flat tone of incredulity.
"Not exactly. They weren't trying to make them into wizards, but they thought they could at least be cured of not having that infinitesimal spark of the gift that simply enabled them to interact with magic."
Kahlan took a purging breath. "So then what happened?"
"This book was written after the great war had ended-after the barrier had been created and the Old World had been sealed away. It was written after the New World was at peace, or, at least, after the barrier kept the Old World contained.
"But remember what we found out before? That we think that during the war Wizard Ricker and his team had done something to halt Sub-tractive Magic's ability to be passed on to the offspring of wizards? Well, after the war, those born with the gift started becoming increasingly uncommon, and those who were being born were being born without the Subtractive side."
"So, after the war," she said, "those who were born with the gift of both Additive and Subtractive were rapidly becoming nonexistent. We already knew that."
"Right." Richard leaned toward her and lifted the book. "But then, when there are fewer wizards being born, all of a sudden the wizards additionally realize that they have all these pristinely ungifted-breaks altogether in the link to magic-on their hands. Suddenly, on top of the problem of the birth rate of those with the gift to be wizards dropping, they were faced with what they called pillars of Creation."
Kahlan swayed in the saddle as she thought about it, trying to imagine the situation at the Keep at the time. "I can see that they would have been pretty concerned."
His voice lowered meaningfully. "They were desperate."
Kahlan laid her reins over, moving in behind Richard as his horse stepped around an ancient, fallen tree that had been bleached silver from the sweltering sun.
"So, I suppose," Kahlan asked as she walked her horse back up beside him, "that the wizards started to do the same thing Zedd did? Trained those who had the calling-those who wished to be wizards but had not been born with the gift?"
"Yes, but back then," Richard said, "they trained those with only Additive to be able to use the Subtractive, too, like full wizards of the time. As time went on, though, even that was being lost to them, and they were only able to do what Zedd did-train men to be wizards but they could only wield Additive Magic.
"But that isn't really what the book is about," Richard said as he gestured dismissively. "That was just a side point to record what they had attempted. They started out with confidence.