Chapter 2: Grammar; who needs it?

Inside the library were only a few bookshelves, but they were stacked with books. What really caught Kulvarin’s eye were the creatures within it. There were angels, a few homunculus servants, and other creatures. As the saw Kulvarin and Lenadil the immediately stopped and bowed.

“Oh really, I told you all not to do that. You are my guests.” Lenadil picked an angel up from where she was kneeling with her head on the floor, and eventually the rest stood up. “Now, my son, first you must understand the nature of magic. What do you know about magic?”

“Magic is a force that sorcerers and wizards can call upon and use it for healing, destruction, or numerous other things.” Kulvarin blushed, expecting there was a lot more that he didn’t know

“So I can just instantly create this force out of nothing? By saying a few words that you don’t understand I can just bring that water to my hand? Raisra nen.” The glass of water on the desk in the middle of the room lifted up, then settled back down. “If that was a lake, I would not be able to lift it, that is your clue.”

“The force isn’t created out of nothing; it depends on the user’s strength and takes that much energy.”

“Correct, but my son, the words are still important. You can only do as much as you know in draconic. The dragons were the first masters of magic. They realized, in its raw form, magic was too powerful. So they gave magic form and their language, so that humans, elves, and in some cases, themselves, wouldn’t go around destroying everything.” Before we move on, I also need to teach you grammar and the written form of draconic. If you use improper grammar, the results could be catastrophic, and you will need to know how to write it for infinite reasons. So first, here is the alphabet.” He handed Kulvarin a grayed paper with intricately writtin. the very letters were a very artwork themselves. “Though it is not the correct order, it is in the order of our own letters, beginning with a, and ending with z. There are some letters missing in this alphabet, but you will grow accustomed to it.”

Kulvarin spent the next few days following the same routine, practice in the morning, then lessons in grammar in the library. Some days his father wasn’t there, and one of the angels would help him, but Kulvarin grew irritable. I want to start with the real magic!