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* DisciplinesOfMagic: There are six major types of magic users (like wizards and warlocks) and dozens of minor ones.
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It's loosely based on the Roman Republic. Currently, the most influential country of the world is the Hegemony of Three Ethshars, which defeated the evil, magic wielding Empire of the North, while the former Ethshar (Old Ethshar) split into hundreds of tiny kingdoms. There's trade, war and pirates...
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* AddictionPowered / AddictiveMagic: Warlocks tap into a supernatural broadcast and are able to use that power to do magic. Which makes the broadcast easier to hear and understand, which gives them more power. But the better they hear it, the more powerfully it attracts them. Any warlock who uses too much power ends up being irresistibly summoned to the Source.
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* AddictionPowered / AddictiveMagic: Warlocks tap into a supernatural broadcast and are able to use that power to do magic. Which makes the broadcast easier to hear and understand, understand that it wants to be used, which gives them more power. But the better they hear and use it, the more powerfully it attracts them. Any warlock who uses too much power ends up being irresistibly summoned to the Source.
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* BenevolentMageRuler: In ''The Unwilling Warlord'' Vond the warlock uses his might to annex the Kingdom of Semma and several others into a single vast empire with himself at the head and a council (including Sterren, the actual protagonist) making all the decisions. He spends most of his time experimenting with his magic and enjoying himself--until the Calling makes him paranoid and unstable.
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* BenevolentMageRuler: In ''The Unwilling Warlord'' Warlord'', Vond the warlock uses his might to annex the Kingdom of Semma and several others into a single vast empire with himself at the head and a council (including Sterren, the actual protagonist) making all the decisions. He spends most of his time experimenting with his magic and enjoying himself--until the Calling makes him paranoid and unstable.
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* CompellingVoice: Warlocks get their MindOverMatter powers from a signal emitted by a mysterious Source located somewhere in the country of Aldagmor. As they use their powers, the connection to said Source becomes stronger, as does the compulsion to use their powers whenever they can. At some point, when they grow powerful enough, the warlock begins to hear the Source compelling them to come to Aldagmor, which becomes stronger as they do. Sensible warlocks accumulate as much money as they can in their career until The Calling becomes a problem, move as far away from Aldagmor as they can so the signal becomes too weak to bother them (much), and try to use their powers as little as possible.
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* ''With a Single Spell''
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* ''With a Single Spell''
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** The titular Frog Wizard was only ever able to learn a spell to turn people into frogs and used masterful sleight-of-hand to cover his ineptitude. It's mentioned that the frog-turning spell is extremely difficult for everyone else, [[GeniusDitz but he picked it up easily]].
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** The titular Frog Wizard was only ever able to learn a spell to turn people into frogs and used masterful sleight-of-hand to cover his ineptitude. It's mentioned that the frog-turning spell is extremely difficult for everyone else, [[GeniusDitz [[MasterOfOneMagic but he picked it up easily]].
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* MasterOfOneMagic:
** Tobas of Telven starts his story only knowing one spell: Thrindle's Combustion, but he's an absolute master of it. He eventually learns more.
** The Frog Wizard is a wizard idiot savant of some sort, who quickly learned the incredibly difficult spell of turning someone or something into a frog--and nothing else.
** Tobas of Telven starts his story only knowing one spell: Thrindle's Combustion, but he's an absolute master of it. He eventually learns more.
** The Frog Wizard is a wizard idiot savant of some sort, who quickly learned the incredibly difficult spell of turning someone or something into a frog--and nothing else.
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* PetBabyWildAnimal: Rich Ethsharites sometimes keep dragons as pets. [[spoiler:In "[[http://www.ethshar.com/sirinitasdragon1.shtml Sirinita's Dragon]]" at least, it doesn't end well.]]
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* PetBabyWildAnimal: Rich Ethsharites sometimes keep dragons as pets. [[spoiler:In "[[http://www.ethshar.com/sirinitasdragon1.shtml Sirinita's Dragon]]" at least, it doesn't end well.happily.]]
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* SquishyWizard: Averted. Although there is a stereotype for this, some spells have aspects that actually require wizards to be in pretty good shape, such as the one that requires them to stir a mixture in a bowl for a straight hour without interruption.
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* SquishyWizard: Averted. Although there is a stereotype for this, this in-universe, some spells have aspects that actually require wizards to be in pretty good shape, such as the one that requires them to stir a mixture in a bowl for a straight hour without interruption.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Many warlocks went from zero to powerful magicians during single night, aptly named the Night of Madness. [[spoiler:Later, moderately-powerful warlock Vond attunes to a new Source of warlockry and becomes virtually unstoppable.]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Many warlocks went from zero to powerful magicians during a single night, aptly named the Night of Madness. [[spoiler:Later, moderately-powerful warlock Vond attunes to a new Source of warlockry and becomes virtually unstoppable.]]
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** Warlocks just jam everything together.
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** Warlocks just jam everything back together.
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** The titular Frog Wizard was only ever learned able to learn a spell to turn people into frogs and used masterful sleight-of-hand to cover his ineptitude.ineptitude. It's mentioned that the frog-turning spell is extremely difficult for everyone else, [[GeniusDitz but he picked it up easily]].
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* LoveMartyr: Fendel's Infatuous Love Spell turns its subject into one of these, leaving them hopelessly besotted and servile to the caster.
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* LoveMartyr: Fendel's Infatuous Love Spell turns its subject into one of these, leaving them hopelessly besotted and servile to the caster.caster...and it doesn't wear off.
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* ResistTheBeast: A non-monster example with warlocks. Their power ''wants'' to be used, and the urge to do so grows stronger as they do, until they end up struggling (and like as not failing) to ''keep'' from using it at every possible occasion, even without meaning to. The Calling grows stronger as well, until it can no longer be resisted.
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* ResistTheBeast: A non-monster example with warlocks. Their power ''wants'' to be used, and the urge to do so grows stronger as they do, until they end up struggling (and like as not failing) to ''keep'' from using it at every possible occasion, even without meaning to. Even in their '''sleep'''. The Calling grows stronger as well, until it can no longer be resisted.
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* MagicFire: The Tower of Flame is a column of magical fire that's burned for centuries. It originated when a wizard was using a simple spell to light his camp fire, and sneezed at the wrong moment.
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** In ''Portrait of A Hero'', villagers discuss possible ways to get rid of a dragon. The protagonist suggests simply attacking it, and another villager asks sarcastically: "With what? Your bare hands?" The protagonist is momentarily tempted to answer "[[VideoGame/ColossalCave Yes]]", but thinks better of it.
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'''The Legends of Ethshar''' is a fantasy series by Creator/LawrenceWattEvans.
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* LiterallyShatteredLives: Lord Faran dies in ''Night of Madness'' when he is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] while in midair.
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* HealingHands:
** Witches do this by speeding up the body's natural healing process.
** Warlocks just jam everything together.
** Witches do this by speeding up the body's natural healing process.
** Warlocks just jam everything together.
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* DiscardAndDraw: Warlockry is incompatible with wizardry and theurgy, with wizards who become warlocks losing their ability to perform all but the simplest spells and former theurgists no longer being recognized as human by their gods. [[PowerupLetdown Some regard this as an unfair trade]].
* GadgeteerGenius: Sorcerers are a fantasy equivalent of this, harnessing magic through talismans and other artifacts, rather than having any magical talent of their own.
* IneptMage:
** Tobas of Telven's master died before he could teach him more than one spell.
** Annara of Crookwall was so bad at magic she ended up homeless.
** The titular Frog Wizard only ever learned a spell to turn people into frogs and used masterful sleight-of-hand to cover his ineptitude.
** Tobas of Telven's master died before he could teach him more than one spell.
** Annara of Crookwall was so bad at magic she ended up homeless.
** The titular Frog Wizard only ever learned a spell to turn people into frogs and used masterful sleight-of-hand to cover his ineptitude.
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** The Council of Warlocks does the same.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Apparently dragons were either created or heavily-altered into what they are today during the great war. They're smart, but don't gain human-level intellect or the capacity to speak until adulthood.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Apparently dragons were either created or heavily-altered into what they are today during the great war.Great War. They're smart, but don't gain human-level intellect or the capacity to speak until adulthood.
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* ScrewYouElves: We don't get any detail, but elves are apparently extinct in The World, a fact which is regarded as a very good thing.
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* SquishyWizard: Averted. Although there is a stereotype for this, some spells have aspects that actually require wizards to be in pretty good shape, such as the one that requires them to stir a mixture in a bowl for a straight hour without interruption.
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* PetBabyWildAnimal: Rich Ethsharites sometimes keep dragons as pets. [[spoiler:In "[[http://www.ethshar.com/sirinitasdragon1.shtml Sirinita's Dragon]]" at least, it doesn't end well.]]
