Snowstone

"...*bright white substance the sages classified as neveitite and we wizards called snowstone*.

## Overview

### Magelord

At the birth of Minalan's son Minalyan there were complications as the magical shrouds of both mother and child were interlocked, preventing Minalyan from being born. With Alya near death, Min improvised a spell using the Morath Sigil, a separating rune that scales with power; he fed the spell as much power as he could along with a desperate prayer to *Briga*. The result was the successful birth of Minalyan and the transformation of all the silica in a 2 mile radius into a bright white stone, Snowstone.

After investigating and experimentation Minalan determines that Snowstone lowers the local thaumaturgical resistance field of the Magosphere, in effect lowering etheric density in proximity to itself and it is portable.

Minalan takes samples to Robinwing to give to a few discreet friends to experiment with and it is discovered that it is just easier to do magic when near snowstone.

> *Magic resistance is an important factor in most spells.  Every place is a little more or a little less resistant to your consciousness imposing its will on the rest of the universe through the agency of magical force.  There are all sorts of calculations for compensating for it, and there’s even an established average “constant” that’s often used when writing down spells in general.*
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Due to its unique quality to essentially, make magic easier to do, Snowstone becomes highly valued, drawing the attention of many. The Snowstone spell had the secondary effect of creating the *Apophylyte Crystals*, the magical stones that help to transform how magic is used by the Magi in the series.

The *Karshak Alon* are amazed at the snowstone when they visit Sevendor; in agreeing to build Minalan a new castle, they secure snowstone as part of the payment for the construction. When Master Azhguri sings the snowstone mountain it takes him days and it is a moving experience for him.

*See also: Stonesinger*

The *Alka Alon* covet snowstone as it is something unique on Callidore and they have never seen anything like it before.

When a *dragon* was defeated during the siege of *Castle Cambrian**.* Some of *Shereul's* *Shaman* stole the snowstone at the end of the conflict.

### High Mage

The Alka Alon send three emissaries to Sevendor to purportedly interface between the Alka Alon council and Humanity, but in reality their primary goal is to study Snowstone and to determine how it was created.

In *High Mage*  chunks of snowstone are observed in cages around the dragons' necks; making controlling them magically a little easier.

### Necromancer

In *Necromancer*, particles of Snowstone had floated down the Ketta Stream, into the Bontal River and out to the Shallow Sea; where the substance came to the attention of the Seafolk or Vundel and they spent their Humani speaker *Moudrost* to investigate the source of the "sweet" water.

Olmeg cautions Minalan that because of the Snowstone they would probably start seeing some new Natava animals and plants arriving in Sevendor.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Magelord: Book Three Of The Spellmonger Series (p. 221). Kindle Edition.