Lore in the Dawn of Magic

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*
The Dawn of Magic has significant lore that is thoroughly explored in the story. All of it is tied back to Bekah and her exodus from her former homeland Solstrale.

## Lore

### The Transformation

"*...that’s when the lightning began. Claws of light tore the sky apart...at that moment, the colors started. At first, the sky was just a dark gray like before, but then I began to notice splashes of green and purple. The colors weaved around the heavy dark clouds like music-charmed cobra snakes. They danced in the sky, and then more colors joined the green and purple.Soon, the sky was a color festival. I started to feel a twinge of uncertainty as more colors joined. It looked like I was in Vincent Van Gogh’s 'The Starry Night' painting, except with more color and lightning. The colors were so bright and vivid that my eyes were burning, watching it....Soon the first signs of rain began to show, drumming on the roof.*"
―Adira explaining what she saw during the Transformation *Dawn of Magic*, prologue

The Transformation was an event in early September initiated by the Furies in attempt to get rid of Bekah's magical powers by overriding them by changing her into an animal. The Transformation affected everyone in Starhaven, turning into animals, typically corresponding with their favorite animal and/or natures. The Transformation affected some traits about the characters such as the sound of their voice, their personalities, behavior, and likes. However, for the most part, the vital skills humans utilized and needed followed everyone through the Transformation, so they could, to a certain extent, write, type, play instruments, etc. Animals before the Transformation still stayed as animals, as in the case of Adira's pet chickens.

#### History

Adira details her experience of turning into a wolf in the prologue. She watches the sky while reading a book on the back porch of her house when she fells a weight on her back that forces her to the ground. When the sensation stops and the sky returns to normal, she runs to her bathroom to examine herself in her new form. It took several days for the former-humans to accept themselves in their new bodies and life mostly returned back to normal, with the animals doing many of the activities they used to when they were humans.

In the Dawn of Magic scenes, Bekah and Adira discuss how there is more to the Transformation than what initially meets the eye and raises the questions of who started it, where it came from, and why it happened.

### Bekah's secret

Bekah broke a promise and now the Furies, in addition to other people, are angry with her and want to hurt her. She has since been in hiding.

### The Furies

The Furies are the judges of Bekah's homeland. Bekah describes them as fair and judging and wouldn't kill a person for no reason, but Lauren believes that if the Furies find Bekah, they will kill her brutally. The Furies can also sense when their name has been used and can be "summoned" to the person who said their name. They are allegedly the reason why all the people in Starhaven turned into animals and why there's a secret door behind the waterfall.

#### History

Bekah tells Lauren that she isn't scared by the Furies' warnings of throwing her into a pit of fire and cobras and coming to kill her personally. During a school assembly, Adira "awakens" the Furies by using their names publicly.

## Trivia

### Interesting facts

* Originally, this lore was not going to exist in the first draft, as the story mainly existed to retell events from Adira's life.

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## References and citations

1. ↑ Dawn of Magic, prologue, page 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dawn of Magic, chapter 4, page 2
3. ↑ While this generally is unproven as a whole, there has been no human character up to date in the story. It can be safe to assume that every human turned into an animal
4. ↑ This has been confirmed by the author but not stated explicitly in the book
5. ↑ Dawn of Magic, chapter 1, page 1
6. ↑ Dawn of Magic, chapter 1, page 3
7. ↑ Dawn of Magic, chapter 2, page 1
8. ↑ Dawn of Magic, chapter 3, page 5
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Dawn of Magic, chapter 3, page 7
10. ↑ Dawn of Magic, chapter 3, page 6