Lightning magic controls electric power through bolts, storms and shaped weapons.
Spells and shaped lightning
Lightning can be shaped into solid forms as well as released in sudden discharges. Draven scattered frozen bolts across an arena, then activated them together to form an electrical web that caught and suspended Kaelion. He also conjured large lightning swords, wielding them in close combat or throwing them across the arena. Their strikes released force strong enough to shatter the ground.
Draven drew clouds into an electric storm and called down attacks while fighting. His lightning could grow into large, solid bolts that tore through the surrounding landscape.
Lightning magic controls electric power through bolts, storms and shaped weapons. In Thundermarch, it is taught as one of the dragon arts.
Spells and shaped lightning
Lightning can be shaped into solid forms as well as released in sudden discharges. Jin scattered frozen bolts across an arena, then activated them together to form an electrical web that caught and suspended Kaelion. He also conjured large lightning swords, wielding them in close combat or throwing them across the arena. Their strikes released force strong enough to shatter the ground.
His twin frozen lightning weapons combine frost and electricity. He can reinforce them with more essence, releasing ice and lightning when they strike a barrier. Lightning can also form defensive curtains or shields.
Mages can draw clouds into electric storms and direct bolts downward from them. Jin also wove lightning through tornadoes alongside fire.
Movement
Jin learned to propel himself with controlled bursts of air and lightning, drawing on years of practice. The combination supports rapid travel and fast movement in combat.
Learning and teaching
Jin trained under Master Han at Cloudrift Temple, where lightning students included Zhang, who also wielded fire. Their lessons combined instruction with sparring. Han's control made Jin's answering arcs fizzle or veer off course, while his lightning forced Jin into frantic dodges. A burst of air knocked Jin across the arena, and direct lightning hits damaged his clothes and left his arms tingling.
Power and costs
Tianlei can grant power through the lightning shard. Jin accepted the god's pact and became his vessel, gaining a surge of lightning that transformed the skies over Stormpeak. The bond also required him to obey Tianlei's instructions. When Tianlei was absent, Jin found attacks across large areas harder to control precisely and relied on close combat to avoid wasting essence.
Heavy casting can leave the user depleted. After spending too much essence in battle, Jin's travel with air and lightning left his body aching and strained. His own summoned lightning also seared him when an enemy redirected it back at him.
Lightning magic controls electric power through bolts, storms and shaped weapons. In Thundermarch, it is taught as one of the dragon arts.
Spells and shaped lightning
Lightning can be shaped into solid forms as well as released in sudden discharges. Jin scattered frozen bolts across an arena, then activated them together to form an electrical web that caught and suspended Kaelion. He also conjured large lightning swords, wielding them in close combat or throwing them across the arena. Their strikes released force strong enough to shatter the ground.
His twin frozen lightning weapons combine frost and electricity. He can reinforce them with more essence, releasing ice and lightning when they strike a barrier. Lightning can also form defensive curtains or shields.
Mages can draw clouds into electric storms and direct bolts downward from them. Jin also wove lightning through tornadoes alongside fire.
Movement
Jin learned to propel himself with controlled bursts of air and lightning, drawing on years of practice. The combination supports rapid travel and fast movement in combat.
Learning and teaching
Jin trained under Master Han at Cloudrift Temple, where lightning students included Zhang, who also wielded fire. Their lessons combined instruction with sparring. Han's control made Jin's answering arcs fizzle or veer off course, while his lightning forced Jin into frantic dodges. A burst of air knocked Jin across the arena, and direct lightning hits damaged his clothes and left his arms tingling.
Power and costs
Tianlei can grant power through the lightning shard. Jin accepted the god's pact and became his vessel, gaining a surge of lightning that transformed the skies over Stormpeak. The bond also required him to obey Tianlei's instructions. When Tianlei was absent, Jin found attacks across large areas harder to control precisely and relied on close combat to avoid wasting essence.
Heavy casting can leave the user depleted. After spending too much essence in battle, Jin's travel with air and lightning left his body aching and strained. His own summoned lightning also seared him when an enemy redirected it back at him.
Electricity and technology
Experiments in Thalassai tried to harvest electricity from lightning magic for technology, but the devices worked poorly over longer periods and their makers returned to essence technology. On Earth, Deylin built electrical machinery to power a gate; he explicitly identified its electricity as ordinary power rather than magic.
Lightning magic controls electric power through bolts, storms and shaped weapons. In Thundermarch, it is taught as one of the dragon arts.
Spells and shaped lightning
Lightning can be shaped into solid forms as well as released in sudden discharges. Jin scattered frozen bolts across an arena, then activated them together to form an electrical web that caught and suspended Kaelion. He also conjured large lightning swords, wielding them in close combat or throwing them across the arena. Their strikes released force strong enough to shatter the ground.
His twin frozen lightning weapons combine frost and electricity. He can reinforce them with more essence, releasing ice and lightning when they strike a barrier. Lightning can also form defensive curtains or shields.
Mages can draw clouds into electric storms and direct bolts downward from them. Jin also wove lightning through tornadoes alongside fire.
Movement
Jin learned to propel himself with controlled bursts of air and lightning, drawing on years of practice. The combination supports rapid travel and fast movement in combat.
Learning and teaching
Jin trained under Master Han at Cloudrift Temple, where lightning students included Zhang, who also wielded fire. Their lessons combined instruction with sparring. Han's control made Jin's answering arcs fizzle or veer off course, while his lightning forced Jin into frantic dodges. A burst of air knocked Jin across the arena, and direct lightning hits damaged his clothes and left his arms tingling.
Power and costs
Tianlei can grant power through the lightning shard. Jin accepted the god's pact and became his vessel, gaining a surge of lightning that transformed the skies over Stormpeak. The bond also required him to obey Tianlei's instructions. When Tianlei was absent, Jin found attacks across large areas harder to control precisely and relied on close combat to avoid wasting essence.
Heavy casting can leave the user depleted. After spending too much essence in battle, Jin's travel with air and lightning left his body aching and strained. His own summoned lightning also seared him when an enemy redirected it back at him.
Xarion, also known as Thalion, made a pact with Tianlei, bringing the god's lightning power alongside his divine enchantments. Gold and blue lightning coursed through him as he moved at exceptional speed, revealing a new combination of his magic.
Practical uses
Controlled lightning has smaller practical uses: Thalion channeled it into meat to cook it evenly.
Experiments in Thalassai tried to harvest electricity from lightning magic for technology, but the devices worked poorly over longer periods and their makers returned to essence technology. On Earth, Deylin built electrical machinery to power a gate; he explicitly identified its electricity as ordinary power rather than magic.
Lightning magic controls electric power through bolts, storms and shaped weapons. In Thundermarch, it is taught as one of the dragon arts.
Spells and shaped lightning
Lightning can be shaped into solid forms as well as released in sudden discharges. Jin scattered frozen bolts across an arena, then activated them together to form an electrical web that caught and suspended Kaelion. He also conjured large lightning swords, wielding them in close combat or throwing them across the arena. Their strikes released force strong enough to shatter the ground.
His twin frozen lightning weapons combine frost and electricity. He can reinforce them with more essence, releasing ice and lightning when they strike a barrier. Lightning can also form defensive curtains or shields.
Mages can draw clouds into electric storms and direct bolts downward from them. Jin also wove lightning through tornadoes alongside fire. Calling down lightning requires sufficient strength: a weaker mage fighting Viviana could prepare a bolt but lacked the power to summon true lightning from the heavens.
Movement
Jin learned to propel himself with controlled bursts of air and lightning, drawing on years of practice. The combination supports rapid travel and fast movement in combat.
Learning and teaching
Jin trained under Master Han at Cloudrift Temple, where lightning students included Zhang, who also wielded fire. Their lessons combined instruction with sparring. Han's control made Jin's answering arcs fizzle or veer off course, while his lightning forced Jin into frantic dodges. A burst of air knocked Jin across the arena, and direct lightning hits damaged his clothes and left his arms tingling.
In ancient Stormbrook, Thalion arranged for Sephara to teach lightning magic to Zhenyu Leiyun and the village.
Power and costs
Tianlei can grant power through the lightning shard. Jin accepted the god's pact and became his vessel, gaining a surge of lightning that transformed the skies over Stormpeak. The bond also required him to obey Tianlei's instructions. When Tianlei was absent, Jin found attacks across large areas harder to control precisely and relied on close combat to avoid wasting essence.
Heavy casting can leave the user depleted. After spending too much essence in battle, Jin's travel with air and lightning left his body aching and strained. His own summoned lightning also seared him when an enemy redirected it back at him.
Xarion, also known as Thalion, made a pact with Tianlei, bringing the god's lightning power alongside his divine enchantments. Gold and blue lightning coursed through him as he moved at exceptional speed, revealing a new combination of his magic.
Practical uses
Controlled lightning has smaller practical uses: Thalion channeled it into meat to cook it evenly. He and Sephara summoned rain over parched fields at Stormbrook, and he later brought thunderstorms to lands suffering drought on Earth.
Uriandel developed electrical fields that harmed pests and insects while leaving humans unharmed, clearing them from Maraveth. He also devised rapid travel through electric currents and shared the method with Michael.
Experiments in Thalassai tried to harvest electricity from lightning magic for technology, but the devices worked poorly over longer periods and their makers returned to essence technology. On Earth, Deylin built electrical machinery to power a gate; he explicitly identified its electricity as ordinary power rather than magic.
Thalion supplied magical lightning to a specially built gate beneath a pyramid on Earth. The bolts struck the pyramid and were amplified and channeled into the gate to power it.
Lightning magic controls electric power through bolts, storms and shaped weapons. In Thundermarch, it is taught as one of the dragon arts.
Spells and shaped lightning
Lightning can be shaped into solid forms as well as released in sudden discharges. Jin scattered frozen bolts across an arena, then activated them together to form an electrical web that caught and suspended Kaelion. He also conjured large lightning swords, wielding them in close combat or throwing them across the arena. Their strikes released force strong enough to shatter the ground.
His twin frozen lightning weapons combine frost and electricity. He can reinforce them with more essence, releasing ice and lightning when they strike a barrier. Lightning can also form defensive curtains or shields.
Mages can draw clouds into electric storms and direct bolts downward from them. Jin also wove lightning through tornadoes alongside fire. Calling down lightning requires sufficient strength: a weaker mage fighting Viviana could prepare a bolt but lacked the power to summon true lightning from the heavens.
Movement
Jin learned to propel himself with controlled bursts of air and lightning, drawing on years of practice. The combination supports rapid travel and fast movement in combat.
Learning and teaching
Lothar, the first elementalist of ancient Valrindor, taught lightning to villagers who sought to learn it, alongside other elemental schools. The magic he shared was passed on and refined by later generations.
Jin trained under Master Han at Cloudrift Temple, where lightning students included Zhang, who also wielded fire. Their lessons combined instruction with sparring. Han's control made Jin's answering arcs fizzle or veer off course, while his lightning forced Jin into frantic dodges. A burst of air knocked Jin across the arena, and direct lightning hits damaged his clothes and left his arms tingling.
In ancient Stormbrook, Thalion arranged for Sephara to teach lightning magic to Zhenyu Leiyun and the village.
Power and costs
Tianlei can grant power through the lightning shard. Jin accepted the god's pact and became his vessel, gaining a surge of lightning that transformed the skies over Stormpeak. The bond also required him to obey Tianlei's instructions. When Tianlei was absent, Jin found attacks across large areas harder to control precisely and relied on close combat to avoid wasting essence.
Heavy casting can leave the user depleted. After spending too much essence in battle, Jin's travel with air and lightning left his body aching and strained. His own summoned lightning also seared him when an enemy redirected it back at him.
Xarion, also known as Thalion, made a pact with Tianlei, bringing the god's lightning power alongside his divine enchantments. Gold and blue lightning coursed through him as he moved at exceptional speed, revealing a new combination of his magic.
Gabriel supplied a crystal shaped like a thundercloud that Kalyx absorbed. Kalyx sustained an immense storm; his skin appeared to burn under its intensity, and essence leaked from him after he was subdued.
Practical uses
Controlled lightning has smaller practical uses: Thalion channeled it into meat to cook it evenly. He and Sephara summoned rain over parched fields at Stormbrook, and he later brought thunderstorms to lands suffering drought on Earth.
Uriandel developed electrical fields that harmed pests and insects while leaving humans unharmed, clearing them from Maraveth. He also devised rapid travel through electric currents and shared the method with Michael.
Experiments in Thalassai tried to harvest electricity from lightning magic for technology, but the devices worked poorly over longer periods and their makers returned to essence technology. On Earth, Deylin built electrical machinery to power a gate; he explicitly identified its electricity as ordinary power rather than magic.
Thalion supplied magical lightning to a specially built gate beneath a pyramid on Earth. The bolts struck the pyramid and were amplified and channeled into the gate to power it.