Mind magic acts on thought, emotion and consciousness. It includes healing and protective techniques as well as spells that induce sleep or impose outside control. Resonance magic can shape thoughts through sound, while divine magic can treat and shield the mind.
Thought influence and control
Resonance spells can become interwoven with a person's thoughts. In Thalcoris, Xoh'Metztli controlled the Tenari through her wielder Meliora and singing priestesses. Their voices carried the magic into people's minds. Meliora's spoken words also pressed against Cassian's mental shield.
Removing an entrenched spell can be painful. Cassian pulled apart the resonance spell controlling Arinella, who screamed before the spell broke and she lost consciousness. He later destroyed Meliora and the goddess's essence, ending their control. People in Aurivallis and Tequaltor were left clutching their heads and struggling after the spell shattered; release from control did not immediately repair its effects.
Healing and sleep
Orin examined and treated Eira's exhausted mind by holding her temples. He also cleared Kaelric's confusion after the mage looked at hypnotic flowers in the Land of Darkness. Skill at healing the body does not guarantee the same ability with the mind: Ilyra did not manage to repair Lirien's mental condition after her return from the Temple of no Return.
Orin can deliberately put people to sleep. After stabilizing Lirien's body, he made sure she slept while the expedition rested.
Defenses and limits
Mages can maintain shields around their minds to resist intrusive magic. Cassian kept his mind shielded in Thalcoris and taught Arinella a shielding spell after freeing her. She could feel the outside magic probing against it. These defenses require continued use, and treating one person does not end a spell acting throughout a society.
Mind magic acts on thought, emotion and consciousness. It includes healing and protective techniques as well as spells that induce sleep or impose outside control. Resonance magic can shape thoughts through sound, while divine magic can treat and shield the mind.
Thought influence and control
Resonance spells can become interwoven with a person's thoughts. In Thalcoris, Xoh'Metztli controlled the Tenari through her wielder Meliora and singing priestesses. Their voices carried the magic into people's minds. Meliora's spoken words also pressed against Cassian's mental shield.
Removing an entrenched spell can be painful. Cassian pulled apart the resonance spell controlling Arinella, who screamed before the spell broke and she lost consciousness. He later destroyed Meliora and the goddess's essence, ending their control. People in Aurivallis and Tequaltor were left clutching their heads and struggling after the spell shattered; release from control did not immediately repair its effects.
Healing and sleep
Orin examined and treated Eira's exhausted mind by holding her temples. He also cleared Kaelric's confusion after the mage looked at hypnotic flowers in the Land of Darkness. Skill at healing the body does not guarantee the same ability with the mind: Ilyra did not manage to repair Lirien's mental condition after her return from the Temple of no Return.
Orin can deliberately put people to sleep. After stabilizing Lirien's body, he made sure she slept while the expedition rested.
Defenses and limits
Mages can maintain shields around their minds to resist intrusive magic. Cassian kept his mind shielded in Thalcoris and taught Arinella a shielding spell after freeing her. She could feel the outside magic probing against it. These defenses require continued use, and treating one person does not end a spell acting throughout a society.
Kaelion used an additional layer of temporal shielding around himself to protect his mind while crossing Xalmyrra's storms. Zayren repeatedly fell into a trance, and Splin brought him back to awareness with sound waves.
Mind magic acts on thought, emotion and consciousness. It includes healing and protective techniques as well as spells that induce sleep or impose outside control. Resonance magic can shape thoughts through sound, while divine magic can treat and shield the mind.
Thought influence and control
Resonance spells can become interwoven with a person's thoughts. In Thalcoris, Xoh'Metztli controlled the Tenari through her wielder Meliora and singing priestesses. Their voices carried the magic into people's minds. Meliora's spoken words also pressed against Cassian's mental shield.
Removing an entrenched spell can be painful. Cassian pulled apart the resonance spell controlling Arinella, who screamed before the spell broke and she lost consciousness. He later destroyed Meliora and the goddess's essence, ending their control. People in Aurivallis and Tequaltor were left clutching their heads and struggling after the spell shattered; release from control did not immediately repair its effects.
Healing and sleep
Orin examined and treated Eira's exhausted mind by holding her temples. He also cleared Kaelric's confusion after the mage looked at hypnotic flowers in the Land of Darkness. Skill at healing the body does not guarantee the same ability with the mind: Ilyra did not manage to repair Lirien's mental condition after her return from the Temple of no Return.
Orin can deliberately put people to sleep. After stabilizing Lirien's body, he made sure she slept while the expedition rested.
Divine healing of the mind is extremely rare.
Defenses and limits
Mages can maintain shields around their minds to resist intrusive magic. Cassian kept his mind shielded in Thalcoris and taught Arinella a shielding spell after freeing her. She could feel the outside magic probing against it. These defenses require continued use, and treating one person does not end a spell acting throughout a society.
Kaelion used an additional layer of temporal shielding around himself to protect his mind while crossing Xalmyrra's storms. Zayren repeatedly fell into a trance, and Splin brought him back to awareness with sound waves.
Eira maintained a divine shield around her mind on Vireen and instructed other mages to do the same, but not all could. Her own resistance to interference also depended on her unique magic and Hrzai, rather than on shielding alone.
Mind magic acts on thought, emotion and consciousness. It includes healing and protective techniques as well as spells that induce sleep or impose outside control. Resonance magic can shape thoughts through sound, while divine magic can treat and shield the mind.
Thought influence and control
Resonance spells can become interwoven with a person's thoughts. In Thalcoris, Xoh'Metztli controlled the Tenari through her wielder Meliora and singing priestesses. Their voices carried the magic into people's minds. Meliora's spoken words also pressed against Cassian's mental shield.
Removing an entrenched spell can be painful. Cassian pulled apart the resonance spell controlling Arinella, who screamed before the spell broke and she lost consciousness. He later destroyed Meliora and the goddess's essence, ending their control. People in Aurivallis and Tequaltor were left clutching their heads and struggling after the spell shattered; release from control did not immediately repair its effects.
Healing and sleep
Orin examined and treated Eira's exhausted mind by holding her temples. He also cleared Kaelric's confusion after the mage looked at hypnotic flowers in the Land of Darkness. Skill at healing the body does not guarantee the same ability with the mind: Ilyra did not manage to repair Lirien's mental condition after her return from the Temple of no Return.
Orin can deliberately put people to sleep. After stabilizing Lirien's body, he made sure she slept while the expedition rested.
Divine healing of the mind is extremely rare.
Cassian learned a technique from Orin that uses light sound waves near a person's temple. When he used it on Jin, the immediate emotional burden eased, although Jin's guilt remained. Orin also used sleep spells during Cassian's training: a touch to the head put him to sleep, but Cassian woke within seconds and overcame the effect. In Erenmyr, Orin tapped Nero's temple after taking his hand and rendered him unconscious; Nero remained asleep for weeks.
Defenses and limits
Mages can maintain shields around their minds to resist intrusive magic. Cassian kept his mind shielded in Thalcoris and taught Arinella a shielding spell after freeing her. She could feel the outside magic probing against it. These defenses require continued use, and treating one person does not end a spell acting throughout a society.
Kaelion used an additional layer of temporal shielding around himself to protect his mind while crossing Xalmyrra's storms. Zayren repeatedly fell into a trance, and Splin brought him back to awareness with sound waves.
Eira maintained a divine shield around her mind on Vireen and instructed other mages to do the same, but not all could. Her own resistance to interference also depended on her unique magic and Hrzai, rather than on shielding alone.
Even Orin's healing has limits. In the later course described in Thalena's Shores of Eternity, it could not remedy Xoh'Tenol's mental condition.