Manuscript Tradition
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sanguinifexChapter 1: From the "Blight Journal" of Enchanter Wynne
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“He’s a smart boy. Perhaps now he will learn that the dangers of blood magic are not ‘just’ infected cuts or possession? I’m not entirely sure what he actually did, since he passed out and started seizing halfway through explaining it, but I think he tried to amplify a blood magic spell with blight magic, using the link between darkspawn and all Grey Wardens as a sympathetic magic catalyst, if I had to guess. It backfired in some way, seemingly. Using one’s self as an active part of the spell itself is likely to.
“Blight magic! I knew we should not have hushed up what happened to Remille, but the Chantry and Irving insisted. People will do it if they know about it, they said. I thought it was ridiculous, as one needed access to the Taint to use it, and better to at least know it should never be tried. Not that that would stop Alim, but perhaps he would have at least known how not to injure himself. Not that that would be a deterrent to him either, but I do think he wants to live long enough to stop Loghain and the Blight. Anyway, I gave him a sedative, and he is definitely getting a lecture if he wakes up.”
—From the “Blight Journal” of Senior Enchanter Wynne, recovered from her belongings in Kinloch Hold after the events at the White Spire in 9:40 Dragon.