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somanysoundtracks · 2 years ago

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There's a line in Steven Brust's Dragaera book, Issola (Chapter 2) about Sethra Lavode, a very ancient magic user:

“she had forgotten more of sorcery, even the forbidden sorcery of the ancient world, than anyone else would ever learn. . . . Her origin was in prehistory, and some had come to believe that she was the living personification of the world itself, that it would end when she ended.” And I think about it every day.

Please do cite the deep magic to me actually. I may have been there when it was written but I am very forgetful

#also this is taking out the funny part of the quotation but ah well #anyway everyone should read these books #particularly Issola it's one of my favorites #this scene lives rent-free in my head #“I doubted this myself: I mislike the idea of a living personification being undead.”#okay there's the funny part #the deep magic #the ancient lore #Vlad and Sethra's friendship gives me life #anyway if you like fantasy novels about sarcastic fencing thief assassins who are very tired of classist elves #also if you like fantasy about cooking and witchcraft #and male witches #and vampires #that is also very funny

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