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Every recovered scroll of the realm — 164 in all.

Symbolism
30 December 2008 · set down by Shadow Seeker

Symbols, as such, represent ideas. They can be abstract ideas, so in a sense they can simplify.  But, they also can be used to describe things hard to express, or things not fully known. They can also have several m…

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Festivals
23 December 2008 · set down by Shadow Seeker

Festivals have become a part of our life, and we celebrate them: Sometimes even without knowing the exact background of them. As an example let us take Christmas, but that will follow later. Festivals in general are spec…

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1st Annual MagicDuel Awards
18 December 2008 · set down by Renavoid Rusyn

2008 Awards The person who plays their role the best with-in the capacity of the RPC List .Khalazdad. To be chosen as the "best" of something is incongruent for me. I'm not sure I believe in a "best". I'm quite certain a…

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Step One in Drawing
14 December 2008 · set down by Ragnar Magic (valy)

First thing... Like in everything you do...or for everything you do, you need something to work with. That something is a good pencil and a new sheet of paper. If you think this is not important maybe you should keep scr…

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A Poem for a MagicDuel Christmas
11 December 2008 · set down by Gargant, Walker of Words

'Twas the night before Christmas And throughout MagicDuel Not a soul to be found Save for Bob and his tool. The snow was falling The presents were wrapped Dst came to Bob And swiftly was slapped. The ground was cold Pres…

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Muratus Lecture II: Transposition
10 December 2008 · set down by Tarquinus Superbus

So, somehow you managed to lure me into holding an ad hoc lecture on Time. [smile] Now I got used to it and I will hold another one. At DarkPriestess’ suggestion, I will talk about the principles, one of them for today: …

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Muratus Lecture III: Magic in Modern Days
10 December 2008 · set down by Tarquinus Superbus · 1 commentary

<Question: so everything changes... even magic?> Are you playing with words?  Magic changes, of course.  There is traditional magic and modern magic.  People always use it, just that they find differ…

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Muratus Lecture I: Space and Time
10 December 2008 · set down by Tarquinus Superbus · 1 commentary

Compiled, edited, and ‘made nice’ by one among you. This lecture told us of Muratus del Mur’s views on time. He gave the caveat that his views were odd and not presented in order to have an argument. We begin with the na…

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What is a TechnoMage?
25 November 2008 · set down by Yrthilian TechnoMage

What is a TechnoMage? Well this is a subject I have been meaning to write about for some time. I am sure there will be many pages on this subject and the experiments I have done. First you need to understand the concept …

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King Bull Finds a Path
22 November 2008 · set down by King Bull

I was once in the alliance of the Necrovion Sentinels, and during my time there I did many things. I was loyal to Khalazdad, and I carried out his orders with no question. The day Phrog was killed, I was the one to stay …

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Order by Chaos
9 November 2008 · set down by Mur · 2 commentaries

Order by Chaos Managing an online game such as MagicDuel allowed me to discover certain similarities between the real world and a virtual world, things that are more clear for me here, as i am sure they are clear for peo…

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Everyone Can Draw
9 November 2008 · set down by Zleiphneir Ulfveror · 2 commentaries

Everyone Can Draw I often hear the words “I can’t draw”. This comment in and of itself suggests you are placing a stopper on the possibility of your being able to draw, but more importantly what should be noticed is that…

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