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...eve that some quality of the ambient magic is more important. Still other scholars, however, believe that the color and features of the dreammist ''are determ ...r types of mistling also exist, though some are known only to a handful of scholars; mistlings come in such variety that [[etorical taxonomist|taxonomists]] pl

...and their interaction. Æalogists are very few in number compared to scholars in most other fields, because of the requirements to be able to pursue such ...other planes and cosmoi, and ascertain enough about them to be considered scholars on the subject. On most [[world]]s, true æalogists are rare, with on

...perience to dream more "efficiently" and gather energy more rapidly. Some scholars have tried to find links between the untrained rate of accumulation of drea ...e somehow dreaming differently than those who gather it more slowly. Some scholars hold that the difference results from the dreamers' visiting different part

...few accounts of them are both anecdotal and contradictory, and even those scholars who do hold the gulangas to be an ellogous species don't believe in the sto

...e necessary to gather multiple copies from many worlds. In any case, many scholars and heroes have long worked to discover a way to reverse the terrible proce

...and translucent as [[glass]]... or as [[water]]. Experienced sailors and scholars know that its shape is deceptive; though it bears the form of a ship, the J Many scholars find the ship's behavior surprising; the Bathybius is usually much more sub

Many scholars believe that the screaming rain is a remnant of whatever disaster made Ufma ...and then not visit the area again for years. Despite careful measurement, scholars have found no evidence of screaming rain occurring in any areas significant

...t everything in Inji is really made of belief made manifest—and some scholars say just that. While most people of Inji are unaware of the rôle pla ..., ''makes'' them true in Inji, and they are recognized and studied by some scholars even in ignorance of the broader base of belief that builds the bed of them

...of Koroge's [[university|universities]], but also a number of independent scholars. Though the Gray Council has a reputation as being slow to make decisions,

...ted the Forest of Teeth, there is scant evidence of this, and most serious scholars as well as resistance members believe that some onirarch or his agent simpl

...scent of the Galgudi Empire, the last of the three to rise to power. Some scholars prefer to define the beginning of the Age not with the moment all three emp ...inhabitants of the undeveloped nations in that part of the world. Certain scholars, in an attempt to facilitate cooperation and comprehension between the empi

...unders. In fact, there's enough evidence toward the latter view that many scholars believe that the [[human Homeworld]] and the Empire's homeworld may be one

...proposed. For the moment, the possibility remains, as unpalatable as many scholars find it, that élan vital really is being created and destroyed, and

...individual case-by-case judgment, and it is a question on which different scholars and writers do not necessarily agree—and on which any particular scho

...t. This is particularly true with regard to different allodetic clusters; scholars in other clusters may have entirely different definitions of True Earth.

...of a little over a hundred thousand square kilometers. This has led many scholars to believe they must represent a relatively recent [[mutation (Nuclearth)|m

...few desperate people have sought their aid to bring back loved ones. Many scholars scoff at the idea of the salvage-men's possessing magical powers, but it's ...hat has been found to support this is some apparent tenuous parallels some scholars claim to have discovered between certain languages of the salvage-men and c

...ut was later adopted by the onirarchs themselves, and is even used by some scholars both within and outside the onirarchies.

...[edge]]s. World crystals may come in virtually any color, and though many scholars suspect some connection between the crystal's color and its contents, no su While most scholars believe that the world crystals share the same origins as other élan

...alogy with existing words, and by assumptions about what those parts mean; scholars are not unaware of the shakiness of those assumptions, but realize that for

...ng them out. There are stories of this having been accomplished, but most scholars dismiss them as fictions; there is no real proof that anyone has ever succe

...may be, but is not forthcoming about them; she has shared a few with other scholars, but other theories she keeps to herself. ...uld be considered a close friendship, and her correspondences with distant scholars focus entirely on research and barely include even the most superficial of

...ut it was clearly the effect of some dangerous [[dream magic|magics]], and scholars debate whether it represents the aftermath of a war or some more innocent m

...(or in some other remote location), and possesses important powers. Most scholars, however, dismiss her quest as a fool's errand. There are also claims that ...stellation]]s in the [[War of Stars]] as did most of their fellows. (Some scholars have tried to find meaning in or explanation for the fact that all three go

...a transformation is sometimes referred to as [[mental ananome]]. Not all scholars are content to consider this real ananome; many require actual physical int

...ught into Ses through the dreams of its denizens, from another cosmos some scholars call [[Goetogenia]]. [[Mage (Ses)|Mage]]s learn to manipulate their [[drea

...while, in northern Africa, such a high premium is placed on knowledge that scholars and researchers, while not holding official rulership positions, are so ven ...uclearth)|psionic]] endowments that others are said to possess, though few scholars claim to have discovered any reliable documentation that these alleged abil

...ied to "geisic", and that of the plural to "geisi" or "geasi", though many scholars still frown upon this heterography. ...s the [[falseworm]], that only exist as a result of broken geasa. Various scholars have postulated means of deducing what advantages a geis will convey that i

...rly utilize the term "eidopolis" are [[æalogist]]s and certain other scholars. ...hysics and geography changing to conform to that typical of Eidecia. Some scholars propose a slightly different model in which, rather than part of another wo

...]], and where most [[human]]s and other biotic [[folk]]s still live. Many scholars believe that Charos was the ''only'' plane of Ses before [[Gomar the Ancien ...g]]. Whether Gomara or Aramog is larger has not been determined, and some scholars theorize that they each make up exactly half the [[plane]], though the argu

In its more than a millennium of operation, the Ochamecon has produced scholars who have gone on to distinguish themselves in many different fields. Just

...once practiced by the Athweleny, so-called "[[circle magic]]", which some scholars now study and in which a few rare individuals have attained some proficienc

...le's defenders consider this contention hair-splitting, but there are some scholars who see it as a genuinely important distinction.

...sible for having created most of Dverelei's current planar structure, most scholars believe therefore that mortals actually existed first and somehow (perhaps

...nonhuman features, but they are substantially less common—leads many scholars to believe that it was originally human itself, or at least very humanlike. ...ource of food or perhaps just a side effect of some magical mistake. Some scholars have even suggested that Plex's native life has been [[spontaneous generati

...ally, there were a few lesser exchanges for some days thereafter, and some scholars claim that the true day the Day of Quiet should be celebrated on is [[Augus

...ater]] (though the sewers perhaps somewhat tenuously) has not been lost on scholars, though the reason for this, assuming it's not just coincidental, remain un

...begai keeps up long-term correspondences and friendships with some distant scholars with whom it trades information. In some cases, it pursues these relations

...s of people sacrificed to the Altar, there's no evidence of this, and most scholars discount this idea. They do certainly seem to be tied to the Altar in some

...re grown in its place to keep the number of Heavens constant), though many scholars dismiss this as a [[myth]].

...ayabouts, gourmands, and libertines are among them, but so are many driven scholars, goodhearted laborers, and others who don't fit the stereotypical Hedonist

...t must be solved to open them has been cited as supporting this idea, most scholars opine that the thought that the Stagehands are lurking somewhere waiting to

...orlds (and according to many stories created by Gomar Himself, though many scholars doubt that), the dark that enables [[dream mage]]s to cast their spells has

...uch attention? In any case, while Vell's fate remains unknown, no serious scholars now believe that Kir had anything to do with it, though there are many cons

The Academy's faculty includes many prominent scholars from various fields. Many of the institution's instructors are themselves

...In practice, however, this rule isn't followed consistently even by most scholars, and anyone speaking of a "weretoad" will have no difficulty being understo

...off for them. Among these provincial rustics, however, live sophisticated scholars who make their home there to have a good vantage point from which to observ

...arge for access to their libraries, or hire themselves out as advisers and scholars, or both. Some librarian branches own their own [[printing press]]es, and

...pursues a meandering course, but is so dim as to be barely visible. Some scholars have suggested that Ruj was once the brightest of Ufmarkt's sons but dimmed

...used is ultimately simply a type of dark—at least, according to many scholars. It is possible for [[mage]]s to create new darks, though it takes conside Although the exact enumeration of paths varies between scholars, the following seven paths are more or less universally agreed on:

.... (The name of Ijian itself is in fact used somewhat inconsistently among scholars either to refer to the devare as a whole or to refer specifically to the si

Most scholars believe that an ellogous being is necessarily sentient—that is, that

...ar to occupy. This could be a simple [[multum in parvo]] effect, and many scholars believe it's just that, but others think the dungeons occupy another [[plan

...nd no instrumentation has been able to reliably detect its contents. Many scholars think it likely that there's nothing special there anyway, that it's just a

...he largest [[library]] on Numlle not associated with a [[university]], and scholars often visit the station for the sole purpose of perusing its stacks. The [

...igion]]s, for example, or one definition may be used by [[scientist]]s and scholars and another by laymen. The inaccordance in the different year measurements

...matters. The [[Warriors' Council]] deals with the city's defense. The [[Scholars' Council]] makes decisions regarding education. The [[Clerics' Council]] a

...[aoedeology]], though this term is relatively little-used. (There are few scholars who study only spells to the exclusion of other forms of magic.)

...s evidence of even older supers, the oldest known super of whose existence scholars are relatively confident was either [[Siddhrannama]] of [[Wikipedia:Vedic p

*[[Clerisiarchy]] - Rule by sages or scholars

...al. And indeed, except in the case of [[extinct language]]s known only to scholars deciphering ancient texts, it is quite rare for someone to be fully convers ...te, objective dividing point between a quasilanguage and a true language. Scholars variously date the development of true language on [[Earth]] anywhere from

...ers of people; universities and [[library|libraries]] may provide jobs for scholars, and so forth. More so than smaller communities, however, cities may subsi