PART XVII - SEQUENCE OF MAGIC

Xinchaine, Daughter of the Sunset Valley Tribe, ran across the practice area, diving behind a makeshift barrier of logs. Ten meters away was a similar barrier. Xin poked her head up and nodded sharply to the ground two meters away, calling Shaman power. Her twelve-faced Totem, topped with a beacon of Life, formed in an instant at the directed location.

From behind the opposite defense, a target dummy popped up, wearing a burlap sack as clothing. With almost no thought given, Xin raised her hand, calling forth her spell.

ELEMENTAL BOLT - LIGHTNING

There was a sharp crack as tendrils of electricity shot from Xin’s hand, striking and shattering the wood-frame target. A moment later, another target snapped upwards. This time, Xin called to her Totem.

ELEMENTAL BLAST - FIRE

Xin’s Totem belched forth a narrow cone of immolating fire, blasted out from one of the Dragon faces. As the inferno cleared, the target was left smoking, with small flames still burning in a few places on the exposed wood frame. The burlap sack that had been covering the target was gone, turned to ash.

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For the final spell in this exercise sequence, Xin again commanded her Totem, calling this time on the forces of Life.

HEALING PULSE

The Totem complied, and Xin could feel a soft ‘thump’ through the ground as power poured out from it in an ever-growing sphere. As the effects flowed over and through her, they seemed to touch her very core, leaving a sense of blissful contentedness. She was uninjured, though, so the spell had no physical effects. But if she, or anyone else close by had been, minor cuts, scrapes and bruises would have been healed by her Totem’s Shamanic magics. Slowly, the Lizardkin stood, looking through the clearing smoke to her Trainers for their evaluation.

“Very good!” Trainer Cheena said, bouncing slightly and lightly clapping. “I can see your training as a Spearmaster in how you moved. We must try again, but get you a spear to use as part of the exercise, and incorporate Elemental Weapon into the sequence.”

“You were adequate,” Maugra quietly grunted, waving her hand dismissively. Her voice came out as a soft, hoarse, barely audible croak, and explained why she used Cheena as an interpreter. Maugra lightly slapped Cheena’s arm to get her attention and began to sign.

“Oh, of course,” Cheena said apologetically. Speaking for Maugra, she said, “Clear the field and reset the targets! Who is next?”