Category:Bound Spells

Bound (or enchantment) spells are spells which tie æther to a object to enhance its power. Although the æther may be removed from the object using complex magic it will not normally leave the object.

Portal
Portals are theoretical teleportation devices that transport a user from one point to another instantaneously simply by walking through it. No instances of portals are known to exist

Pre-535 work
When Odo 'the maverick' wrote his report into portals in 218 PA he only had two copies made, one for the Pleitsdorf library and one for the guild library. The work was quickly forgotten until a student by the name of Anselm dug it up in an attempt to prove that 'theoretical magic' was worth studying and posted a letter referencing it to all of their friends. Some of those then brought it up and before long it had reached the desk of the eminent Eckbert who wrote a letter saying that it was impossible and a good demonstration of why time should not be wasted on theoretical magic. Odo pointed out that he was engaging with the magic theoretically and thereby admitting that it did have a place.

At this point Anselm made a speech analysing the dialogue which received the attention of a dwarf who was interested in the area and who sent messages through his network and thus grew it to a known subject amongst dwarven scholars. The interest that this created meant that their was enough funding to copy the original essay and post it to guilds outside of Pleitsdorf. It then became the subject of an academic debate over its potential existence which Odo left due to its complexity and publicity.

It was at this point Otis Picot entered the fray. He stated that certain oblique Earthen records were referring to portals. Now this was all well and good while it was academic but when he suggested that he might be able to find such a portal most of the humans dismissed him as a thrill seeker. The dwarves however were willing to fund the exploration. When he returned he and the people he had travelled with seemed changed and refused to discuss the portal. Most of the humans put him down as a fraud but the dwarves provided him with a house to settle down in.

The work became well known and eventually made it into Famous Magical Essays: The Comprehensive Guide in 304 meaning that it ended up being known about by most magicians.