Of course, Master Mage Wang had another possibility in mind, one he did not voice.
In other universes, those who took Ancient One's place, aside from being important figures at Time Nodes, were most likely scapegoats standing in for someone else.
Kamar-Taj's original magic was a form of Lending Magic. The strength of a spell depended entirely on the total amount and nature of the Dimensional Power borrowed. Since it was Lending Magic, there naturally had to be a repayment period.
Dimensional Power inclined toward chaos and darkness would most likely try to collect both principal and interest the instant you borrowed it. Dimensional Power inclined toward neutrality and order generally extended the repayment period to the end of a mage's life. After all, the lifespan of a human mage from Kamar-Taj was not worth mentioning in the eyes of those Dimensional Demon Gods. They had all the patience in the world.
Yet regardless of the Dimensional Power involved, aside from the differing repayment dates, the price paid by Kamar-Taj's mages was always the same. Whether it was a little more or a little less, everything you possessed would ultimately fall into the hands of the Dimensional Demon God from whom you had borrowed power.
Ancient One's case was different. She moved among the major Dimensional Demon Gods and, aside from the White Magic of the Trinity Vishanti bound to Kamar-Taj itself, had borrowed power from numerous enormous dimensions.
To put it bluntly, even if Ancient One had done nothing else, once she died, those tangled lending relationships alone would have become a Bad Debt headache for anyone who looked at it. Unless someone capable of controlling the situation stepped in, every qualified creditor would join the scramble for her soul, knowledge, and the value she represented. They would most