"It was said that at the birth of the multiverse, all was chaos. The gods used the stars as pens to divide the planes and carve the first magical runes into the void."
"Every celestial body is unique. Fixed stars—what people commonly call suns—are natural energy nodes. Their light contains pure primordial magic, an energy ancient elves called 'Light of Selandil.'"
After saying this, Veronica wrote a line of elegant characters on the blackboard beside her. "Dragons, meanwhile, call it Starfire Power."
"This may be difficult to understand, but there are many suns in the universe. They are too far away to bring light and heat to Faerûn, yet the powerful primordial energy they carry truly exists and can even spill over onto other planets."
"But dragons were far too lazy. Their innate abilities and the world-destroying power they gained simply by sleeping meant they never studied the natural energy within nature very deeply. Then the dragon civil war gave the elves their chance to rise. These slender creatures, blessed with considerable wisdom, studied the dragons' primitive, almost instinctive methods of wielding magic, and the first concrete magical system was formally born."
"Over tens of thousands of years, magical systems continued to advance. When the age of humans arrived, many of our predecessors conducted utterly inhumane and immoral magical experiments to overcome humanity's naturally short lifespan and other limitations. Many magical beasts were born as a result."
"Though it was deeply inhumane, magic also advanced fastest during those few thousand years. Our predecessors passed down those precious experiences; some were discarded, some hidden away, and some spells were even personally sealed by The Lady of Magic. Some say half the disasters on this continent were caused by gods, while the other half were caused by mages. Honestly, that isn't wrong."