Kamar-Taj: Mortal Casualties
Within the surging tide that radiated a filthy light, a blazing star moved at an unimaginable speed. Yet in this dimension, which possessed neither vectors nor gravity, so-called movement was merely a subjective sensation. There was no gravitational well of the Material Universe around this psionic star, yet the incorporeal Aether spirits were still inexorably drawn toward it, burned to ash and reduced to the most primordial, purest Aether Energy.
The raging Aether Wave filled every inch of Kamar-Taj's air. Even the simplest divination spells for probing fate required far more focus and energy than before, while the disorderly flames and thunderbolts had become so powerful that they were nearly out of control. The Arcanists had initially wanted to investigate the cause, but the moment their second sight extended into the Sea of Aether and briefly touched the edge of the psionic star's corona, their brains could suffer physical injury.
This was a natural psionic phenomenon. Throughout history, very few people had been capable of causing such a phenomenon. In Kamar-Taj's history, only Agamotto, Merlin, and the current Sorcerer Supreme had ever been able to trigger such a psionic tide. It meant that a person with such psionic talent did not need a physical body to sustain life; the body was merely a vessel that bound psionic power. Commanding wind and rain, moving mountains and filling seas—such feats were effortless to someone like that. Yet what sent a chill down Mordo's spine was that he could not find even a trace of the Sorcerer Supreme's presence in the Sea of Aether with his sixth sense. This was not ordinary nonexistence, nor a mathematical empty set, but complete nonexistence—as if she had been swallowed by the Aether Wave and dragged into the abyss of the Seabed, vanishing without