The Water of Felarya

While I was writing, one of my characters drunk from a river. It got me to thinking...

Does the water have any effects comparable to the soil? Even if magic didn't seep into the water as it did with the soil, flowing rivers dissolve a lot of their bed, which means that a lot of this magical soil would be a component of the water.

I'm sure beings in the wilderness often drink directly from rivers and springs and the like. Living on the soil is one thing, but what benefits would come from consuming it? No one would actually eat the dirt, but dirt dissolved in drinking water would often find its way into the bellies of all living beings on Felarya.


tl;dr version: Is the water as epic as the soil, either because of the same reason the soil is, or because the soil is in it?

AisuKaiko wrote:

While I was writing, one of my characters drunk from a river. It got me to thinking...

Does the water have any effects comparable to the soil? Even if magic didn't seep into the water as it did with the soil, flowing rivers dissolve a lot of their bed, which means that a lot of this magical soil would be a component of the water.

I'm sure beings in the wilderness often drink directly from rivers and springs and the like. Living on the soil is one thing, but what benefits would come from consuming it? No one would actually eat the dirt, but dirt dissolved in drinking water would often find its way into the bellies of all living beings on Felarya.


tl;dr version: Is the water as epic as the soil, either because of the same reason the soil is, or because the soil is in it?

This is a very interesting question, one that I don't think has been asked before.

I could totally see the water having a healing effect similar to, but lesser than, the soil. There are some interesting implications to watch out for though, one being that if the minerals in the soil contain the magic themselves then evaporating the water would leave behind minerals (like calcite), concentrating all of that magic into a small space. Basically if you evaporated enough water you would end up with really potent, water soluble, pill sized healing crystals. Another implication would be that sedimentary formations (assuming they (and tectonic plates) exist on Felarya) like limestone, gypsum, and halite (rock-salt), would essentially be giant veins of easily mined concentrated magic. Yet another implication is that if the water or the minerals in the water are magical, people that drink the water would become magical as well, by two processes. Process one is the fact that the human body is mostly made of water, so if we drink some magical water then we are partially made of magical water. Process two is the fact that the human body incorporates minerals from the food and water we consume into our bones and teeth; fluoridation works on this principle. Because of this people who live on Felarya for any length of time would start getting magical elements incorporated into their bones and teeth, and the longer they were there, the more magical elements. Given that you will live forever if you aren't eaten, some of the longest living creatures ought to have bones that are totally made of magical elements and thus would presumably be really magically potent.

I can see it now, using the thigh bone of a 200 year old neko (don't ask how it survived that long) as the base of a magical wand, with a large calcite crystal embedded in the top, all done because of these item's extremely concentrated magical nature.

this is pretty interestin. now i have a good way to incorporate magic into my story. gotta love yalls wicked minds of comprehension. no stone left unturned. but heres the thing. if they began to drink the water and add to their magical element, then what element would they gain? you would think, for example: if they just drank the water then they would gain some kind of water magic of the sort. now would there be other ways to gain another element such as fire, ice, wind, lightning, etc.?

Good points with the minerals in the water remaining in the body. Finally, all those video games where you can refill your mana by drinking make sense! If you're exhausted from using a lot of magic, drinking some water can give you a "quick fix".

I like this idea a lot. A spring that had it's source in an rich vein of ascarlin crystal would certainly have interesting story potentional.

So that's where the Fountain of Youth was. Felarya.

(And I expect the Fountain of Breast Enlargement is there too)

Also I guess if this is the case the fish in Felarya would be really healthy too-even magical

Oldman40k2003 wrote:

AisuKaiko wrote:

While I was writing, one of my characters drunk from a river. It got me to thinking...

Does the water have any effects comparable to the soil? Even if magic didn't seep into the water as it did with the soil, flowing rivers dissolve a lot of their bed, which means that a lot of this magical soil would be a component of the water.

I'm sure beings in the wilderness often drink directly from rivers and springs and the like. Living on the soil is one thing, but what benefits would come from consuming it? No one would actually eat the dirt, but dirt dissolved in drinking water would often find its way into the bellies of all living beings on Felarya.


tl;dr version: Is the water as epic as the soil, either because of the same reason the soil is, or because the soil is in it?

This is a very interesting question, one that I don't think has been asked before.

I could totally see the water having a healing effect similar to, but lesser than, the soil. There are some interesting implications to watch out for though, one being that if the minerals in the soil contain the magic themselves then evaporating the water would leave behind minerals (like calcite), concentrating all of that magic into a small space. Basically if you evaporated enough water you would end up with really potent, water soluble, pill sized healing crystals. Another implication would be that sedimentary formations (assuming they (and tectonic plates) exist on Felarya) like limestone, gypsum, and halite (rock-salt), would essentially be giant veins of easily mined concentrated magic. Yet another implication is that if the water or the minerals in the water are magical, people that drink the water would become magical as well, by two processes. Process one is the fact that the human body is mostly made of water, so if we drink some magical water then we are partially made of magical water. Process two is the fact that the human body incorporates minerals from the food and water we consume into our bones and teeth; fluoridation works on this principle. Because of this people who live on Felarya for any length of time would start getting magical elements incorporated into their bones and teeth, and the longer they were there, the more magical elements. Given that you will live forever if you aren't eaten, some of the longest living creatures ought to have bones that are totally made of magical elements and thus would presumably be really magically potent.

I can see it now, using the thigh bone of a 200 year old neko (don't ask how it survived that long) as the base of a magical wand, with a large calcite crystal embedded in the top, all done because of these item's extremely concentrated magical nature.

I partly addressed the mineral in the soil part as a small crystal called Aether. Sue me for unoriginality.

That's a very interesting twist indeed. Though perhaps the healing properties of the water would be so diffuse that it adds little compared to what you get from the ambiant magic emanating from the ground?

Ah, interesting. I like the idea of the magic building up in the body. Perhaps those that often drink this water would eventually gain some sort of magical potential regardless of their race? Or maybe it just sits there without any ability to use it. Hmmm...

AisuKaiko wrote:

Ah, interesting. I like the idea of the magic building up in the body. Perhaps those that often drink this water would eventually gain some sort of magical potential regardless of their race? Or maybe it just sits there without any ability to use it. Hmmm...

Well-that explains Vivian's chest. It's a mana store.

Like others said I think it's a very interesting subject I imagine that depending on the type of ground that make the bed of a river you could have different effects.
And now I'm thinking that one of the reason the Sagoilan were essentially a people made of mages was maybe because either the Jadong lake or the Shard river are especially magic rich

dont ya just love how things come together? hahaha

Hmm...maybe that's why Vivian hangs out at the waterfalls...

hehe possibly

if different rivers in felarya have different effects, it could also help support a reason why creatures who live in different areas are prone to different magical abilities themselves.

Yeah, I could see the water having certain magical qualities based on the amount of magic in the land it cuts through. Perhaps the mountains over the Chordoni Falls have some special effect that Vivian favors... >__>

So will it has the same property as people use food and drink from Felarya, including plants which absorbs directly the soil and water, animals that eats these plants or other animals?

AisuKaiko wrote:

Yeah, I could see the water having certain magical qualities based on the amount of magic in the land it cuts through. Perhaps the mountains over the Chordoni Falls have some special effect that Vivian favors... >__>

so everyone in that area is saturated in an aura of fanserviceness? XD

Well I added that part into the main page, along with the Felaryan ground

Okay, thanks much, Karbo ^^

And i wonder if the soil at the bed of the Fairy Pond might have any special qualities.