Book One – Chapter 3

Yves had spent years mastering glass and light magic, and he refined his illusions with every day. There were, of course, periods where he did absolutely nothing with his life, but Yves did well to omit these weeks from his memory when looking back on his training. He was not always good at life, but he was good at magic. In his reality, he was adept at compressing light and using the properties of glass to amplify and focus his magic, generating devastating attacks that could shatter the very fabric of an opponent’s reality. He would create complex illusions and that were both beautiful and deadly. The magic he used was not just limited to visual effects. He could create illusions of sounds, smells and touch.

Now he needed to adapt his knowledge to the unique properties and energies of this dimension. He was a Lightshifter. He was disposed to master this plane. This world was already fractured. All of this was shards and light. All of this was glass and light magic. All of this was possible.

Standing within the narrow tunnel, Yves raised his hands and touched the thick, impenetrable grey masses to his right and left. He would block the narrow passage that connected the lighthouse with the continent by pulling the solid sides to a close. To change and destroy the tunnel, he had to find a way to connect with the fractured barriers that were its walls, to feel them with his magical energy and influence them. He simultaneously needed to grasp and distinguish, mentally and magically, what was shards and what was light. Yves could extend his senses but struggled to do so with his energy. He recognised the walls, their weight, their texture, and their shape. But he could not get a hold on them. His magical energy slipped off them like water off a duck’s back. It was so difficult because this was not his original body. He was physically reduced to a fractured shadow being. Like an infant, he had spent years learning to see and to walk. Like a child wizard practicing to cast magic for the first time, Yves had to re-learn how to consciously direct his innate energy and how to extend his range of influence beyond this altered physical form.