Maybe as Christain says, and I accept that.
Maybe WMDs become much more destructive and destroy civilization?
In that case, why not change major historical events to reflect the fact of the Arcane.
Many scientific facts would definately change, but I could probably never describe the destruction caused by the "Arcane-Nuclear Bombs". Too Fallout-esque? Probably. But It's more and more likely to happen as I continue to flesh out the details.
Ideas of changed historical moments in history:
* "Warlocks" or "Witches" working for both the Union and the Confederacy, causing the war to end in a stalemate?
* English are overwhelmed by "Mages" during the Revolutionary War?
* The Cold War actually becoming an actual war?
Many things could happen.
EDIT: Could I find some way to explain Arcane magic within humanity as a scientific phenomenon? And what about the Enchanted Weaponry that Christain mentioned? I should think about these things for the third part of this post.
EDIT: I did an Internet search, and found that this sort of idea is considered to be an ArcanePunk (similar to steampunk, but with magic and real-life technology). Look it up.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Arcane Magics
Well, this is just an idea that I had yesterday. What if, to use a very well-used cliche, magic exsisted?
The Arcane is already quite "mysterious", but I thought for a while.
I acctually then began to set in my mind that human beings would use it to THEIR OWN advantages, thus changing history as it went along.
I also determined that only certain people would have enough patience to learn to unlock the power (possibly one out of 64 people could learn Arcana), and history could be saved.
That still leaves around 101,562,500 human beings of the Earth's population that can learn and/or study the Arcana.
Dividing that number by 500, and you get 203,125 humans that can use Arcana without studying (called, "Sorcerers", no less).
What I can't get my mind around, is the question of how human civilization could evolve around Arcane magics. How could history be changed? Would the world be for better or for worse with Arcane magic?
The Arcane is already quite "mysterious", but I thought for a while.
I acctually then began to set in my mind that human beings would use it to THEIR OWN advantages, thus changing history as it went along.
I also determined that only certain people would have enough patience to learn to unlock the power (possibly one out of 64 people could learn Arcana), and history could be saved.
That still leaves around 101,562,500 human beings of the Earth's population that can learn and/or study the Arcana.
Dividing that number by 500, and you get 203,125 humans that can use Arcana without studying (called, "Sorcerers", no less).
What I can't get my mind around, is the question of how human civilization could evolve around Arcane magics. How could history be changed? Would the world be for better or for worse with Arcane magic?
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