Grant
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Garon Whited:
Did Eric become a wizard when was made a vampire or did he have the ability all along and simply lacked the knowledge and belief needed to do anything with it. I ask because no other vampire in the series gains magic by becoming a vampire unless you count Mary but I am not sure she counts. She did get her powers from Erick's blood and she already had weird psychic voodoo powers of her own right?
Garon Whited
Eric hasn't obtained a definitive answer on this, but here goes: He started out as a talented human being. Sadly, in a world with little to no magic, he never had the opportunity to find out! Becoming a vampire put him in breakthrough, temporarily magnifying his mortal abilities, then leveled out into a more regular level of wizard strength. Over time, he's grown in power--as wizards do, and as vampires do.
Mary also had decades of being her own kind of vampire, but no training as a wizard. Many parts of her ability list were magnified by Eric's blood, but she--and all Thessaloniki--have the *capacity* to be wizards. They simply don't have either the training or--as is common with most people--the drive to pursue it. Anyone can be a rocket scientist... but how many people are willing to work that hard to be one?
Mary also had decades of being her own kind of vampire, but no training as a wizard. Many parts of her ability list were magnified by Eric's blood, but she--and all Thessaloniki--have the *capacity* to be wizards. They simply don't have either the training or--as is common with most people--the drive to pursue it. Anyone can be a rocket scientist... but how many people are willing to work that hard to be one?
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Decode
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Garon Whited:
Since the time line is approaching book 1 is Eric gonna visit his best friend Travis that helped him during that time? if I remember correctly by the time He made it back to his ordinal world Travis had died already(I think via old age). of course this is assuming he survives the next book.
David
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Garon Whited:
Reading book 8, Eric makes it pretty clear that building a sun is among the last jobs he’d ever want to do. Understandable, he is a vampire after all. But it got me wondering - in an Earth timeline that Eric was living in what would be some of the absolute last professions he’d want to choose? Being a garbage man? A professional wrestler? A Doctor? What does he most dread as a day (or night) job?
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