Part Two The Three Corners
Part Two
The Three Corners
Take, for instance, a light bringer. How bright is the light? (Efficacy.) How much recovery time and sustenance does the bringer
need before they can produce another? (Vigor.) How long will the light last? (Permanence.) A light bringer who can create
multiple bright lights that last all night is a powerful magician indeed!
—from the foreword to Alamandron’s Unabridged Catalog of Gifts, Volume Four
We distinguish between the royal Gifts and trivial Gifts in that the former clearly mark the possessor as an inheritor of
noble blood. This is not the sole indicator of importance, however. In the right circumstances, even a trivial Gift can change
the course of history.
—from A Philosophy of Gifts by Hallgeir the Weaver