The Wit

Item from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb

The Old Blood magic — the ability to bond with animals, sharing mind and heart, persecuted as beastly perversion by a kingdom that fears what it doesn't understand.

Also known as: The Wit, Old Blood Magic, Beast Magic

What They Know

• Wit-bonds create shared consciousness between human and animal — each gains from the other
• The danger of the Wit is losing yourself in your bond animal, becoming more beast than human
• Old Blood communities have practiced the Wit openly for centuries, predating the persecution
• The Piebald movement seeks Wit-users' rights through violent means
• Wit-users can sense Forged ones as 'holes' in the web of life — empty spaces where a person should be
• The Wit and the Skill are not opposing magics — Fitz possesses both, and the combination creates unique abilities

Connections

• wielded_by — fitz
• wielded_by — burrich
• wielded_by — web
• wielded_by — nighteyes
• persecuted_in — six-duchies

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