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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