This Chapter (Chapter 7) was intended to contain a section clarifying the uses and application of the magic in Avalon; It does not. The reason for this was there was simply too much exposition in this chapter. Finch and Pixel explain much of the inner workings of Avalon to Chloe as well as the gender discussions mentioned in the previous post. I thought of adding another few pages that outline how/when the fairies and muses use their magic, but there was just no room.
So, we wait until Chapter 8 for the explanation. Here is a quick cheat sheet though, if you are interested.
The core of magical energy that powers all of Avalon flows in and out of our world and theirs. The fairies have found a way to harness this energy for a few different uses.
The first is as a simple power source similar to electricity. This fuels Avalon and all of their technology. Having access to such power for so much longer than humans is responsible for a good deal of the advanced instruments and machinery seen within Avalon.
The second is elemental magic. Each of the fairies is able to manipulate one of the four elements by controlling the magical sources inherit in each. They do so with varying degrees of success and proficiency. All fairies have access to only one of the elemental magics. For example Finch uses Earth Magic, and Basil Fire magic. The muses have power over all four.
The third and most powerful is wish magic. The ancient contract with the gods that allows every human to have one wish answered when they first plead aloud three times for something. If you have been following Claviger, you know much of the story pivots around Finch’s failure to answer Chloe’s wish. We have learned that much of this scenario was set in place by Lancelot in order to create a Claviger and find away into Avalon. Lancelot himself is the one other wish failed to be granted when the muses refused to give him the sword Excalibur.
Perhaps wish magic is powerful enough that events will shift and change until the wish is granted, even without the help of a Wishkeeper?
