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:: The craft has just gotten an unfair reputation because of a few outside incidents.
: '''How does it work? Is it powered by the gods?'''
:: No. Well... everything is powered by the gods, right?And there's an old elven story that says all the elven gods worked together to create weather: Irhetsu gave us wind, Arisetsu gave us warmth, Laeth gave us seasonal variations, and so on.:: But weather witching isn't a priesthood. We don't need to worship any gods. We just take advantage of the systems the gods have created.:: '''So its' a magical system?''':: Right! We study the way the magic of weather works so that we can manipulate it. We're more like fire mages than priests! Learning weather magic takes many years of study and experimentation, because it works differently for every practitioner.:: '''It works differently for different people?''':: Right. Listen to me carefully, this is important: weather witching is about manipulating the weather. It's not about creating the weather. We change the weather, we don't create it!:: That's the fundamental reason our magic is so potent, actually. We don't need to create a tornado from nothing: we just have to spin some air around.:: But environmental manipulation magic is always delicate, because we are a part of that environment! This is especially important for flight.
: '''How do weather witches fly?'''
:: To fly, you simply turn part of your body into wind. Easy as that!
:: Every novice weather witch yearns to fly, to be one with the wind and clouds. But it takes a while to master. There are three main things that will hold you back...
:: '''What are these three things?'''
:: The first hurdle is the magic of flight itself. You'll soon learn basic tempest magic, which will let you glide a bit, but it will still take a tremendous amount of concentration. As you master weather witching, you'll learn better and better tempest flight techniques.
:: Think of the first version of Tempest Flight as training wings.
:: '''Okay, what's the next hurdle?'''
:: The second hurdle is Tempest Energy. You store this in your body, and it's used up when you activate the tempest. You'll need to fill your body with tempest energy to fly, and refill it when it runs out.
:: The easiest way to refill your tempest energy is physical exertion: using weather magic in combat!
:: '''And what's the final hurdle to flight?'''
:: The last hurdle is your own body. It can only store so much tempest energy. At first, you will be very limited. There are exercises, meditations, rites, and secret techniques to increase your maximum. I can even teach a few of them!
: '''Tell me about the tornadoes around here.'''
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