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* ElaborateUniversityHigh: UNC’s Early College program. The main characters are high school age, but going to UNCz Thus, they’re of them age of the typical YA demographic (16-18 years old), but can attend UNC.
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* ElaborateUniversityHigh: UNC’s Early College program. The program allows for the main characters are to be of high school age, but going to UNCz Thus, they’re of them age of the a typical YA demographic (16-18 years old), but can attend UNC.away from their parents (mostly) and attending full university classes.
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* KillAndReplace: In the book's climax, [[spoiler: it's revealed that Evan Cooper, the Squire to Fitz in the Line of Bors, had been killed months prior and impersonated by a Shadowborn demon--a goruchel. The demon's motive is to become close to Nick in order to kill him.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sel wipes people's memories whenever they see something supernatural. The fact he does this to Bree multiple times and every time she breaks through it the second she experiences pain is one of the first signs she has special powers.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sel wipes people's memories whenever they see something supernatural. The fact he does this to Bree multiple times and every time she breaks through it the second she experiences pain is one of the first signs she has special powers.
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* KillAndReplace: In the first book's climax, [[spoiler: it's revealed that Evan Cooper, the Squire to Fitz in the Line of Bors, had been killed months prior and impersonated by a Shadowborn demon--a goruchel. The demon's motive is to become close to Nick in order to kill him.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sel wipes people's memories whenever they see something supernatural. The fact he does this to Bree multipletimes and every time she breaks times. Her ability to break through it the second she experiences pain is one of the first signs she has special powers.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sel wipes people's memories whenever they see something supernatural. The fact he does this to Bree multiple
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* LoveTriangle: Bree and Nick have clear and mutual romantic interest in each other, [[spoiler:but as they grow to know and understand each other, Bree finds herself attracted to Sel, and he calls her "cariad" meaning "love".]] Additionally, [[spoiler: Sel and Nick are magically bonded, and Sel admits he has previously had romantic feelings for Nick.]]
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* LoveTriangle: Bree and Nick have clear and mutual romantic interest in each other, [[spoiler:but as they grow to know and understand each other, Bree also finds herself attracted to Sel, and he calls her "cariad" meaning "love".]] Additionally, [[spoiler: Sel and Nick are magically bonded, and Sel admits he has previously had romantic feelings for Nick.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseEducation: [[RuleOfDrama The author took a few deliberate liberties]] with UNC Chapel Hill, and explained them in the afterword. For starters, it has no Early College program like what Bree and her friends are admitted to. She also moved the Unsung Founders Memorial, added mausoleums to the cemetery, and renamed the Confederate soldiers' memorial Silent Sam[[note]]which was torn down by protestors two years before the book was published and its pedestal then demolished by the university[[/note]] the "Carr statue" (after Julian Carr, the historical white supremacist UNC trustee who spoke at the real Silent Sam's inauguration).
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* ArtisticLicenseEducation: [[RuleOfDrama The author took a few deliberate liberties]] with UNC Chapel Hill, and explained them in the afterword. For starters, it has no Early College program like what Bree and her friends are admitted to. She also moved the Unsung Founders Memorial, Memorial (which remembers slaves formerly owned by the university and its personnel) to a location more useful to the first book's story, added mausoleums to the cemetery, and renamed the Confederate soldiers' memorial Silent Sam[[note]]which was torn down by protestors two years before the book was published and its pedestal then demolished by the university[[/note]] the "Carr statue" (after Julian Carr, the historical white supremacist UNC trustee who spoke at the real Silent Sam's inauguration).
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* {{Excalibur}}: This being a fantasy series based on Arthurian legend, of course Excalibur was bound to show up. In this case, Excalibur is [[spoiler: an aether weapon that is so strong it is permanently corporeal, and every time a scion of Arthur wields the sword its power magnifies exponentially]]. The sword is locked in stone [[spoiler: in the tunnels beneath the university campus, in the cave known as ''ogof y ddraig'' (Welsh for "cave of the dragon")]]. Naturally, only Arthur and his descendants are able to wield the sword, and its taking up is [[spoiler: a sign that Camlann has begun, which happens when Bree is the one to release the sword]].
* ExcaliburInTheStone: Played straight, with the actual TropeNamer, Excalibur.
* ExcaliburInTheStone: Played straight, with the actual TropeNamer, Excalibur.
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* {{Excalibur}}: This being a fantasy series based on Arthurian legend, of course Excalibur was bound to show up. In this case, Excalibur is [[spoiler: an aether weapon that is so strong it is permanently corporeal, and every time a scion of Arthur wields the sword its power magnifies exponentially]].
* ExcaliburInTheStone: Played straight, with the actual TropeNamer, Excalibur. The sword is locked in stone [[spoiler: in the tunnels beneath the university campus, in the cave known as ''ogof y ddraig'' (Welsh for "cave of the dragon")]]. Naturally, only Arthur and his descendants are able to wield the sword, and its taking up is [[spoiler: a sign that Camlann has begun, which happens when Bree is the one to release the sword]]. \n* ExcaliburInTheStone: Played straight, with the actual TropeNamer, Excalibur.
* ExcaliburInTheStone: Played straight, with the actual TropeNamer, Excalibur. The sword is locked in stone [[spoiler: in the tunnels beneath the university campus, in the cave known as ''ogof y ddraig'' (Welsh for "cave of the dragon")]]. Naturally, only Arthur and his descendants are able to wield the sword, and its taking up is [[spoiler: a sign that Camlann has begun, which happens when Bree is the one to release the sword]].
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''Legendborn'' is a fantasy novel by Tracy Deonn. Called "a modern day twist on Arthurian legend," it follows a Black teenage girl who discovers a secret historically white magic society while attending a UNC-Chapel Hill residential pre-college program. The book is the first in the ''Legendborn'' series.
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''Legendborn'' is a fantasy YoungAdult UrbanFantasy novel by Tracy Deonn. Called "a modern day twist on Arthurian legend," it follows a Black teenage girl who discovers a secret historically white magic society while attending a UNC-Chapel Hill residential pre-college program. The book is the first in the ''Legendborn'' series.
* ArtisticLicenseEducation: [[RuleOfDrama The author took a few deliberate liberties]] with UNC Chapel Hill, and explained them in the afterword. For starters, it has no Early College program like what Bree and her friends are admitted to. She also moved the Unsung Founders Memorial, added mausoleums to the cemetery, and renamed the Confederate soldiers' memorial Silent Sam[[note]]which was torn down by protestors two years before the book was published and its pedestal then demolished by the university[[/note]] the "Carr statue" (after Julian Carr, the historical white supremacist UNC trustee who spoke at the real Silent Sam's inauguration).
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* LoveTriangle: Bree and Nick have clear and mutual romantic interest in each other, [[spoiler:but as they grow to know and understand each other, Bree finds herself attracted to Sel, and he calls her "cariad" meaning "love".]]
** Additionally, [[spoiler: Sel and Nick are magically bonded, and Sel admits he has previously had romantic feelings for Nick.]]
** Additionally, [[spoiler: Sel and Nick are magically bonded, and Sel admits he has previously had romantic feelings for Nick.]]
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* LoveTriangle: Bree and Nick have clear and mutual romantic interest in each other, [[spoiler:but as they grow to know and understand each other, Bree finds herself attracted to Sel, and he calls her "cariad" meaning "love".]]
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Merlin (the wizard from King Arthur's times) was part human and part demon. Any descendant of Merlin possesses his magical abilities, enhanced senses and endurance but also possesses the demon part of him. According to Sel, "the darkness of the underworld and the light of the living shouldn't exist in one body", and so the older a Merlin gets, the more likely they are to succumb to their evil demonic nature.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Merlin (the wizard from King Arthur's times) was part human and part demon. Any descendant of Merlin possesses his magical abilities, enhanced senses and endurance but also possesses the demon part of him. According to Sel, "the darkness of the underworld and the light of the living shouldn't exist in one body", and so the older a Merlin gets, the more likely they are to succumb to their evil demonic nature.nature.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Davis will never be King because Bree is actually David’s Scion, and she pulls out Excalibur to prove it.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Davis will never be King because Bree is actually David’s Arthur’s Scion, and she pulls out Excalibur to prove it.]]
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* PlotIncitingInfidelity: [[spoiler:The Scion of Arthur’s wife had an affair with the Scion of Lancelot, making Nick Lancelot’s descendent, not Arthur. The Scion of Arthur raped an enslaved woman, Bree’s ancestor. Thus, the reason for Bree’s mysterious powers is because she’s Arthur’s descendent.]]
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* PlotIncitingInfidelity: [[spoiler:The Scion of Arthur’s wife had an affair with the Scion of Lancelot, making Nick Lancelot’s descendent, descendant, not Arthur. The Scion of Arthur raped an enslaved woman, Bree’s ancestor. Thus, the reason for Bree’s mysterious powers is because she’s Arthur’s descendent.descendant.]]
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* SchoolClubFront: They use their collegiate secret society to cover up the fact they’re really demon-hunters.
* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: The Round Table protects UNC from demons.
* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: The Round Table protects UNC from demons.
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* SneakingOutAtNight: The book begins when Alice and Bree are at a quarry in Eno River State Park. Sneaking out is instant expulsion from Early College program.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Davis will never be King because Bree is actually David’s Scion, and she pulls out Excalibur to prove it.]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Bree has a therapist, Patricia, who is also knowledgeable about magic.
* TrueSight: Most [[{{Muggle}} Onceborns]] cannot see magic or demons. Once Pages make their pledge, it gives them True Sight so they can. However, Bree already has True Sight, mysteriously.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Despite all the Legendborn drama, they still have to keep up their classes. [[spoiler:Subverted in the second book.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Davis will never be King because Bree is actually David’s Scion, and she pulls out Excalibur to prove it.]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Bree has a therapist, Patricia, who is also knowledgeable about magic.
* TrueSight: Most [[{{Muggle}} Onceborns]] cannot see magic or demons. Once Pages make their pledge, it gives them True Sight so they can. However, Bree already has True Sight, mysteriously.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Despite all the Legendborn drama, they still have to keep up their classes. [[spoiler:Subverted in the second book.]]
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** Played straight with Bree’s father. When Bree is acting out of character after first coming to campus, he finds her a good therapist. He also comes to check on her at school.
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** Played straight with Bree’s father. When Bree is acting out of character after first coming to campus, he finds her a good therapist. He also comes to check on her.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: in the book, the Round Table is a magical secret society of legacies from King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Its headquarters are a castle in Battle Park forest reserve. Round Table is based on the real-life UNC secret society the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Gimghoul Order of Gimghoul]], a UNC Secret Society which follows the ideals of Arthurian chivalry. The castle in the Battle Park forest reserve, is the headquarters of the Order of Gimghoul.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: in In the book, the Round Table is a magical secret society of legacies from King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Its headquarters are a castle in Battle Park forest reserve. Round Table is based on the real-life UNC secret society the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Gimghoul Order of Gimghoul]], a UNC Secret Society which follows the ideals of Arthurian chivalry. The castle in the Battle Park forest reserve, is the headquarters of the Order of Gimghoul.
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** Played straight with Bree’s father. When Bree is acting out of character after first coming to campus, he finds her a good therapist. He also comes to check on her.
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* ElaborateUniversityHigh: UNC’s Early College program. The main characters are high school age, but going to UNCz Thus, they’re of them age of the typical YA demographic (16-18 years old), but can attend UNC.
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* ExcaliburInTheStone: Played straight, with the actual TropeNamer, Excalibur.
* ExclusiveCliqueClubhouse: The castle the Round Table meets in.
* ExclusiveCliqueClubhouse: The castle the Round Table meets in.
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* IncubiAndSuccubi: Merlins are part Incubi and Succubi, and share similar traits, but their seductive traits are “passive.” As William describes, they have unnatural beauty, unusual eyes, distinctive voice, and “one minute you’re taking bloodwork, the next you’re wondering if the infirmary bed will hold two people.” On the other hand, the other Merlins besides Sel, like Douglas, are not described as particularly good looking.
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* LegendaryWeapon: Excalibur, the TropeCodifier, plays a role.
* LineageComesFromTheFather: PlayedWith. Nick mentions how in times when women weren’t allowed to fight, the first female heir would often be killed off so the heir would be male. [[spoiler:Refreshingly subverted for Bree. Bree’s inheritance of powers comes from a line of eight women.]]
* LineageComesFromTheFather: PlayedWith. Nick mentions how in times when women weren’t allowed to fight, the first female heir would often be killed off so the heir would be male. [[spoiler:Refreshingly subverted for Bree. Bree’s inheritance of powers comes from a line of eight women.]]
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: [[spoiler:Bree pulls Excalibur from the stone, proving her heritage.]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re called Shadowborn. They cross gates into Earth, and most are incorporeal, feeding on and increasing negative human emotions. But if they get strong enough to use magic, they’ll “go corp”, turn corporeal and can physically attack.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re called Shadowborn. They cross gates into Earth, and most are incorporeal, feeding on and increasing negative human emotions. But if they get strong enough to use magic, they’ll “go corp”, turn corporeal and can physically attack.
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* PlotIncitingInfidelity: [[spoiler:The Scion of Arthur’s wife had an affair with the Scion of Lancelot, making Nick Lancelot’s descendent, not Arthur. The Scion of Arthur raped an enslaved woman, Bree’s ancestor. Thus, the reason for Bree’s mysterious powers is because she’s Arthur’s descendent.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Bree’s mother’s death is Bree’s primary motivation throughout the first book.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Bree’s mother’s death is Bree’s primary motivation throughout the first book.
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* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Bree’s ancestor, Vera, was raped by the Scion of Arthur, when she was enslaved by him. This means Bree, not Nick, is the Scion of Arthur.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: in the book, the Round Table is a magical secret society of legacies from King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Its headquarters are a castle in Battle Park forest reserve. Round Table is based on the real-life UNC secret society the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Gimghoul Order of Gimghoul]], a UNC Secret Society which follows the ideals of Arthurian chivalry. The castle in the Battle Park forest reserve, is the headquarters of the Order of Gimghoul.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: in the book, the Round Table is a magical secret society of legacies from King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Its headquarters are a castle in Battle Park forest reserve. Round Table is based on the real-life UNC secret society the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Gimghoul Order of Gimghoul]], a UNC Secret Society which follows the ideals of Arthurian chivalry. The castle in the Battle Park forest reserve, is the headquarters of the Order of Gimghoul.
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* AcademyOfAdventure: Many EC students are in Round Table, and battle demons.
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Refreshingly averted. Dr. Patricia Hartwood not only knows about magic so Bree can share her struggles, but is a magic practitioner herself.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Round Table is supposed to be the oldest secret society in the country. While its real life counterpart, Order of Gimghoul is old, the oldest is from William and Mary: FHC society, whose members include Thomas Jefferson. What we’d imagine as college ‘secret societies’ in a modern sense, developed at Yale University. Interestingly, there’s [[FriendlyFandoms another]] [[Literature/AlexStern series about these societies being magical]].
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Round Table is supposed to be the oldest secret society in the country. While its real life counterpart, Order of Gimghoul is old, the oldest is from William and Mary: FHC society, whose members include Thomas Jefferson. What we’d imagine as college ‘secret societies’ in a modern sense, developed at Yale University. Interestingly, there’s [[FriendlyFandoms another]] [[Literature/AlexStern series about these societies being magical]].
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** Played straight with Sel. Demons accuse Sel of being a traitor, given he’s part demon and he fights demons.
** Averted with Bree, Patricia, and Mariah. Despite trying to join the Legendborn, who have persecuted Bloodcraft users, Patricia and Mariah never accuse Bree of being a traitor. However, Patricia and Mariah do quite rationally warn her to exercise caution around Bloodcraft users, who have persecuted Rootcraft users in the past before. Mariah also does point out that hanging with the Legendborn, an elitist ol’ boys club of white people, sounds exhausting. [[spoiler:Additionally, when it’s revealed Bree is a Scion of Arthur, they’re supportive of her, and taken necessary precautions to avoid risks.]]
** Played straight with Sel. Demons accuse Sel of being a traitor, given he’s part demon and he fights demons.
** Averted with Bree, Patricia, and Mariah. Despite trying to join the Legendborn, who have persecuted Bloodcraft users, Patricia and Mariah never accuse Bree of being a traitor. However, Patricia and Mariah do quite rationally warn her to exercise caution around Bloodcraft users, who have persecuted Rootcraft users in the past before. Mariah also does point out that hanging with the Legendborn, an elitist ol’ boys club of white people, sounds exhausting. [[spoiler:Additionally, when it’s revealed Bree is a Scion of Arthur, they’re supportive of her, and taken necessary precautions to avoid risks.]]
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A sequel titled ''Bloodmarked'' was released in November 2022.
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* CapitalLettersAreMagic: Practically every word related to the Order and magic as a whole. Just to name a few, the book capitalizes the RoundTable (or just Table), Abatement, Oath, Code, Squire Scion, Vassal, and Page. Along with verbs like Called and Awakened.
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* CapitalLettersAreMagic: Practically every word related to the Order and magic as a whole. Just to name a few, the book capitalizes the RoundTable [=RoundTable=] (or just Table), Abatement, Oath, Code, Squire Scion, Vassal, and Page. Along with verbs like Called and Awakened.
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* CastFromLifespan: This is the major issue with Legendborn magic (otherwise known as Bloodcraft in Rootcraft circles) - in exchange for incredible boosts of power, healing magic that can get rid of near-fatal injuries in hours, and permanently gaining the superhuman abilities of one's ancestors, Scions and Squires essentially cut their life expectancy in half once Awakened.
* MagicalSensoryEffect: In addition to seeing magical auras, Bree is able to recognise a spellcaster's signature by the scent or taste of their aether.
** Sel's magic smells like cinnamon and smoke.
** William's magic smells like citrus.
** The aether of Shadowborns smells like rot and putrescence.
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** William's magic smells like citrus.
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** Nick's mother was punished after she tried to [[spoiler:take a young Nick away so he wouldn't be forced into the dangerous life of a Legendborn knight]]. The Regents ended up [[spoiler: altering her memory, making her forget Nick and her family and Legendborn society entirely]]. This is the main reason why Nick initially left the Order of the Round Table in the first place.
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** Nick's mother was punished after she tried to [[spoiler:take a young Nick away so he wouldn't be forced into the dangerous life of a Legendborn knight]]. The Regents ended up [[spoiler: altering her memory, making her forget Nick and Nick, her family and Legendborn society entirely]]. This is the main reason why Nick initially left the Order of the Round Table in the first place.
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* {{Muggles}}: Non-Legendborn are referred to as ''Unanedig,'' which is Welsh for "Onceborn."
* PensieveFlashback: How the Rootcraft tradition of "memory walking" is depicted. Practitioners are able to astrally project themselves into the memories of their ancestors, who they then can interact with in a limited capacity.
* PowerHigh: Whenever Sel performs any sort of Legendborn Oath, the resulting flood of aether intoxicates him in a manner similar to drinking copious amounts of alcohol.
* PensieveFlashback: How the Rootcraft tradition of "memory walking" is depicted. Practitioners are able to astrally project themselves into the memories of their ancestors, who they then can interact with in a limited capacity.
* PowerHigh: Whenever Sel performs any sort of Legendborn Oath, the resulting flood of aether intoxicates him in a manner similar to drinking copious amounts of alcohol.
