History Main / LeyLine

* In GoodOmens, Anathema is investigating the Ley Lines and finds they have been moving. They're forming a spiral around the hometown of the AntiChrist.

* DungeonsOfDredmor has an ability tree in which you specialize in the usage of ley lines, who increases mana and mana regeneration

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[[caption-width:288:Earth's Ley Lines. Note the huge concentration of them in [[OnlyInFlorida Florida.]]]]

* ''MageTheAwakening'' has ley lines as current of supernatural energy which conduct resonance (the overriding concepts of a person place or thing; e.g. a hospital could have a strong resonance of healing or sickness), and their course is influenced by the local landscape. Nodes are where ley lines intersect, and where their resonances mix and intensify. Mages can harness nodes for free energy. Ley lines and nodes tend to influence the resonance of the areas they pass through. [[PlaceOfPower Hallows]] which occur within nodes tend to be heavily tainted by the resonance, which makes the {{Mana}} less suited for mages.

* In TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicolasFlamel, ley lines are used for magical travel.

* In the Michael Scott novels ''The Alchemyst'' and ''The Magician'', ley lines are used for magical travel.

These things were first described by archaeologist Alfred Watkins in 1921. He claimed that in ancient times when Britain was very densely forested, people built roads in geographically convenient straight lines. He would later claim that these "ley lines" existed in many countries all over the world, especially in Europe. His theories were generally dismissed by his peers, however.

* The Crystal Lines in ''FinalFantasyXI''. They're easy to spot, considering the [[{{Precursors}} Zilart]] essentially encased them in cermet.

* In ''Tales of the Questor'', Ley Lines are discussed quite often when talking about their system of magic, known as 'lux.'

* LeyLines are somewhat important in ''WarhammerFantasy'': For starters, the High Elves use them to keep their island home afloat, and disturbing the stones that mark them tends to have really bad consequences (a stray Goblin warlord and his shaman almost sunk the continent, which considering its status as a CosmicKeystone would have been a Bad Thing.) The Slann also use them to communicate with each other, unfortunately for them they had to move their continent around a bit, which meant that their cities in Lustria and the Southlands are no longer aligned, which means they cannot communicate. This leads to redundancy at times, such as hitting the Cathayan fleet with two hurricanes.
* The titular ''SpiritTracks'' from the newest Zelda game are not only rails for the royal trains, they also act as the LeyLines that channel the energy of the Spirits and keep Malladus imprissoned within the Tower of Spirits.

* Used and mentioned pretty regularly in later volumes of TheDresdenFiles. Chicago, where the majority of the series takes place, is a major convergence point of many ley lines, which is why so much important stuff happens there. Other centers of ley line concentration include Edinburgh, where the White Council has their headquarters, and a Mayan temple where the climax of ''Changes'' occurs is another. One island in Lake Michigan, [[spoiler: Demonreach]], is actually a ''source'' of one such ley line, which is why [[spoiler: Harry is cautioned against using its power when he claims the location as a sanctum.]]

* Used and mentioned pretty regularly in later volumes of TheDresdenFiles. Chicago, where the majority of the series takes place, is a major convergence point of many ley lines, which is why so much important stuff happens there. Other enters of ley line concentration include Edinburgh, where the White Council has their headquarters, and a Mayan temple where the climax of ''Changes'' occurs is another. One island in Lake Michigan, [[spoiler: Demonreach]], is actually a ''source'' of one such ley line, which is why [[spoiler: Harry is cautioned against using its power when he claims the location as a sanctum.]]

* ''TheDarkEye'' also has leylines along with other forms of {{FunctionalMagic}}.
* These are cards in ''MagicTheGathering''. If you have one in you opening hand, you can start the game with it in play (the battle takess place on that spot). You can also bring them out at any other time, but you have to pay for it like any other enchantment

* Heroes of Might and Magic 4 has those. Sacred Groves are created at the crossings of those. Conveniently, there can be always at least one such crossing in each Preserve, seeing as a grove can theoretically be built in any of such cities when it isn't forbidden by map settings. The groves boost a hero's maximum mana count permanently by 3. Additionally, Gauldoth [[BodyHorror the Half-Dead's]] campaign (the necropolis faction one) involves opening a portal to another realm, where Gauldoth's master Kalibarr is being held prisoner. That is done by destroying the Angel's Blade at a giant nexus point of the same kind of lines, which is described in words as a place where many rainbow-coloured lines meet, visible to a practitioner of Nature magic like Gauldoth. On the map, it looks like many other evil-styled Quest Gates, though.

* While not explicitly used in ''SuperRobotWarsZ'', but [[SignificantAnagram Asakim]] [[OriginalGeneration Dowin's]] HumongousMecha Shurouga can execute its strongest attack "Ley Buster", which turns into a [[RammingAlwaysWork crash attack]] generated by a circle of seemingly magical energy. The above picture is even given a ShoutOut as part of the "[[SphereOfDestruction Spheroid of Destruction]]".

* Not explicitly used in ''SuperRobotWarsZ'', but [[SignificantAnagram Asakim Dowin's]] HumongousMecha Shurouga can execute its strongest attack "Ley Buster", which turns into a crash attack generated by a circle of seemingly magical energy. The above picture is even given a ShoutOut as part of the [[SphereOfDestruction Spheroid of Destruction]].
** Which is in turn a reference to [[SignificantAnagram Masaki Andoh's]] "[[GeniusBonus Akashic Buster]]" attack, named for a similar concept. This trope combined with the characters' similarities are the only things keeping fanslators from calling the attack "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ray Buster]]".

* These are cards in MagicTheGathering. If you have one in you opening hand, you can start the game with it in play (the battle takess place on that spot). You can also bring them out at any other time, but you have to pay for it like any other enchantment

* According to the DresdenFiles books by Jim Butcher, Chicago lies on the convergence of numerous ley lines, which is the reason why so many events important to the supernatural world occur there.

* They appear in at least one of ''The Saga of Recluce'' novels by L.E. Modesitt Jr., when the heroes are attempting to learn how to handle both Order and Chaos magic. Otherwise, they are hardly ever mentioned, you can read several of the novels and not even know they exist. Most mages don't know about them.