"The people of Amdapor felt this power was too great to be allowed to go unchecked, and so it was that white magic - the magic of healing and solace - was born. "
There is gravity in that line. It STRONGLY IMPLIES, due to no mention of the elementals in it, that it was the people that developed/discovered it. NOW -- I don't know. I have no idea. I have no clue. But for my own unbiased reading comprehension, that's what I see, and probably what a lot of others see.
The thing is, it's...badly composed. Later on, when the passage mentioned the flood ("So did the hubris of the magi bring forth the Sixth Umbral Era... and with it a mighty flood that swept away entire civilizations, leaving naught but ruin and suffering in its wake. "), there's no mention of the elementals THERE either -- and if I'm not mistaken, it was the elementals who caused this flood. Further down, the passage mentions the elementals outright, and continues to do so ("The Elementals of the forest, knowing that men could not be trusted to keep such vows, took action as well."). That's where my uncertainty comes from. Is the lack of mention of the elementals in that first given line because of bad composition/establishment, or is it on purpose because the elementals were not actually the ones who 'gifted' the magic? It's a bit frustrating!
As it is, it seeeeems to me that the Amdapori discovered it, abused it, got wiped out for it, and the intervening elementals withheld what knowledge there was of it to distribute to those they chose/deemed worthy.Â
But yeah, I dunno. I really don't, and I'd love for the lore team to clarify if they can.Â
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