Emancipation

[Anastasia]

"Yes," Mystra agrees, "Have you noticed how one usually bears some curse or drawback on such a quest?"

[Corwin]

"Usually," Seira agrees. "In fact, that's why I believe that I can gain proper understanding from the curse. More curses arise from a quest in the original caster's mind -- or from a combination of that and the divine will purifying some form of evil, of course. Since the quests are thus thematically linked, it'd make sense the link extends both ways, wouldn't it?"

[Anastasia]

"It moves from a question of magic to a question of good and evil." Mystra agrees, "How such a base emotion of malice is used, interpreted and channeled. An evil soul embraces malice and those curses are dark, hateful things. A righteous priest may well turn malice into indignation, into a desire for justice to be done."

[Corwin]

"What about when the guiding hand is that of some force and not a hostile mind?" Seira inquires, gesturing at her side. "Such as what happened with this elf. I'm at a loss of how to approach it, unless the answer really is that better Legend Lore variant."

[Anastasia]

"That's harder," Mystra says honestly, "Do you know what force it was?"

[Corwin]

"Unfortunately no."

[Anastasia]

A nod at that, "I saw those curses - they are dark, but not driven by a mind. It's simplest to find more about what cursed them in those cases, to understand what happened. Ardulan the Gold gave his life to defeat Rodal the Ever-Night. A powerful thing could manifest as a force, a nonthinking expression of darkness from a being worthy of the name Ever-Night."

[Corwin]

"The lingering wishes of Ever-Night, then? Their ghost, in a manner of speaking?"

[Anastasia]

"It could be," Mystra says, "A divination isn't a solution, but the Weave can lead to answers," here a faint smile shows on her face, "Thus why I made that offer. Curses are malicious things, and for a force to cause a curse, you have to understand where it came from. You are a deity of knowledge, as am I. I will teach you on this, as is only proper, should Waukeen be unable to."

[Corwin]

"Please do! It's not a manner of able or unable, but of going to the right specialist."

[Anastasia]

Mystra nods, "Yes. I will show you the spell and result - in time, you will be able to master it and cast it on your own. It is a specialized tool for a specialized situation."

Give me Spellcraft real quick?

[Corwin]

20:07 <Seira> roll 1d20+98
20:07 <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+98 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{105}

[Anastasia]

The divination is hyper focused - a powerful spell of 10th level, focused entirely on discerning the nature of a curse. It draws knowledge from the curse, from the victim of the curse, from myriad sources of knowledge and power, connecting to knowledge ever so faintly, in some of the same way as Bibliotheca Arcana connects to the idea of a library.

[Corwin]

After following the magic, Seira asks, "Could you grant me the ability to cast it myself, now? It's one of the disadvantages of wizards, and returning tomorrow to keep discussing this would be pretty annoying."

[Anastasia]

"May I see your hand?" Mystra asks, holding her hand out.