Hello my fellow wizards! Recently, I was looking at the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World on the internet and I realized two things. One was that there are seven wonders and seven schools of magic. The other was that each of these wonders fit into the different schools. They could probably make great spells later on in the game, so I wanted to share them with you.
Fire- Collosus of Rhodes Reason- A statue of Helios, the God of the sun in Greek Mythology
Ice- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Reason- Made for the Greek God of the moon, Artemis
Storm- Statue of Zeus at Olympia Reason- Zeus is the Greek God of storms
Balance- Great Pyramid of Giza Reason- In some of the balance spells, sand is used, and it is in Egypt, a place much like Krokotopia, which is based on balance
Life- Hanging Gardens of Babylon Reason- Most life spells use plants, which are in gardens
Myth- Lighthouse of Alexandria Reason- Light is often thought of as yellow, which is a color of myth, and some myth spells like minotaur, orthrus, and medusa use light when attacking
Death- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Reason- Places where people are buried and tombs are places of death
Thank you for your patience and please respond back with comments!
Fire- Collosus of Rhodes Reason- A statue of Helios, the God of the sun in Greek Mythology
I don't know; I don't really look at the sun as a Fire symbol since it's more complicated than that. Power Nova has to do with stars and Ra is the god of the sun (yes I know it's a different mythology, but still...), so the sun has basically been confirmed as a symbol of Balance.
Ice- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Reason- Made for the Greek God of the moon, Artemis
Uh...Artemis is a goddess; Apollo is a god. Just sayin'. Anyway, I don't get the reasoning for this. What does the moon have to do with Ice?
Storm- Statue of Zeus at Olympia Reason- Zeus is the Greek God of storms
True, but there's already a Zeus-type spell.
Balance- Great Pyramid of Giza Reason- In some of the balance spells, sand is used, and it is in Egypt, a place much like Krokotopia, which is based on balance
At least somebody gets this.
Life- Hanging Gardens of Babylon Reason- Most life spells use plants, which are in gardens
This has potential.
Myth- Lighthouse of Alexandria Reason- Light is often thought of as yellow, which is a color of myth, and some myth spells like minotaur, orthrus, and medusa use light when attacking
Minotaur uses an ax, Orthrus technically howls their victim to defeat, and Medusa uses her sight to defeat victims. No "light" used anywhere. If anything, Life uses light attacks, so this should be a Life spell.
Death- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Reason- Places where people are buried and tombs are places of death
This makes sense.
Final Thoughts: These are monuments. How are they gonna "attack"? Some of them are too mismatched to make any sense.
Okay I see your arguement. To answer your questions...
The sun is mainly a ball of fire.
The moon is thought of as a cold and desolate place.
The storm spell is technically called storm lord.
When the minotaur attacks, orbs of light come off its ax. Orbs of light come out of the orthrus's mouth. Light comes off of Medusa's blades.
I forgot to mention this, but I was thinking that during the spell animation, the monument appears and the person it was devoted to or is a statue of appears next to it. This would be Helios, Artemis, Zeus, Khufu, that emperor's wife, Alexander (I believe), and the person who was buried there (sorry forgot). Then the person would use power from the monument or the monument to attack or heal.
Okay I see your arguement. To answer your questions...
The sun is mainly a ball of fire.
The moon is thought of as a cold and desolate place.
The storm spell is technically called storm lord.
When the minotaur attacks, orbs of light come off its ax. Orbs of light come out of the orthrus's mouth. Light comes off of Medusa's blades.
I forgot to mention this, but I was thinking that during the spell animation, the monument appears and the person it was devoted to or is a statue of appears next to it. This would be Helios, Artemis, Zeus, Khufu, that emperor's wife, Alexander (I believe), and the person who was buried there (sorry forgot). Then the person would use power from the monument or the monument to attack or heal.
P.S. Sorry Artemis
P.P.S. Sorry that I didn't explain enough LOL? The sun is gas not fire. And that is air from the minotaur ax. I have not seen medusa or orthrus very often.
No, it's not; like I said it's more complicated than that. It's not considered "fire"; it's considered plasma, which is what I think KI was getting at.
The moon is thought of as a cold and desolate place.
I'm still not seeing the connection. They're both cold? Isn't that a bit rudimentary?
The storm spell is technically called storm lord.
...and your point is? It looks exactly like how a Zeus spell would look.
When the minotaur attacks, orbs of light come off its ax. Orbs of light come out of the orthrus's mouth. Light comes off of Medusa's blades.
The light symbolizes energy; they're not attacking with the light.
I forgot to mention this, but I was thinking that during the spell animation, the monument appears and the person it was devoted to or is a statue of appears next to it. This would be Helios, Artemis, Zeus, Khufu, that emperor's wife, Alexander (I believe), and the person who was buried there (sorry forgot). Then the person would use power from the monument or the monument to attack or heal.
I don't know...I'm not a fan of all the spells in a rank having the same theme.