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The transcription discusses the concept of lore, which is a world with dancing dragons of space and time. It explores how time is depicted in lore as a never-ending cycle and how our choices and actions affect this cycle. It also introduces the concept of influencers or wizards who leave their mark on history. The transcription further delves into the magic system in lore, including rune magic and color magic, with each color representing a different faction and type of magic. It mentions the existence of a secret tower that serves as a connection between our world and the Runeverse, and a book of lore that contains all the knowledge about the Runeverse. It reveals that people from our world have actually visited the Runeverse through a process called the Great Summoning, which occurred in 2021. Reading and imagining the lore is said to tap into a timeline and affect a future that has already happened. The transcription concludes by emphasizing the power of imagination and the potentia ever crack open a book and think, whoa, this is way more real than real life. Yeah, you just get sucked in. That's what we're diving into today. Diving deep. The lore. A world with dancing dragons of space and time. Not your average bedtime story. It really isn't. The lore takes some pretty complex ideas and doesn't shy away from them. Like how we think about time, forget that. Okay, now I need to know more. What's going on with time in the lore? It's all about the quantum Ouroboros. The quantum Ouroboros, two dragons locked in this cosmic dance of creation and destruction. Exactly. Okay, that's an image. What's the deepening meaning? I mean, for our listener who I bet is already hooked. Imagine this. Two dragons, one is space and the other is time, and they're tangled up, always eating each other and then being reborn. Whoa. It's the lore's way of saying time isn't a straight line. It's a never ending cycle. So what goes around comes around, but like times a million. What happens to us, our choices, in this cosmic spin cycle? That's the really interesting part. The lore talks about scales on these dragons. Each one, right, has these marks, like scars, but they're the echoes of everything that's ever happened. Every event, every life, every decision. Exactly. History might repeat, but it's never an exact copy. Because of these marks. Yeah, these little changes, they change the dance. Creating ripples through time. Yeah, exactly. Every decision I make is like etching itself onto this dragon, affecting not just my future, but maybe even my past. Talk about pressure. It's like the butterfly effect on steroids. Exactly. And not just anyone makes these marks. We're talking about the big players in history. The ones who really shook things up. Yeah, the movers and shakers, the ones who've left their mark. The lore calls them influencers, you know, prophets, pioneers, maybe even wizards. Wizards. Now you're talking. I mean, everyone loves a good wizard, right? The lore doesn't seem to be going for your typical Gandalf or Merlin. What makes a wizard so special in the world of the lore? See, that's the best part. You can't really define it. Really? Trying to define a wizard in the lore is like, I don't know, bottling up a lightning strike. They're masters of change, constantly adapting. I mean, one day they're meditating on a mountaintop, the next they're in the city, blending right in. But their magic is always there. Always evolving. Yeah. And so, for me, with its focus on transformation, eventually became modern science. I'm getting ahead of myself here. What's at the core of these wizards? Two words for you. The arcane arts. Ugh, magic. But the lore doesn't stop there. The magic system in this world is something else. Lay it on me. Think about it. Not just one type of magic, but a whole bunch of them, all with their own rules. Like rune magic. Each rune has a different power. Imagine one that controls your luck. Gives you amazing fortune, or terrible misfortune. Just like that. That is one powerful rune. I'd stay away from that one. But, you know, makes you wonder, what is it about symbols that makes them so powerful? In the lore. And even here. Right. The way they shape what we believe, what we do, even how we connect to things we can't even see. In the lore, though, it's real. Each rune unlocks something in the magic of the universe. Some runes are tied to planets, others to the elements. Each one's got its own thing, you know. They can build or destroy. What if you look at symbols differently? Religious icons, brand logos, even emojis? They all affect us. Maybe without us even realizing. But the lore doesn't stop at runes, does it? Not even close. Imagine color. But it's not just color, it's magic. That's color magic in the lore. We're talking about entire societies built around colors. Each one with its own magic style. Now you're talking. Color-coded magic. I am here for it. I'm already picturing rival magic schools, epic battles, fought with rainbows and lightning. Okay, maybe I got a little carried away. But tell me more about these color factions. What kind of powers are we dealing with here? Let's start with the red wizards. They're all about power and money. Like picture corporate raiders, but instead of boardrooms, they're playing with the fabric of the re-universe. That's what the lore calls this world to get crazy rich. It's like Wall Street, but with magic wands instead of laptops. Right. Red wizards crash the market with a snap of their fingers. That kind of thing. I bet they make those Wall Street guys look like amateurs. But not all the color factions are like that, right? What about green wizards? Total opposites, actually. While the red wizards are all about the money, the green wizards are all about protecting nature. They're like connected to the earth, you know? They can make forests grow with a touch or calm down a storm without breaking a sweat. Okay, so we've got the cutthroat red magic and the peaceful green magic. That's quite the range. What about the other colors? The lore talks about them all, right? What about blue? That's my favorite color, so I'm curious. Mine too. Blue magic is all about knowledge. Those blue wizards, they're always searching for the truth, digging into mysteries and ancient lore. They build these amazing libraries, gigantic things packed with more secrets than you could ever imagine. I get lost in one of those libraries, for sure, surrounded by old books, that smell of old paper. It's like a dream come true for a bookworm like me. But there's got to be more to blue magic than just reading, right? Oh yeah, for sure. They might love their knowledge, but they're also big on innovation, always pushing the limits. Remember how we talked about alchemy turning into science? Well, the lore says blue wizards are doing something similar. They're trying to connect magic and technology to unlock the secrets of the universe. Wow. So you've got some wizards summoning storms, others playing the stock market, and the blue wizards are in their labs experimenting and changing reality as we know it. That's intense. What about the other color factions? What other magic is out there? Well, there are the yellow wizards, who are obsessed with time, they want to live forever and have never-ending parties. But messing with time is dangerous, even in their universe. Eternal youth and endless parties? That's tempting. But you're right, messing with time always seems to backfire. It makes you think, what would I do with that kind of power? Would I be able to resist messing with time, or would I just mess everything up? That's what I like about the lore. It makes you really think, what would you do? It's worth sacrificing for a little power. And the lore goes deeper than just the color magic, right? There are all these specializations within each faction. It's like picking your major in magic school. What kind of magic would you be drawn to in the Runeverse? That is a tough one. There's so many cool options, but if I had to pick, probably the Rune Masters. They spend their lives trying to understand the language of creation itself. Think about the stories those runes could tell, the secrets they hold. It's like being a cosmic archaeologist. But with way more magic and a lot less dust. Speaking of magic, the lore mentions a secret tower, a place where our world and the Runeverse kind of connect. What's up with that? A secret tower? It's like a doorway between worlds. Yeah, kind of. The lore describes it as this nexus point where the energy from both our world and the Runeverse meet. Okay, I'm getting some serious magical vibes here, and there's a book involved. Tell me about this book of lore. It's in a book, right, with everything you could ever want to know about the Runeverse. All the magic, history, secrets, everything. That's the book of lore. Wow. So where do I sign up to read this book? Well, that's the catch. It's kept in the secret tower, guarded by this super grumpy groundskeeper named Bartleby. A grumpy groundskeeper. I bet he's seen some things. Right. But what I find really interesting about the secret tower is that it's not just a library. It's where the first meetings between people from our world and the Runeverse took place. Wait, are you saying people from our world actually went to the Runeverse? Like how and when did this happen? That's where things get really wild. The lore calls it the Great Summoning. It happened in the summer of 2021. The group managed to use technology along with some, I call them, interesting rituals to connect with the Runeverse. Hold on. 2021. That was just a few years ago. Are you telling me while we're here talking, there are people who've been to this magical world? It's front page news. And that's the thing about the lore. See, 2021 is in the past for us, but in the Runeverse with this whole time is a cycle thing, that event hasn't happened yet. Okay. My brain is doing backflips right now. So you're saying that reading the lore, imagining this world, it's like we're tapping into that timeline. We're affecting a future that already happened. That's the beauty of it. The lore isn't just a story. It's like this challenge to look beyond what we think is real. Our imaginations are powerful. We might not even realize how powerful. Wow. I ain't a minute to process. We've gone from dancing dragons to color magic to basically rethinking the whole concept of time and reality. This is way more than just a book. It's a challenge, a mystery, maybe even a glimpse into a world we don't fully understand. Exactly. And maybe, just maybe, it's closer than we think. That's an incredible thought to end on. A huge thank you to our expert for sharing their insights into the lore. You've given us so much to think about. To our listeners, we hope you've enjoyed this deep dive. It's time to go explore the lore for yourself. Who knows what you might discover. Until next time, keep those imaginations running wild.