Magic in The Malazan Book of The Fallen - Effects

Effects

Effects of warren magic are large-scale blasts, personal enhancement, item manipulation, and travel through the physical Warren across great distances in a short period of time. Only a minority of humans can access Warrens, usually tapping and working with a single one, though the High Mage Quick Ben can access seven at any single time out of his repertoire of twelve, and non-humans can access up to twelve as well (although not usually at once). An example of personal enhancements is when Quick Ben in Memories of Ice used Serc, the warren of the sky, to fly and D'riss, the warren of Stone, to walk through a wall. An example of item manipulation is Mappo Runt's pack which is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. Certain Elder races have access to racial Warrens, that seem to be significantly more powerful and cannot be completely blocked by the magic-deadening ore otataral, though may be weakened.

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