I noticed something weird. The Dark Lens is very specifically made of obsidian, and it enhances psionics and magic. Yet it seems to be “part of” the Pristine Tower … which was made in the Blue Age, when neither psi or magic existed, and is made of life-shaped weird porous rock. Why isn’t the Dark Lens made of jet or some other bio-derived mineral?
It would make far more sense if the Dark Lens was a Time of Magic era creation. Obsidian orbs are used both in Green Age psionics (the Mind Lord/Guardian orbs) and dragon magic … But they’re not used in life-shaping, at least not in the limited form of life-shaping we see described in Windriders.
But the Dark Lens seems to “fit” with the Steeple of Crystals in the Pristine Tower. Could it be a later retrofit?
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Also, was the Dragon’s Levy only required to maintain Rajaat’s prison because the Dark Lens had been stolen? Sadira re-seals Rajaat’s prison in Cerulean Storm, and there’s no hint that continual maintenance will be needed … But then she throws away the Dark Lens… It’s very weird.
Or maybe since Sadira draws her power from the sun, her seal on Rajaat’s prison will automatically be renewed every day from sun-energy rather than life-energy like the Dragon used? But then what happens when Sadira dies … she’s not immortal. (Or is she? I’d expect her to age normally at least at night… But that would at best double her lifespan.)
I don’t think the Lens in the lava is still synced-up with Sadira and feeding power to Rajaat’s prison, because she says she needs to set wards to tell her if anyone messes with it … If she was constantly flowing magical energy from the sun to her to the Lens to Rajaat’s prison, she’d notice anyone messing with the Lens, right?