I was kinda expecting this to be a second chance fic with mipha and link but link has yet to appear

Well, this is interesting.

I wonder if there's a familiar that can track those thieves, and what's kind of staff of destruction will it be?

849/5000
oh welcome back! I'm glad to know you and Aria are back and in good health!

I started to wonder if this story was abandoned, glad to know that not!
don't worry about the delay, I saw an author come back after ... 4 years! and the last time he updated it was like a year ago! good luckily, the next chapter is on the way.

so I'm getting used to waiting, a year isn't much

The chapter was good, i liked Siesta's point of view as well as her development. I'm looking forward to see how much her character and role changes as well as other possible deviations from the canon!

Rune mindfuckery is fanon. All they do is suppress homesickness. When Louise removed them from saito, he didn't change in any way except that he became homesick.

She SUSPECTED they might be altering his mind, so she took measures. They explicitly don't make you braver, and they don't make you love or like your master. Louise became paranoid about this being a possibility in canon, and she used void magic to remove any possible effects from them on him, and it turned out to be a false worry. Another thing, is that the runes ONLY work on your homesickness when you're close to your summoner...

i liked that modified Hellsing reference, the Majors speech before the attack on London.

Very little "pure knowledge" is known about the Void in terms of Canon, but we have many "tainted" accounts, and information from various sources. (Flere: For example, the reader gets told accounts by Vittorio, but we don't know if he's really telling the truth)

It is really hard to talk about What it Truly is for this reason, as Yamaguchi purposefully made it unclear to be resolved in the final books which he died before completing. (He does this very well by making every account of the Void and its Powers very unreliable due to the 6000 year timespan, and keeping all factions and their beliefs in character and in line in accordance to that timegap)

Anyway, from the purely mechanical side of things, it seems that "Void" is based off of Quantum Mechanics/Sub-atomic particles and manipuation. While normal human magic forces their "Logic" upon the world working on "Grains" of substances (shown to be the molecular/atomic level by Earth Magic descriptions), Void takes this further and manipulates "Grains within Grains". From what we see, and what is implied, much like how we have subatomic particles that govern mass, magnetism, and charge, there seems to also be something there that deals with Magic too in the ZnT universe.

We know this because Void seems to "Cancel", or "Void" the other magics it comes across, yet it still maintains its own magics.

Some things to note about Void Magic:

Brimir "Split" the void, which means that the void currently being used in ZnT is different from the one he was using, and much limited and "nerfd" so.

After the Void was "split", Void Mages basically get an "understanding" of a spell put into their heads every time they "unlock" a spell. Void magic spells are extremely complex, so they can only use the "intuition" they have and do not seem to be able to "engineer" void spells purposefully at all.

The power of a Void Magic spell is tied to how the incantation - Void magic incantations are extremely long and complex, and change depending on the situation

When we talk of "Void" as a Taint, it seems that Void twists the minds of its users, and has other effects on the world that could not be considered beneficial. The Elves (as knights of Nature) see the effects as a taint/blight upon the world, and there is quite a few exemplars that show that the Void is not as benevolent as it is portrayed by the Romalian Church.

ZnT magic is unlike many magical systems in fiction today. There really is no "Magic Attack" versus "Magic Resist" (It's more akin to a gunfight, where both sides know one clean hit kills them, so it's far more complex of a battle system), and unlike Harry Potter where spells are self-contained until they hit something or do something, most ZnT magic is focused on creating magical constructs and then sending them through the air or applying them to other things. ZnT magic on the surface looks like mana based ZnT magic on the surface looks like traditional "Functional Magic", however there are a few changes that often trip people up and make it seem like there are no rules.

First off, Markey magic (as this was first used by the Markey people in canon, see below) definitely follows the idea that "Magic A is Magic A", and comes from the school that Magic is "Applying one's own logic onto the world".

Secondly, even though we often say the word "Mana", Markey magic is not powered by Mana in the traditional sense. It is powered by "Willpower" which is a far more complex system that's also tied to emotion and the mage's ability itself.

Furthermore, in almost all cases, spells need incantations to work, and basically always need to work through a focus. To maintain/modify spells incantations must be constantly used/chanted. Because of this, you cannot cast two spells at the same time. Some spells have "lingering effects" to compensate, but then those effects cannot be changed/modified.

Also, a spell's power, and to an extent its effect(s), is based on the person casting it - that is to say it's affected by who's casting it in various ways.

The next thing to note is that the mage creates a magical construct, and this construct is the "logic" they are forcing upon the world. This results in the desired effect appearing. (Derflinger cuts through and "eats away" at this construct). However, the effects are still physical effects. They don't just go away because the spell fizzles. They are throwing balls of fire, spires of stone, shards of ice.

Lastly, an interesting thing to note is that while we don't know everything about this system, it seems that Yamaguchi did design something that is consistent, and we have definite evidence as these seemingly tangential threads are tied together in another tidbit he dropped: Magic is rooted in the Brain, especially the individual differences in people's brain structures and mental selves

When will link appear?

I can't believe it's been basically an entire year since this updated, really hasn't felt that long. Well, whatever, glad to have you back. Siesta is gonna be scary as hell, huh? Looking forward to that sciency stuff, same as ever. Keep up the good work, I'll still read even if the yearly update schedule becomes more than a joke.

Honesly, this one kinda felt like a side story, as in another character's point of view kind of side story. But this one I like, unlike the majority out there that just recall events, this and a few others I've seen, actually progresses the story in that character's pov, along with recalling them. I'm looking forward to see how much her character and role changes, not to mention, plot deviations in future chapters!

Enjoyable as always! Take care of yourselves.

Siesta has grown quite the spine from the start. Good for her.

all i have to say is welcome back

I know it's a bit late but happy new year 2020!
I guess you and Crowe are extremely busy irl, so I hope you keep the motivation and inspiration to write.

soon a year (but I have seen worse) too, I am patiently waiting for a new chapter hoping that it will be released this year!

A fabulus story so far.