All 38 Uses of
mystic
in
The Fiend And The Forge
- Her navy blue robes told Max that she was a Mystic of middling rank.†
Chpt 1
- "Is that you, Nigel?" croaked the Mystic.†
Chpt 1
- The Mystic spread her fingers and whispered beseeching words of transformation.†
Chpt 1
- ELIAS BRAM 1598-1649 With a grunt, the Mystic rose slowly to her feet and stood on tiptoe to pat the statue's foot.†
Chpt 1
- Bidding the pair good night, the old Mystic hobbled back toward the Manse, taking one of the garden paths and swinging her lantern like a girl.†
Chpt 1
- Historically, Rowan's charges—mystical creatures entrusted to student care—were confined to the Sanctuary and only permitted beyond its borders on very special occasions.†
Chpt 2 –
- Richter, Kraken, Boon, and every other self-proclaimed Mystic on this campus, I'm asked questions all day long.†
Chpt 2 –
- "Me go now," he said evenly, stepping aside so Max and Julie could take the open seats next to the young Mystics instructor.†
Chpt 3 –
- Even with Mystics, I've calculated that we still need approximately five hundred additional volunteers working in twelve-hour shifts to have a chance—a chance, mind you—of making the merest dent in the job.†
Chpt 3 –
- The dining hall was teeming with people—nursing mothers, grandparents, students, teachers, Agents, robed Mystics, and even the occasional faun.†
Chpt 3 –
- Years ago, Ronin had sought out Bryn McDaniels in Chicago and had hurried her off to the Sidh so that she might someday aid her son when he arrived in that mystic land.†
Chpt 4 –
- Unable to find a suitable vantage point, he clambered onto the pedestal of Elias Bram's statue, ignoring the scowling disapproval of a nearby Mystic.†
Chpt 4 –
- He had promised Julie he would join the bonfire when he could, then returned to the cliff to stand among those who remained—assorted Mystics, Agents, faculty, and scholars, along with the visitors from the Workshop.†
Chpt 5 –
- "Edict five," continued Prusias, "concerns the mystic arts of summoning.†
Chpt 5 –
- This branch of mystic study is hereby ended.
Chpt 5 – *mystic = relating to realities that are outside of scientific understanding and normal experience
- He had once overheard a lecture during which the elderly Mystics instructor had said that the amount of magic needed to create a thing far exceeded the energy required to destroy it.†
Chpt 5 –
- Prusias waited expectantly while Rowan's Mystics and Agents glanced anxiously at one another.†
Chpt 5 –
- Mystics and scholars, Agents and teachers all sprang to their feet and roared their support.†
Chpt 5 –
- But he might feel it—after all, Mystics left traces, and he could sometimes perceive magic like a faded stain.†
Chpt 6 –
- He peered at doors and nameplates until a helpful Mystic pointed him toward a plain wooden door at the end of a narrow hall.†
Chpt 7 –
- Cooper called up to the guards—a pair of Mystics peering from a latticed window— and the Red Branch waited as Rowan's new gates were opened for the very first time.†
Chpt 8 –
- Their progress had been inked upon the Mystic scroll with all the art and science of a master cartographer.†
Chpt 8 –
- Richter, the senior faculty, several Mystics, and a score of Agents.†
Chpt 9 –
- Annika Kraken, Chair of Mystics.†
Chpt 9 –
- Rasmussen leaned forward in an expectant frown as the jury foreman—a middle-aged Mystic—stood and read the verdict aloud.†
Chpt 11 –
- Outside the Manse, Mystics had chased off the rain.†
Chpt 12 –
- Max saw teachers, Mystics, and even an Agent he'd met from the Dublin field office scattered among the hundreds of minor scholars, trainees, and refugees who now waited for their new king.†
Chpt 12 –
- Again he was frozen in midair, this time by the combined efforts of the three powerful Mystics.†
Chpt 13 –
- Isn't that the whole point of studying mystics and combat and all the rest?†
Chpt 14 –
- Use mystics when I can't.†
Chpt 14 –
- "Let me see your mark," said Max, glancing at her dark hands, which were riddled with tiny, hieroglyphic tattoos and mystic writing.†
Chpt 15 –
- It had been a truly dazzling conclusion to the tale, one that had required an accomplished Mystic's talent and control.†
Chpt 17 –
- The Mystic had not been Max.†
Chpt 17 –
- They were also gifted in the mystic arts, just like those who would study at the ancient schools, but vyes were prohibited from attending.†
Chpt 18 –
- Instead of pursuing the path of a nebbish Mystic, David had evolved into a field general.†
Chpt 25 –
- "Well met," said the giant, peering at the mystic lymrill and opening his hand.†
Chpt 26 –
- Taking up his tools, the Fomorian shaped the mystic alloy, which hissed and sparked at each ringing blow as though it were a living thing.†
Chpt 26 –
- The lymrill's gift of his mystic claws and quills might have made the weapon unbreakable, but they also made it homely.†
Chpt 27 –
Definition:
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(mystic) relating to realities that are outside of scientific understanding and normal experience; or one who attempts to tune into such realities