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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago

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Short science fiction story. Can't recall author or title.

Post WW3 magic has returned and almost all tech is gone.

Wizard can control anything he knows the true name of, but humans never tell anyone else their true names and animals can't speak.

Finds a book from the Before Times; the book lists all the Latin names of animals.

Now the most powerful mage alive.

[-] Sidhean@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago

Why is latin the magic language?

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 7 points 20 hours ago

Because that's what the author chose.

[-] Sidhean@piefed.social 1 points 28 minutes ago

True names being what we generally agree to call them right now is silly.

If you remove the WW3 detail, this is just the Shadowrun setting

this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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