These complex magical constructs, which had resisted the attempts of countless Mages throughout history, could not long survive the onslaught of such focused, transcendent power.
Yet they did not yield easily. The magic within the artifacts, ancient and potent, fought back with a will of its own.
The Rainbow Comet Staff pulsed with waves of multicolored light, each one threatening to overwhelm Arianna's senses. Images flashed through her mind – the birth and death of stars, the slow dance of galaxies, the infinite expanse of the cosmos.
Lesser Mages would have been driven mad by the influx of cosmic knowledge, their minds shattered by the sheer scale of what they witnessed.
But Arianna stood firm, her will an anchor in the storm of information.
