Ignite the Sun

Calen was sitting on the ground rubbing a healing paste onto his various wounds and bruises, as he listened to Lydia’s lecture.

"The divine flame is different from the power champions, priests and druids use - we are merely borrowing it, barely scratching its real potential. Your case is different however, that little lamp of yours contains a genuine piece of a divine domain, and you have absolute control over it."

"That sounds really great, but what does that mean in practice?" Asked Calen.

"I was getting to it. Every God has an interpretation of their own domain, and those borrowing their power can’t use the power in ways the deity doesn’t allow. A Flamebearer wields a copy of the Sun domain, and therefore isn’t subject to such limitations."

Calen’s eyes went wide.

"You’re saying that I can do whatever I want using the flame?"

"Not quite, there are still some limits - the more remote from the aspects of the sun the action is, the more difficult it will be to perform. Naturally it means you can’t do things that are categorically opposed to your domain, for example, you can’t use flames, which are meant to destroy, to create something..."

Lydia looked at Calen with a sly smile.

"...or at least that’s how it looks on the surface. In practice, there are many loopholes inside every domain, and they’re exploited by humans and gods alike."

"What do you mean?"

"Let’s take that last example - you cannot create something from the flame, but nothing is stopping you from using that flame in a forge to melt unbelievably hard materials and create an incredible armour or weapon."

It seemed that the flame was incredibly versatile and the way Calen has been using it so far was very narrow-minded. Luckily, he was in a perfect scenario to come up with new tricks.