the Magic

Magic is wild and courses throughout the worlds - this brings in problems because if not *used*, it builds up and bursts out, like waters washing over a dam - or a zit suddenly popping explosively. The wizards were supposed to monitor that but have not been attending the Spires - great volcanoes that are twisted upwards and help channel the magic and keep it moving and not building into pockets to sour. They used to all be attended by the Immortal Dragons but many spires simply do not have a dragon to tend them.