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Rack1146 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

By the mists!

I've encountered with this expression while reading the following conversation:

- You make a mistake sorcerer. One you will regret!
- By the Mists! She stares at the ice bridge and it shatters!

What does it mean here?

Edit: I found the word mists mentioned again here:

- He falls, plunging twoards the icy mists ...

I don't know if the meaning is different between them according to the context. Can someone confirm this.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Mist = fog. Can't see through it. The first quote sounds like she is invoking the mist to use magic.

— Vorpar

  • Mist = fog.
  • Can't see through it.
  • The first quote sounds like she is invoking the mist to use magic.
  • By saying the name (notice it's capitalized = proper noun) she can use it's power.
  • The second one is descriptive, he literally falls into the mist and disappears.
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Mist = fog. Can't see through it.

The first quote sounds like she is invoking the mist to use magic. By saying the name (notice it's capitalized = proper noun) she can use it's power.

The second one is descriptive, he literally falls into the mist and disappears.
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