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Yeah, but the Terebithia is a massive war machine. There are a crapton of downsides to not having that power in person.
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Isn't so bad when you have a perfectly loyal and fearless flying army :P
Not to mention inedible.

But if you think blood magic is too powerfull sure, what would you suggest? I'd like there to be some form of mysticis , but most kinds I can think off also allow pretty powerful applications.