"If she is capable of this, why are there no more humans living longer, and why do places like the empire not come and take her magic?" Riven asked.
"A few reasons. One, the empire might be an empire, but do not forget that they win us in number and not necessarily skill. You have me, for instance, then the queen and the king.
All the dukes are elites as well. Even Eon herself is a terrifying figure, and that's to mention a few, so the empire won't risk it even if they knew about it.
Second is that no one can really replicate what she did. It takes constant mental calculation, fixing, and maintenance for her spell to work.
Something like this is what only a seventh circle and above mage would be capable of doing. And mages of that level have pride; they want to create their own magic or modify already existing ones, and it's impossible to modify her magic because she always specifically makes it hard to do.
