The realm visitor’s survival guide for the Word Guardians

So, you don’t need much in your survival pack really. However, there’s two key pieces you do need though, for a visit to a realm.

Opening a portal to a realm

The first, and most important part of being able to visit a magical realm, is being able to open a portal. In Who can visit the realms of the Word Guardians series?, I talked about having belief, magical ability and a key.  We see how this comes together for Yas in Excerpt from Book 1: When Yas discovers magic and how Yas then comes to believe, develop her innate magical ability and open portals to other realms.

For Yas and Sam, they have several keys on the necklaces they wear. The faces of the dies, the pendants, help them both find doorways into realms and detect when a portal is nearby. They discover other keys too, but their pendants also help them with the second part of visiting a realm.

Getting home again

Like any adventure, you need to get back home again. When visiting a realm, that means knowing where the portal is that will get you back to the outer world. This could be the same doorway that took you there, as Yas and Sam find when visiting ancient Alexandria (Excerpt from book 1 – Escape from Alexandria). It might also be a portal that can only be opened by someone else, which causes Yas and Sam to become trapped in the Otherworld in book 4 – The Lost Beginnings.

An exit portal can be opened the same way as a portal to enter a realm. You need belief, magical ability and you need to know where the door is. Magical ability comes a little easier once in a realm and magic is all around you, but it depends on the realm as you’ll see in the upcoming book 5, The Story Thief.

What about surviving in the realm?

As I mentioned earlier, while you’re visiting a realm you can draw on the magic that powers it to conjure what you need to survive. Food, drink, clothing, can all be created to provide your daily needs. But, as you find out in the stories, you can also get injured, or worse. So, caution is needed, as you would exercise on any adventure.

What’s in the realm visitor’s survival guide

So, a realm visitor Survival Guide is maybe a little different from what you might expect, but important, nonetheless. You need the ability to open portals to visit a realm and get home again, and you need to have your wits about you while you’re visiting. Without the ability to open doorways, you’re not going to get very far on your magical adventures, and this learning is a big part of book 1 – The Battle for the Peacekeepers for Yas.

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