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That is a valid point Iume. It just depends on how far disparate the quantity of mana generated is. The next thing is you are viewing bacterial biomass as small which is true yet at the same time you can fit exceedingly larger quantities of that biomass in the same space for example in 50 x 50 x 50 space you can easily fit 10 to 15 times more bacterial biomass than you could wizard (since fleshy beings have so much wasted space inside having thoracic cavities and what not). So say your individual bacteria only generates 25% of the mana of what a wizards cell would be capable of you still come out about even. Mind you I have not busted out a calculator figure it out exactly but that seems to be a pretty profitable endeavor to me especially when you factor in maintenance and what not. That and bacteria require less energy for life than wizards do.
Oh yeah I definitely agree on there being a difference in mana production ratio.
Assuming on a whole scale yes the bacteria would require more as there is more of it but I think when you break it down to the individual cell scale the requirements are less as on a whole bacterial cells are simpler with less complex processes so they are less energy intensive.
What make bacteria so great is you can easily alter and create new strains which could result in higher mana production etc. Which is harder to do on sentient organisms they tend to object to that kind of experimentation. While bacteria have no choice but to be your guinea pig for experimentation.
This is probably one of those things you would have to set up and let run to see how it works out unless you want to do all kinds of high order math with a bunch of unknown variables that you cannot find out with out several separate rounds of testing granted in the Abyss you basically have unlimited time for all kinds of interesting experiments.
Actually now that I think about it bacteria do indeed have sentience granted its exceedingly low sentience but they respond and change in accordance with external stimuli in ways plants cannot.
Is sentient animus a prerequisite for elemental interactions to generate mana? If not there ate some rather obvious cheats to generating mana being overlooked. Like vast vats of thermaphillic bacteria (like you would find in a geyser or ocean bottom lava vent) that use chemosynthesis so not only would they thrive in the abyss condition but would be easily sustained on readily available elements in the abyss then run a mild electric current through it and poof no fuss no muss mana batteries.
Tizzy I am a fan of like 90% of that statement I just don’t particularly care to be enslaved as I am sure you know that feel.
In regards to being a mana engineer I would really enjoy that job there are just so many devious ways you can generate mana.
There is also a lot of mundane things you can do to improve on things like for example all those high tech goodies you run on electricity converted from mana you could instead run them on electricity generated geothermally or really environmentally in the abyss it lets you save on mana which you can use for other purposes.
It is all just really kinda exciting all the possibilities! :d/
One could also postulate that Lilith and sammael are actally the two original demons more or less case 0 so to speak. As well as them more or less being byproducts of the original population of the planes of man as the Adam and eve reference that was snuck in in book 1 I believe.
Which then begets the question are they part of some eternal divine balancing act? That there must always be demons to act as foci for negative energy as there needs to be celestial beings to act as foci for positive and that it is mortals that generate this energy and drive this cycle.
I don’t know if it’s exactly the wrong mythology as it all seems to be rather mix and match.
I understand that animus is positively charged as opposed to antianimus I was more referring to animus having two facets a yin and yang type affair so to speak.
It was more or less stated that nysegard powered up first because it was the most energy intensive location. Which brings up the next question the mana is generated via elemental interaction with animus or biomass so to speak. Therefore would it not make sense for Tom to evacuate non combat personell to mount doom where he can control the environment to make sections livable for mortals, thereby increasing mount doom’s total biomass, thereby exponentially increasing it’d mana generation?
The rawer the better so live is most preferable. Nothing like a still twitching and screaming meal sliding down your gullet.
Tizzy my friend it sounds like you need to add abit of hellfire motivation to the whipping of TAG if regular whipping isn’t working anymore. Nothing like a little hellfire to put a bit of pep in a relacatrant persons step.
