From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   A. Tina Hall  wrote:   
      
   > And the bad guys come from their magic being warped by something not   
   > native to the planet, which can be spread by (usually forced) drinking   
   > of the contaminated water (that outer-world thing fell into), but also   
   > as I found out in the 2nd book, by biting (just slower, due to tiny   
   > amount).   
      
   What if the ground water had gotten contaminated, and there was an   
   earthquake or something, and so problems started bubbling up from an   
   underground source.  They maybe wouldn't have been expecting that, and   
   so the shields wouldn't have been built to stop it?   
      
   Or..., hmm...  Do the shields stop magic only, or everything?   
      
   Because if the otherworld source whatever it is, had effected something   
   else and maybe burst a smaller world apart or something, and there  were   
   suddenly waayyy too many meteor showers, that could get exciting. :)   
      
   Depending on the nature of the shields it might disrupt them?   
      
   Just a few idea bits that have occured to me.  Ignore them if they're   
   off base.   
      
   And do feel free to keep thinking aloud.  It always seems to help me.   
   :)   
      
      
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