![]() ![]() Lacking proper training and control, Myra and her powers are especially dangerous. With magic that “gives a painter the ability to alter human and animal bodies with their paintings,” Prodigies’ pieces have long been seen as “even more of an abomination than normal portrait work.” Their ability also means Prodigies “have been persecuted by the pious and captured by the greedy since the dawn of time.” Scriptures are clear that Prodigies are “a defilement of the power of our god, the Great Artist.” ![]() With her mother - a Prodigy and talented artist - among the missing, Myra Whitlock knows she has to hide her own supernatural gift if she wants to keep herself and her younger sister, Lucy, safe. ![]() Conservatives, including Lalverton’s governor, fear the growing popularity of portraiture the presence of magic makes the taboo artform even more of a threat. Yet the devout say the vanishings are just treatment for those who choose to paint - a holy activity seen as solely the domain of the Great Artist. Olson’s A Forgery of Roses, painters are disappearing throughout Lalverton. ![]()
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