[quote=@GreivousKhan]

Hmm, a different set of events than I imagined, but that's the arena for you I guess. 

You know I do really like the why Matz uses magic, he actually uses Somatic components. An art I thought was dead in the arena when it comes to powers or magic. You have no idea how annoying I find the idea of people manipulating elements and powers with nothing but a thought or with their minds with no outward signs. Heck T1 even says you have to make it apparent your using an ability or prepping... >.>

Though he does weave precise hand gestures so fast it would make the hand signs in Naruto look like stop-action slow motion. :P 

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It's worth pointing out that before mana became a precious resourse that drove Torm into hyper-drive it would have taken longer, he can essentially move thrice the speed he should be able to, and even a normal human can do some pretty wild gestures in a few seconds. 

But yeah, I wanted to go back to that more obvious form of spellcasting with more limitations, mainly because I thought it would be better balanced for this tournament.