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Let's say that Dawn was very close to the shadow beast when that attack went off, given the nature of his magic would it be unreasonable to assume that he could have survived that? I mean you did launch a mini sun, that is sort of his power base.Also maybe you missed it but Nidhogg erected a giant dome of bone around the battlefield. Your character shouldn't have been able to see anything going on after that or be able to target the creature specifically since it was inside the dome

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Given Dawn's abilities, yeah, he would take very little damage. A key part of Ferrin's magic, once the Aether is infused with a spell, it stops being Aether all together. He would feel it, but not harmed by it, as it is simply greater fire and light magic.

I'll account for the dome in a moment, I was a little rushed on the last part of the post, and wasn't able to focus very well.