[quote=Darkmatter]True magical ability would no longer come from the sand directly that would have waned significantly, but through a secondary connection to a god with the sand as a conduit if that makes sense? A rare occurrence. [/quote]

Dude, you're just making it easier and easier for my character to hold a grudge against casters. Given his previous conditioning to both distrust casters and the training to kill them, combined with his innate rejection of the gods... Somebody is gonna go menstruuuuaaaal...