True Names: Your Name as a Magic System

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You always hear wizards going on about this in fantasy novels. “I call you by your true name and bind you!” Why, though? What does it do? Why does this keep showing up in our stories? You even see it in the old folk legends.

Turns out the answer is a little more interesting—and a little more highly philosophical—than you might expect!

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