<div class="floatright">(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DdZViYBdW_I/UDSFDcCg4nI/AAAAAAAAXG0/lT5D4inFACA/s1600/gwenr.jpg)</div>Velatha listened in on the others' introductions and felt she had to throw her own opinions into the mix.  "I make no claims to know anything of the gods.  I have never seen them, or seen what I believe to be their influence, as such I will make no speculations on weather or not they exist now, or indeed if they ever did however I personally can't agree that this is some sort of punishment for growing too reliant on magic."<br/><br/>"It is possible that magic was the cause for this decline, but there is no reason why magic can't be the answer to it either.  The ability to alter the natural flow of things is and has always been an art.  Do not fault an art for your dislike of an artist."  She lightly raised her eyebrows then pulled a book, pen, and ink out from her bag and began to write own some notes.