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Often related to Rule Magic in [[Functional Magic]]. Sometimes they are a form of [[Geometric Magic]]. May function as a necessary [[Magic Prerequisite]] in some settings. A sister trope of [[Place of Power]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** Note that this is only in the Anime. The Manga took the stance of "Magic isn't real" and stuck to its guns like a baby to its bottle.
** For that matter, the second anime of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' had dragon lines, surrounding the country and the city in an immense human transmutation circle.
* ''[[Rental Magica]]'' got these. People use them to choose places for big spellcasting, pure-magic monsters use them as a subway, and when magical
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* ''Ley Lines'' (''Nihon Kuro Shakai'') is the English literal title of Japanese director Takashi Miike's 1999 film, which does not address the phenomenon of ley lines directly, but rather uses the idea subliminally as the film's heroes set out along their own 'ley lines', or the railways of Honshu to Tokyo. It is the final installment in a series of three films, titled 'Black Society Trilogy'.
* ''Thomas And The Magic Railroad'': The titular railroad was inspired by ley lines.
* The intersection of two ley lines in Manhattan is a key plot element in the 2016 reboot of ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]''.
== Literature ==
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* In [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[American Gods]]'', it's revealed that in America, instead of getting a mystic urge to mark Nodes by building temples or megaliths on them, people get a mysterious urge to build tacky roadside attractions like The World's Largest Ball of Twine.
* Played straight with ''[[The Ship That Won]]''.
* These play an important role in [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''Mason & Dixon''
* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', Anathema is investigating the Ley Lines and finds they have been moving. They're forming a spiral around the hometown of the [[Anti Christ]].
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** It is further stated that Ley Lines also extend into open space, which is why planetary alignments can cause increased activity on terrestrial ley lines. The Great Cataclysm on Earth also caused ley lines to erupt on the Moon and Mars, and possibly other planets, as well as causing intense solar flare activity. In the Three Galaxies sub-setting, interstellar ley lines are used extensively by magic-using civilizations (e.g. [[Space Elves]]) to travel through space without the need for conventional technology (although they use a lot of [[Magitek|techno-wizardry)]].
* ''[[Shadowrun]]'' has Ley Lines called "[http://pl.shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Manalines_and_Power_Sites Mana Lines]". In Asia they're called "dragon lines". Places where they cross (and greatly increase ambient mana) are called "power sites".
* ''[[Dungeons
** In the ''[[Birthright]]'' setting realm magic involves using and even ''creating'' ley lines to access remote [[Place of Power|sources]]. This is necessary because most human wizards live in cities, but human settlement screws up the magical energy.
** In the third edition, characters can accesses earth nodes to gain powers. Also certain magical locations give temporary abilities when used right.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has these: Ley nodes are shown in the elven territory, and Karazhan is highly spooky because every single ley line passes through it. The deranged aspect of magic is now trying to redirect them all to his base, where he can toss the magic "safely" into space.
* The ''[[Wild
** Ley points also appear in ''[[Wild
** In ''[[Wild
* There's an exploration badge in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' that mentions Ley Lines.
** There's a couple actually, Paragon City is referred to more than once as a place Ley Lines cross, which is used as the explanation for why so many magical things happen there.
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** There's also the leypoint in Wajaom Woodlands. Players can complete a quest to receive a ring that teleports them to that point that involves them getting ''struck by lightning.''
** Leylines are arguably the underlying concept of Draw Points in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', which are depicted as fissures in the ground that stream with magical energy, not unlike a natural gasline.
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* The eponymous railway of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' are not only rails for the royal trains, they also act as the
* The ritual known as the Holy Grail (from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'') works by using a giant mana circle to collect mana from the two foci of leylines under Fuyuki, and then using this mana to summon Heroic Spirits. In the ending of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', {{spoiler|Kiritsugu uses explosives to damage part of the leyline so the circle will eventually be obliterated by an earthquake before the Fifth Holy Grail War can occur. [[Foregone Conclusion|Too bad the Fourth didn't end normally...]]}}
* While not explicitly used in ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]]'', but [[Significant Anagram|Asakim]] [[Original Generation|Dowin's]] [[Humongous Mecha]] Shurouga can execute its strongest attack "Ley Buster", which turns into a [[Ramming Always Works|crash attack]] generated by a circle of seemingly magical energy. The above picture is even given a [[Shout-Out]] as part of the "[[Sphere of Destruction|Spheroid of Destruction]]".
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