Ley Line: Difference between revisions

* ''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.

 

== Literature ==

** 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".

** 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.

== 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.

* 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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