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== Comic Books ==
* The [[DC Universe]] has Ley Lines as well, though they're rarely mentioned.
** They were the basis for the "Millennium Giants" story arc in the ''[[
** Chinese heroine Gloss, of the New Guardians, calls them the Dragon Lines of Power, and draws upon them to create various seismic effects, as well as gaining incredible strength, speed, and flight.
* ''[[The Invisibles]]'' features a brief mention about how Canary Wharf was built to tap into the power of the Southern Dragon Line (which is why they put a pyramid on top of the tower).
* ''[[
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* Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' series features these as necessary for the casting of any magic whatsoever.
* Found in the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' novels, complete with [[Place of Power|Nodes]]. They're described as rivers of [[Life Energy]] that bleed off from all living things and "flow" to another plane. Further, it requires certain magical potential to attempt to tap their energy without being overwhelmed or burned out; mages who can do this are called Masters (or Adepts, if they can also handle nodes).
* The conspiracy theory in ''[[
* Rupert in ''Deep Secret'' by [[Diana Wynne Jones]] is ''very'' distressed when he realizes the hotel where he's gathering his magical candidates is built at a node between ley lines. It has a bit too much magical power behind it for him to be comfortable working with it. He's entirely right, of course.
* Another [[Diana Wynne Jones]] novel that uses the concept of ley lines is ''The Homeward Bounders'', where they're tied up with the position and behaviour of the Bounds.
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* In the ''Darkness'' series by [[Harry Turtledove]] (an allegory of [[World War Two]] set in a generic fantasy world) leylines take on the role of railway lines in our world, with enchanted carts floating above them. However, because leylines also go under the sea, most ships are also enchanted and ride along them rather than using sails (the Algarvians at one point pull off a surprise invasion by using only rare sailships, magically undetectable). The biggest hub of leylines in the world is the Lagoan capital of Setubal (the equivalent of London), explaining its role as the centre of global trade.
* Ley lines in the [[Kate Daniels]] books are fast-moving currents of magic. It's impossible to touch them safely, as any living thing will be sheared off at the knees. However, the ley lines will drag anything along with them, so they're used as transportation. "Ley taxis" are cheap wooden platforms stacked up at every ley point, which people use to ride on.
* In [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[
* Played straight with ''[[The Ship That Won]]''.
* These play an important role in [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''Mason & Dixon''--it is, after all, a [[Mind Screw]] about surveyors.
* In ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[Lost]]'', the island is suggested to move along these lines, as well as having centers of geomagnetic energy.
* They rarely mention them, but ley lines exist in ''[[
* The stone circle in [[Children of the Stones]] gets it's power from ley-lines
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** In the third edition, characters can accesses earth nodes to gain powers. Also certain magical locations give temporary abilities when used right.
* ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' has them, primarily used by the Covenant called Ordo Dracul, and referred by them as "Dragon Lines".
* ''[[
* ''[[Exalted]]'' has them, though they're called dragon lines because it was the reptilian race known as the [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons|Dragon Kings]] who first mapped them out. In ''Exalted'', it's not so much that their course is determined by the landscape as that the landscape is determined by their course; Essence, as the term implies, literally makes up ''everything''. Geomantic weapons such as the Thousand-Forged Dragons, which can warp, drain, or even destroy a region's dragon lines beyond repair, are thus among the most potent weapons of mass destruction in the setting.
* ''[[The Dark Eye]]'' also has leylines along with other forms of [[Functional Magic]].
* These are cards in ''[[Magic:
* ''[[Role Master]]'' campaign setting ''Shadow World''. Essence Flows follow paths around the planet Kulthea and can be tapped for magical power by touching them.
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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 Arms]]'' series seems to alternate between having one or multiple ley lines running through Filgaia. It is mentioned directly in ''[[
** Ley points also appear in ''[[
** In ''[[
* 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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* ''[[Dungeon Siege]] 2'' refers to Ley Lines.
* In ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'', Covenant has ley lines serve as a very minor piece of the plot on the second disc.
* In ''[[Destroy All Humans!]] 3'', according to the "Lunarian Church of Alientology", they are "invisible rivers of mystical energy", and they want to build where the ley lines cross in order to use them to communicate interstellar distances with their minds.
* The Crystal Lines in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''. They're easy to spot, considering the [[Precursors|Zilart]] essentially encased them in cement.
** 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.
* [[Ley Line|Ley Lines]] are somewhat important in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'': For starters, the High Elves use them to keep their island home afloat, and disturbing the stones that mark them tends to have really bad consequences (a stray Goblin warlord and his shaman almost sunk the continent, which considering its status as a [[Cosmic Keystone]] would have been a Bad Thing.) The Slann also use them to communicate with each other, unfortunately for them they had to move their continent around a bit, which meant that their cities in Lustria and the Southlands are no longer aligned, which means they cannot communicate. This leads to redundancy at times, such as hitting the Cathayan fleet with two hurricanes.
* The eponymous railway of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
* The ritual known as the Holy Grail (from ''[[Fate/stay
* 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
** Which is in turn a reference to [[Significant Anagram|Masaki]] [[Super Robot Wars 2|Andoh's]] "[[Genius Bonus|Akashic Buster]]" attack, named for [[Akashic Records|a similar concept]]. This trope combined with the characters' similarities are the only things keeping fans from calling the attack "[[Spell My Name
* ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]'' 4 has those. Sacred Groves are created at the crossings of those. Conveniently, there can be always at least one such crossing in each Preserve, seeing as a grove can theoretically be built in any of such cities when it isn't forbidden by map settings. The groves boost a hero's maximum mana count permanently by 3. Additionally, Gauldoth [[Body Horror|the Half-Dead's]] campaign (the necropolis faction one) involves opening a portal to another realm, where Gauldoth's master Kalibarr is being held prisoner. That is done by destroying the Angel's Blade at a giant nexus point of the same kind of lines, which is described in words as a place where many rainbow-coloured lines meet, visible to a practitioner of Nature magic like Gauldoth. On the map, it looks like many other evil-styled Quest Gates, though.
* ''[[
== Webcomics ==
* The [[
* Ley lines, and nexuses where they cross, are mentioned early in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Black Mage is a living nexus.
* In ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'', Ley Lines are discussed quite often when talking about their system of magic, known as 'lux.'
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