Gate Travel

Quick travel to one of the eight moongates is possible with the Gate Travel spell.

Spell Description
Similar to the properties of the Orb of the Moons this spell allows the caster to be transported to any moongate instantly. Upon casting Gate Travel, a blue moongate will open up, transporting the spellcaster and his party to any of the eight moongates on the surface of Britannia. It was once believed that revealing the components of the spell would restrict its use, and were thus kept secret. Nevertheless, the ingredients were eventually published.

Travel Destinations
Using the spell, the following numbers lead to the following gates:


 * [[File:Image001.gif]] (1) New Moon: Moonglow


 * [[File:Image002.gif]] (2) Crescent Waxing Moon: Britain


 * [[File:Image003.gif]] (3) First Quarter: Jhelom


 * [[File:Image004.gif]] (4) Gibbous Waxing Moon: Yew


 * [[File:Image005.gif]] (5) Full Moon: Minoc


 * [[File:Image006.gif]] (6) Gibbous Waning Moon: Trinsic


 * [[File:Image007.gif]] (7) Last Quarter: Skara Brae


 * [[File:Image008.gif]] (8) Crescent Waning Moon: New Magincia

Lore




Ultima Saga
In the beginning of Lynn Abbey's Ultima Saga, DuPre and the mage Meraise arrive near Hawksnest by way of moongate, and it was noted that only a magician of the highest rank could compel a gate to open against its moon phase. Later, Balthan's endless mystical stairs ended in a moongate created by a scroll.

Quote

 * Jordan added his own oaths and exclamations, but Althea knew the light for what it was.


 * "A moon gate."


 * The heir of Hawksnest was skeptical. "A moon gate that works in the daylight and opens down?"


 * "Balthan said he was carrying scrolls and that the Avatar showed him how to use them together. He was Felespar's amanuensis--he told me once that the spell he illuminated most often was one that opened a moon gate at any time and from any place."


 * "Probably costs a small fortune in gold. Who'd use it?" Jordan wondered.


 * Drum knew. "Peers of Virtue Quests--who else? The question is: Are we going to use this one? Looks like Balthan smeared the ink, if you ask me."

Trivia

 * A spell of the same name, but with different effects, appears in both of the Underworlds. This spell still worked in  despite the destruction of the moongates in.
 * In, the formula is given by Mentorian.