Weakened Dor/Aon Ashe/Aon Removal

Raoden nodded. raising his hand to begin Aon Ashe. He finished the character's double box shape and added the Chasm line. He stepped back. waiting anxiously. The Aon began to glow. The light started at the tip of the coast line, then burned through the entire Aon like flames sweeping across a pool of oil. The lines turned red at first, then. like metal in a forge, turned a bright white. The color stabilized. bathing the area in soft luminescence. 'It works, sule,' Galladon whispered. 'By Doloken you actually did it'

Raoden nodded with excitement. He approached the Aon hesitantly, putting his hand up against it. There was no heat just as the books had explained. One thing was wrong. however. 'It's not as bright as it should be,' he said. 'How can you be sure? Galladon asked. 'This is the first one you've seen work.' Raoden shook his head. 'I've read enough to know. An Aon Ashe this big should be powerful enough to light the entire library it's barely as bright as a lantern.' He reached up, tapping the Aon in the center. The glow faded immediately, the Aon's lines vanishing one at a time, as if some invisible finger were undrawing them. Then he drew another Aon Ashe, this time including all the power-increasing modifiers he knew. When this Aon finally stabilized, it appeared slightly brighter than the first one, but nowhere near as powerful as it should have been. 'Something is still wrong,' Raoden said. 'That Aon should be too bright for us to look at.' 'You think the Chasm line is wrong?' Galladon asked. 'No, it was obviously a large part of the problem. AonDor works now, but it's handicapped in power. There must be something else another line. perhaps, that we need to add.'

Elantris Chapter 49