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Kanimir is, as he often is, sitting in his library enjoying a book on magic and pondering theoretical innovation. He has an idea; he writes it down. It probably won't pan out, most of them don't, but it might.
enslaving elementals offends Kanimir grievously
make_opportunity
"They start as adults knowing every language in the world at the time. They can all fly. Wild ones aren't interested in the same kinds of things as humans but they get that way after a lot of time around us. They've got more magic but can only use one or two elements each, usually one - a fraction are hybrids."
make_opportunity
"I've never talked that much with a brand new one but yeah, it's really different. They know how to do things, but not facts, mostly."
make_opportunity
"They can do magic but won't think of all the applications. They can walk and talk and read and write and fly. They can guess reasonably well about what will be safe to eat."
jumptotheleft
"They vary wildly. They start out as adults in an adjacent, highly unpleasant dimension, and many of them live down to it."
jumptotheleft
"True. I meant more 'is the problem something that can be solved through direct application of force,' such as by say for example leading a slave uprising, or is it something that requires politics."