Quote Originally Posted by mjasghar View Post
One aspect of the Gates being vulnerable is they ARE GATES
As I’ve said elsewhere - they aren’t meant to be seals on the rifts - they are meant to be Gates to the other world whilst also sealing the Snarl away. As the Giant has said, the Gates are a connection from the prison plane to the material world. They exist to access that plane without letting the Snarl out.
That doesn't sound right.
Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
The gem reinforces the Gate; the gem is NOT the Gate, and the Gate is not the seal, and the seal is not the rift. The gem is the deadbolt, not the lock, or the door, or the doorway. The "door" is a complex spell that is not actually visible but is what Dorukan and Lirian are casting in the first panel of the second page of #276. The "lock" is the Gate, a tiny magical object that later had a throne crafted around it; it's about the size of a raisin in the case of Azure City. The "doorway" is the rift itself, and it is not really inside the gemstone, it's just that the gem (and Gate) are translucent and we can see through it (because it's a visual medium and it made it easier to understand). The gemstone is an enchanted object that further seals and reinforces the Gate; thus, the "deadbolt."