Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark (ノアの箱舟, Noa no Hakobune) is a Lost Magic wielded by Randall Flagg and exclusive to him at this point in time.

Description
While classified as a Caster Magic, the effects of Noah's Ark are far beyond standard comprehension. Noah's Ark is an intriguing magic, because it doesn't provide Randall with any of its own abilities. In fact, it limits the potential Randall has to a significant degree. Noah's Ark, in simple terms, causes Randall's magical container to become a "vessel", disallowing the Guild Master to learn any magic that does involve the manipulation of raw magical power on its own. As a consequence, Noah's Ark isn't an "active" magic, but rather, it is a passive effect on Randall's body. While this is certainly the case, the actual abilities that can be possessed by Randall through Noah's Ark must be achieved by Randall himself.

Noah's Ark most basic ability lies in the idea that Randall's magical container is a vessel. It allows Randall to, at any given point in time, assimilate a "remnant" of another individual's magic and use it for himself. The process of this, however, is quite taxing. Due to the nature of the magical ability, Randall must be in direct physical contact with the magic. As a result, mind-based magical powers cannot be absorbed by Randall, leaving that to be his most crippling weakness. Furthermore, there is a only a certain quantity of magical energy that can be absorbed with each magical ability before the rest of it can be validly used against him. In addition, upon reaching this noted "cap", Randall cannot proceed to absorb another magic until 24 hours is passed, making it highly difficult to absorb multiple abilities at one time, unless Combination Magic or Unison Raid has a hand in the formation of the spell. Moreover, the ability that Randall may use with Noah's Ark as a catalyst can only be the one absorbed by him and no other, leaving him to have a narrow scope of any single magical ability if not careful. In terms of what the magic can and cannot absorb, the only actual limitations are that Lost Magic cannot be absorbed, leaving the overall possibilities to be quite high. It appears that, in terms of the quantity of magical abilities Randall may absorb, the number will constantly increase so long as more magic are created, for the purpose of Noah's Ark was to host all of these abilities. In saying this, in exchange for an ever-increasing number of magic known, the fractions of power Randall may hold become smaller and smaller to accommodate for all of them in the end.

Trivia

 * While the main concept that inspired this magic is, the vessel in , there is some influence from absorbing 's.