Petricite Absorbing Magic Explains so Much

I'm aware, but this is the first time it's been outright stated, rather than implied. Galio's lore implies that petricite absorbs magic, and even at the time Riot was saying it seemed to suppress magic. There was an implication that the suppression was not the reality, but that's not directly stating it.

Early discussions of Shurima indicate that natural magic is uncommon there, even if the empire itself utilizes magic, and though Noxus weaponizes magic, there's a strong indication, particularly from Vladimir and Swain's lore, that magic found within Noxus is still from an outside source (Vladimir's magic comes from the Shuriman Darkin, Swain's is literally demonic). Even basilisks, a strongly magical creature used by Noxus, comes from a different part of the empire.

And since the Shuriman Empire and LeBlanc predate the Rune Wars, we have no indication that these regions were once rich in magic like Ionia and the Blessed Isles or if they've always been like this. Lore indicates Shurima was once much more fertile and is becoming more fertile again, and the same could be true of Noxus. Ionia, Kumungu, and the Blessed Isles all have an indication that powerful magic makes their land extremely fertile and full of life. It's not that Demacia has more magic, I never said that it did, it's that Demacia's fertility being tied to magic might make more sense than it being fertile and there being no magic to speak of, and petricite absorbing magic and having the capability of being channelled could explain it.

This is kinda incorrect. Ionia has more mages than any other place. It’s been outright stated that mages are rare in general... meanwhile in Ionia Akali is a rare example of someone who has no trace of magic. It’s unusual for an Ionian not to have some magic. I think, but not 100% sure, that a similar case existed within the blessed isles.

I thought it had been stated that Demacia has less mages than other nations on account do both the petricite and the almsot “xenophobic” nature of central Demacians and their attitude to magic. This was in a discussion about whether Magic was genetic

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It's not indicated anywhere that any of the other regions have more or less magic present than Demacia. I mean hell, Noxus is currently in a political war between a cabal of ancient mages and a mage general, while a great deal of the champions from Noxus utilize magic in some form or fashion. Then there's Shurima, who's country was founded on harnessing the magic of the cosmos through a sun disk, and their elite of the past were cosmically infused beings - plus, we see evidence of magic EVERYWHERE in Ezreal's lore as he explores Shurima as well as through Taliyah's existences as a hereditary mage. Then if we move to Piltover/Zaun, magic is everywhere there as the engineers try to find ways to harness it and merge it with science and technology. I don't even HAVE to mention Ionia or the Shadow Isles and their omnipresence of magic, or even the Freljord, with a magical race of ice people. So it's a little tough to say that Demacia has more magic than anywhere else...

That said, we also have no indication what happens to the magic petricite absorbs. Obviously, Durand created Galio, and the magic he absorbs gives him life (so it wasn't news that Petricite absorbs magic...), but we don't know if it's consumed like an energy, or simply dispersed after a time. So we really don't have evidence that the petricite cells holding the World Runes are distributing that magic in any other way.

I'm betting that the world runes will create Malphite after a lil' while. T'would be a twist!

The lore of Sylas mentions that there are some people who have magial powers even if they don't admit it and are actively against mages and I'm certain that Garen might be one of these cases,with his R being his own magical power that he denies himself(though you could explain his Q and W this way).

We know that Durand's creation, Galio, utilizes the magic he absorbs as a fuel that gives Galio life. But we also know that the petricite used by the mageseekers in Demacian Heart turns black and disintegrates once too much magic has been absorbed - and there was no resulting magical phenomena when that happened. So petricite doesn't overload and cause magic if it absorbs too much. It merely crumbles unless it was crafted by Durand.

That said, Sylas' story ALSO mentions that the elite of Demacia are also harboring magical talent they are either unaware of, or aware of and using their power and influence in society to make the mageseekers disappear. Given that Lux has IMMENSE magical powers, it's pretty much a given at this point that her hereditary aptitude for magic is shared by her family members to some degree, and this includes her brother. I would say Garen's abilities are his own magic manifesting.

Where do you think I got the direct statement "petricite absorbs magic"? It's literally in Sylas' biography. The thread isn't about petricite absorbing magic, it's about how that absorption affects Demacia's landscape.

As I've stated before in this thread, this is the first time it had been directly stated petricite absorbs magic and that it can be channeled, rather than just implying it.

Quite possibly, what's very likely is that Demacia is in the same predicament as the Blessed Isles, where there's a huge concentration of magic sitting on this land mass, waiting for someone to act on it, even inadvertently, but will cause mass destruction in the end.