Expanding on [Suggestion_4931] and Suggestion_1014].

Of course it'd be nice if wizards used the same-color spell by default in MR4, but that has the less-than-desirable effect of suggesting that Berlin default to Morph and moreover Merlin default to Summon, both associations we'd likely rather avoid in the wake of MR3. (If I may interject my opinion I see them both as rather cool and rather far out of the way in MR4... not right up front as presumably is Berlin.)

However, it's clearly vital to use the colorful property of both wizards and spells to associate them: when choosing a partner in the middle of a fight, you don't want to think, "Hmm, who has the Energy Mines? Was it Flaetorlin?"

Therefore, the next best thing is to give each wizard a spell of the opposite color. While the exact matching may vary due to the influence of Prestotolin the Indigo, a few basic examples of possibilities follow.


Merlin the Blue: Energy blast is Orange. Perfect.

Berlin the Purple: Whichever it is, the Yellow spell is always a good berserker single-target spell with high power. Excellent to a battle-wizard.

Foelin the Orange: Convenient if he and not Flaetorlin is the fire-wizard (possibly found in the desert?) because something like Fire Summon would look nice against a blue spell. Also, wasn't he evil? If not, substitute Flaetorlin. Better that the summon be in the hands of an enemy wizard for MR4, 'cause that makes for a fun fight for the (Fire) Summon.

Flaetorlin the Yellow: Assuming he's not Summon, he's Morph. That could be quite convenient in a partner. (And the Morph could have some interesting forms...)

Verdanlin the Green: He's been presented as a bit technical, so Energy Mines or similar red spell is perfect.

Amotonlin the Red: Hey, we don't have a green spell yet! What an opportunity to get creative, eh? Sounds like a Water spell, whatever it is, and likely from the Swamp. Perhaps you need to go there and get the spell in order to rescue Amotonlin, in a puzzly-sort-of-thing? (Which can obviously be avoided with enough blasting-power if doing the other sides first.)

As to Ulin, Garonlin, Prestotolin (and Mortillin?) I couldn't really say as they don't seem to have opposites. If they're each their own color, though, I can go off on this tangent:

Ulin the White: Heal (see Monk) is very convenient, especially for beginners if you put him in the middle. But alternatively you might first offer...

Garonlin the Grey: Tell me something. Couldn't say what to call it, but in some way he ought to be able to give useful information with his spell, whether he uses it or Merlin.

Prestotolin the Indigo: Whatever his spell is, it's pretty strong, and I propose its use rather than Summon for the blue-vs.-black fight at the end. Indigo's close enough and clearly quite powerful. Possibly also Water-element?

Mortillin(?) the Black: Not that you'll see him not-Sorcering, so his name doesn't really matter and he's likely to use way more than one spell anyhow. (Black versions of all of them, perhaps, over 25 screens.) But it's clearly also powerful. Maybe the black one available to Merlin is draining? Would that make Indigo or one of the white/grey pair a buffing spell? So many questions...


Hmmm. I've gone on too long and probably made more than one suggestion, though I did make an effort to split off bits like Fire Summon. Easily segmented later once the good bits are identified, anyhow.