“Most people think they were not nearly as efficient as modern teleport platforms, and they are bound to be exorbitantly expensive and difficult to make. The gate spell is almost certainly reverse-engineered from Bakora gates, back when people still knew how to activate them, and it is pretty much the pinnacle of dimensional magic that very few mages can cast safely. Teleportation magic, on the other hand, is relatively accessible and cheap. In the end, it all comes down to the fact they are currently inert and nobody knows how to use them. If, indeed, they can be used at all in modern times. They are the oldest magical artifacts we are aware of. It is possible they broke down a long time ago.”
“How many of them are there?” Zorian asked.
“Hundreds are known,” Vani said. “Only gods kno
