Talk:Great War/@comment-38621229-20190224192257/@comment-4010415-20190225044534

The only guess I have for why he gave those girls magical powers is because they gave him hope in mankind. This guess is just based on the fairy tale, from how Pyrrha described the wizard as a "callous old man who refused to leave his home". The four sisters showed him kindness and got him to come out of his house and have a feast with him, despite none of them really knowing him.

I think that level of kindness toward a complete stranger touched his heart. Maybe he had been depressed and was losing hope that he could stop Salem and unite mankind. If so, the sisters may have restored that hope, inspiring him to grant them magical powers to give them more power to share their kindness and help strangers in need.