Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.241.239.167-20140311020135/@comment-2607:FB90:68B9:6C45:0:D:37C9:8401-20171014045810

Think of the eye of Magnus as a dam where someone could properly control the flow of magic using the staff. Opening the eye up all of the way improperly would cause a tidal surge of magic which in turn would cause a world wide disaster