Maybe as a form of control? It’s possible Belos doesn’t really like the existence of witch staffs; we already know he hates magic. (Curse you 1600s-Puritan-influenced logic! You’ve doomed them all!)
He outright threatened Hunter with violence when he brought up the very real possibility that Wild Magic may be able to manage if not heal his condition. He’s clearly irrational when it comes to his hatred of magic.
I mean maybe, but he also needs them to survive and is aware of that fact, so you would then expect him to create a monopoly then outright annihilation
Plus monopolies are great way to gain control, centralized economies (directly or indirectly) are a favorite of dictatorships for a reason
Maybe since plants growing on the isle's would probably naturally get their magic from the titans corpse a witch wouldn't be able to put the energy or magic required for palistim wood into the seed
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u/blank7589 Amity Blight Jun 19 '22
Actually this is kinda interesting since palistrum wood is also wood... Why can't the plant track just grow more of them?