[quote=@Dark Jack]Yoshua... hmm... I've been pondering the properties of this spell for a while, and I think there are certain things I'd have to address, at least. The first one would be that the spell - or practically any mind-affecting spell of even basic potency - would ever linger in an area to continue to affect individuals within it over time. Rather, a mind-affecting spell would typically disperse its energy in an instant as it activated its effect, and then latch that energy onto anyone within the area of effect to specifically affect them, not the area around them. There are a lot of different reasons that this is the only way something like this would be practically doable, some very pseudo-scientific in relation to the universe and would take a while to explain, but the most fundamental reason is that the energy it would take to permeate an area with an effect of that magnitude would kill you. Not just the caster, though no ordinary mortal would be able to survive losing that much magical energy, but [I]everyone within the area of effect[/I]. The energy would have to be so immense that people would actually suffocate and die. (Spells that affect minds directly with any kind of reliability take [I]huge[/I] amounts of magical energy, much larger than spells of other types.)

If it did latch onto individuals and functioned by having the energy focus on those people, then the above issue would be dealt with. There is another thing about mind-affecting spells, though: the energy fed into casting the spell is depleted a lot faster if the target(s) try to resist the effect, and the stronger the will to resist the spell is in the target, the more energy will be required to even affect it at all. It would take an awareness of [I]what[/I] one was trying to resist to be able to do so, though. Simply knowing that one's mind was being affected by magic would not be enough to allow one to resist such a spell; one would have to be able to identify how one's mind was affected, in this case mainly by curbing aggression. If one knew this and did not want to be affected thusly, then additional energy would be drained in order to subdue the target's will, which would shorten its duration... or, if the spell proved insufficient to do so, simply render it ineffective.
So really, there'd be no guarantee that any kind of effect would linger at all, even a discomfort when performing aggressive actions. That said, an effect like this would probably be pretty hard to identify... one would probably notice that one was being manipulated, certainly, but recognizing how one's mind was being affected would be difficult, which would make resisting it similarly difficult.
For the same reason I imagine that anyone affected so strongly that they would not even stop someone trying to kill them would either have to simply not want to defend themselves, or be exceptionally susceptible to mind-affecting magic (an example of the latter would typically be very weak-minded individuals, such as often witnessed in late-stage piaan-addicts).[/quote]
I can modify it so that the "area of effect," is more like a detection field. It detects how many people are in the area (unless specific people are targeted) and then directs the available magical energy to them as needed to fuel the spell (but only the amount of magical energy allotted to the spell, obviously).

However, what I [i]am[/i] getting from this is that the spell would still be quite effective meaning that logically Ixion and Morgan should have had more trouble breaking out of its effects, correct? Mostly considering the fact that I'on primarily used his hands to weave the runes, rather than say the words super loud. He was mouthing them and I don't recall Ixion or Morgan being able to read lips (correct me if I am wrong). Plus, neither of them would've been paying much attention to him while he was preforming the spell due to what was going on within that time frame.

So...since neither of them would be privy to the exact nature of the spell and due to some of its effects being rather nebulous/difficult to immediately notice, logically the spell should be [i]much[/i] more difficult to break out of. This on top of the fact that since it'd be implausible for the spell to truly be an AoE, practically all of the energy would be directed towards, Ixion, Morgan and the masked Sister as they are the ones who are in it. The blue haired sister would get some too and maybe a few of the fleeing inn customers would, but they'd also be even less likely to resist the spell given they shouldn't have much reason to at all.

Since the inngoers are a non-issue the spell would prioritize the people closest to I'on and would only give those at the perimeter of the "area," a brief wave of calm, after which the spell's energies would focus on the people in greater stress and who are also attempting to resist its effects.

Also, for future reference, I think I may just come directly to you and/or Shienvien when making spells. I'd rather avoid having this sort of discussion again (mostly because it causes people to have to edit when it could've just been done right the first time).