My father dressed in rags cried out to the sky but it did not whisper. My mother cried into the soil but it did not regrow what is lost.
My brother rose his fist but found no strength behind it in the face of aggression. I open my palms and now it all rests within me.
My brother rose his fist but found no strength behind it in the face of aggression. I open my palms and now it all rests within me.
The Earth stands as it always was, filtered by the marauding forces of wild animals, festering parasites and cunning men all carving their way into its body. The landscapes swap from poker dotted craters made from blows long not witnessed by any but Gaia to lush forests drinking heavily on the blood of warring tribes of species. On this Earth, still young in its decay lies forces of reality that push along all things which any intelligent creature would have naturally sought. Magic, a concept existing long before magic itself did had come into play as the powers of the universe find themselves no longer homes in retreating pockets of Earth own atmosphere but growing ones in men.
Magic, something that so desired brother had killed brother out of the cackles of crazy wise women for demonic power and warlords have left their burning ambitions in the dust in fear of it. Something that so revered is now proving itself to be masters of men, not their tools. There are no mages in robes spinning flame at a whim here at their religions behest, no. Magic works as it desires with people as its home be that it doom us or uplifts us undeservedly is no concern for the forces at work. This is the universe that our story will be told.
What is magic?: Magic is a natural flow of force divided into types: Fire/Air/Water/Earth along with Blight. Untold and Renew.
Magic is natural for a person to have, everyone has a tiny bit of magic because everyone has some sort of personality or event or life style that attracts this magical forces inside of them. It is invisible and acts more as a chi or energy of the world at large. However, magic dictates how it is expressed either via planning or denial. This is expressed in a set of classes:
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Manifest of X: This person will have a personality that is strongly related to an element. An Manifest of Fire would hurt others without intention and be passionate. He can also be a very warm and charismatic person, he would attract others to him.
They are in tune with their element and will excel both in learning and hold talent in any skill or science that involves it. Manifest on the field for magic users act as batteries. They "store" an element but will slowly fall to sleep as their mana is taken.
Manifest are DOOMED to die by their element even if against all odds. This is why there are few manifest mages, due to their tendency to be killed by their own, overabundant power at low levels.
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Martyr of X: Someone who has no ability to use their magic in life but stores in massive amounts of it that would eclipse most other magic users. A martyr is haunted by suicidal feelings as the forces inside him whisper the power of his death. He, will be tormented unknowingly by his powers. Martyr believe that their death will mean something and in their case, they are correct. Martyr are few due to their high suicide rate when young.
When a martyr dies they can make a singular wish pertaining to their magic: A martyr of fire could forever seal a volcano about to erupt or even make it rain fire on an army.
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Mage of X: A mage is someone who has little magical draw unto themselves but lives a life style that may cooperate with it. A mage of blight would be forgetful, isolated and suffer with depression a lot. They may, at heart be very active people or even very upbeat but still follow a routine that will attract a type of magic. Mages can uses magic but are constantly hunting for it, seeking to leech it out. They will need to go thru intense rituals to obtain it or siphon it from others. A mage of blight may need to drink poison and practice a heavy alcoholic life style in order to temp it their way.
Mages are constantly doing a mating call for more magic which is always self destructive, even if the magic at heart is positive. A mage of Renew would be getting themselves into bad scenarios but then perform surgery on themselves. They may even let unhealthy things grow on them such as spores or parasites, they might even do normal things related to their desires but push to a limit of self harm (jogging over glass to spite obstacle to their athlete dream)
Mages can be healthy, but their recharge is very slow making many fall to seductive dangerous rituals for more control a tempting constant. Combine this with their life style and its easy for them to sway to the extreme of something they already embrace. All worthwhile mages meditate and philosophically ponder their magics to an almost jedi like extent.
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Magics: You can guess all the elemental powers. Renew and Blight are basically good and bad. Blight is the things that haunt you and stain you for live. Bad luck, lost limbs, forgetfulness and sometimes just damn right inability. Blight is the nasty taste in your mouth that you try to spit but you just can't get out. You have to live with the rash.
Renew is the opposite. It's about growth and capacity, knowing what you want and going after it. Someone who is haunted by renew will want to be doggedly minded about something but might have to accept they can't have it. While blight wants to get rid of it and dosen't want to focus on it anymore.
I'm going to finish at these 3 as this is just an IC but if you like the taste of this so far then I may add a few more- I probably won't exceed 5 or 6 if I do-
IN SHORT:
In this medieval world, magic is a forces of reality that goes where it pleases. Defining fates and ruining plans. It is not a constant but a recently new thing- although many of the old magic believers would disagree- This story will be about a new generation being gifted with powers from this world and ultimately having to work together for the benefit of their home, while coping with their personalities.
I want to test the waters, get a feel of the types of possible players before I construct a plot. The meat and potatoes is the magic system
The group will be small(4 to 8). I don't demand chapters but two paragraphs at least. It's ok if you mess up writing now and then, I miss my mistakes too.
If this does somehow get attention and people want to join. I'll be honest and say I favor proactive initiative people. Someone who will bug me with pms about their ideas or plots or working together on something will beat someone who just submits a sheet and waits silently without any input. I won't ignore your quality input over it though.
