Th3King0fChaos

The Hourglass Order

I've done something I shouldn't have, but now it exists.

This is Desmond's Fighting skills, his style, and the 'Martial Arts' he knows.

Kind of giving myself and you guys a better understanding of how Desmond fights when put in different situations and with different weapons.

If you could, let me know what y'all think. Or don't it's understandable to not want to read a 20K character post on ramblings on how Desmond hits things good.

Fighting Style

This is stuff for Desmond not only to explain his skills in combat but also to help me write and figure out how he would fight in different situations.

Ranking System

I will be using this chart to actually be ranking where I see skills Desmond uses and such. This is not an official list but is meant to help with understanding what I'm saying, and also gives me a much easier time explaining it now rather than having to explain it every time I am trying to talk about his skills.

Beginner This is an amateur level, you dabbled in the ideas of skill for about a few weeks, but you haven't spent much time in either working with the skill nor have you seen much of it.

-A peasant who is being trained to hold a spear in a spear line.

Intermediate- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about 6 or so months, at this point you have been creating habits, learning the fundamentals of the skill, and even developing your own ideas in a skill. There are some things that aren't instinct or second nature yet, but you can still rely on the fundamentals taught.

-A Militiaman who has completed training to be a part of a functioning spear line.

Adept- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about a year or two, at this point you have been developing muscle memory. At this point, you can start relying on the skills that you started learning to still be with you without you needing to mentally figure out the maneuver you are doing, you can just do it.

-An inexperienced squire, who has been under the care of a lord, and training and sparing against other squires.

Advanced- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about 5 years or so, at this point, you have been tested in your skills. You have gained and lost multiple habits, you have started figuring out certain things that have been less efficient and starting to create your own skills to best fit you.

-A fresh-faced Knight, who finally finished his years of training and is now to go to war for his lord.

Sacred- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about a decade or two, at this point you are starting to refine your skills and making a name for yourself with certain 'signature' skills. At this point, you have seen many different things, and started to create and form new measures to best combat certain faults and counters you have seen through your time.

-A Knight/Mercenary who has seen years of battle, and has been now refining skills to best combat the many things you've seen.

Royal- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for multiple decades or more, at this point you're skills have been honed to some of the greatest degrees they can be. Few can match you in your skills, as you have seen many different styles, many different skills used, and have taken meticulous care to make sure your skills have been brought to a level that nothing really surprises you anymore.

-A Greater Knight who has seen decades of battle and has now been honored for his skills as he has now passed on many of his skills to his successors.

Divine- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for multiple decades or more, at this point you're skills have been honed beyond what could even be thought of as possible. At this point, few can say they are able to even equal you. Your skills seem otherworldly, you are seen as the pinnacle and few can even imagine equaling you let alone surpassing you.

-A Grand Knight who has defeated foes thought beyond possible by ones self. Few can challenge a dragon on their own yet a Dragon's head is on your mantle for that very reason.

Thought Processes

Tactitian

When Desmond is working with others around him, he is quite an efficient tactician and team player. Desmond has learned how to work with many different people, may it be with other Magusjaegers, knights, to mages, Desmond had to play ball with them. Often he was seen as a child at best, however, showing skills on the battlefield helps people reconsider their position.

He normally takes the role of a small-scale tactician and supportive role, making sure people are able to do their jobs. If a Mage is giving some people trouble he will deal with them, knights are pushing too close, he will force them back, and if he notices another Magusjaeger, he will track them to make sure that there is only one set of eyes over the battlefield.

Desmond will oftentimes pick out certain plans to best allow for everyone's abilities to come forth, or what he thinks they can be. He hates it when he needs to give some control away to someone else, however, to use the resources you have is the utmost priority, after all, they could possibly find something that he himself could never see, like a more equipped Chemist being able to pick up on a faint internal change or other things like that.

However, when Desmond can have control over the majority of the operation, that's when he is most at ease, as it will give him the most he can work with and how they will work.

Lone Wolf

When Desmond is by himself, his thought process when doing missions is much more methodical. By himself, he needs to fight and think smarter than most. As the only things he can rely on are his skills, his wits, and his will to get through. Yet this makes him at ease, cause it gives him the most control making him the sole cog and the easiest to control.

Often he will be on a constant watch of things, he will more often than not hide among what he can, often trying to blend in the best he can no matter where he is. Even when walking the streets he will often hide in the crowd, slowly and methodically planning his route and all possible way to escape.

He is a constant vigilant alert, as he will often plan days if not weeks ahead, often learning the environments he will get himself into, the dialects, and even some simpler mannerisms. Because of his looks, he has learned how to blend in, changing parts of himself to best fit the bill, maybe even sometimes living somewhere nearby for some time creating an alibi before moving to his objective.

Desmond will often put his own safety above all else, except when it comes to someone he cares about. Where he might compromise himself, the mission, and all else in making sure they survive. Yet if that is not to occur, his skills were formed to allow him to move like a ghost, even able to shift through crowds to find his target or complete his objective. After which, he will quietly complete it before he disappears back and almost as he disappeared off the face of the earth.

Ranged Weapons

Hider

Sniper

Skill Level- Sacred

When Desmond is at a far range and out of notice of his enemies, he takes up his gun in a slow and methodical approach to assassinate targets from extreme ranges. Here he will use his long gun exclusively as it is the only of his weapons that can reach out far enough for his use.

With the use of methodical and stealthy movement to find good fields of view to get clear lines of attack. He uses calm and incremental drawing from the area, he will start finding anything around him to draw from, the swaying of leaves, the ambient heat, or even small things he does with his body and he draws from the movement.

From there he converts it slowly to the energies he needs them for. Such as transforming it to form low-level light magnification to better help him differentiate between targets. Uses Kinetic energy so he can increase the velocity of his bullets to reach out further. As well as converting it to Magnetic energy so he would be more able to guide his bullets and make sure they fly in a much more controlled and precise way.

Once he fires a shot, he will begin moving to one of his next shooting areas, as he will continue to do so until his objective is done, or he needs to leave in preparation for being overwhelmed.

Desmond will often use his many different bullets during this to deal with as many as he can as quickly as possible. Using explosives to deal with swaths of enemies, Inferno bullets to quickly start fires and cause chaos, and using QuickSilver bullets to poison people in areas where they are hiding.

If he needs to leave because he could be overwhelmed, he will use many of his bullets to start causing an area of denial. Chilling areas and then having ice forming there, using QuickSilver bullets to form poison clouds and many other less-lethal bullets, but having wide areas of effect to buy him time against pursuers.

Gunslinger

Skill Level- Adept

When Desmond is at the range but is noticed by his enemies, he changes his fighting tactics to a much more defensive and manipulative style. Uses the flow of combat to cause greater effects and opportunities, manipulating forces to create bad situations for the enemy, and using counter-offensive tactics to take down his enemies. Here he will use his long gun and pistol in tandem to increase his rate of fire and combine bullets together to cause devastating effects through different reactions. He will use magnetic magic to help him load his guns to increase his speed of reloading and fire rate, as often he will have both his hands occupied and unable actually reload his guns.

With the use of fast movement and defensive use of cover, Desmond will constantly be shifting away from his opponents, making sure he keeps some form of cover between himself and his enemies if they have ranged weapons as well. If he is facing off against enemies without any ranged counters, he will make sure to destroy all cover the enemy can use to make fights much easier.

In the midst of fighting, he will begin to pick out everything the enemies have at their disposal, from there he will begin creating strategies to combat what every they have. As a matter of what kind of objective he needs to achieve, he will change how aggressive or defensive he will be. As if he knows he can win he will get a little more aggressive to ensure victory, however, if the fighting does not look like a winning fight, he will often try to be much more defensive or even try to escape to prompt a cat and mouse chase where he has a bit of an advantage with the use of guerilla tactics and stealthy takedowns.

Desmond will use his specially made bullets more often, as many will often be used for area denial to cause his enemies to move according to his own wants, setting up large reaction explosions to take out swaths in an instant and cause disarray, or using very specific bullets against certain mages to take them out efficiently and with as little effort as possible, because a drawn-out fight with a mage is a death sentence.

Way of the Gun

Skill Level- Intermediate

When Desmond is at close range while fighting enemies, he changes his fighting style to a much more frenetic and aggressive style. Mixing in different ranges of attacks to open many different opportunities and openings to take down his enemies. Here Desmond will both use his long gun and pistol in tandem, to fire off multiple bullets in a short period of time. Often times he will use magnetic magic to reload one gun while using the other as a club to fight with or shooting the bullet it was loaded with.

With the use of fast movement and aggressive shifting footwork, Desmond will constantly be shifting his position to be near his opponents for fast elbows, knees, and strikes using his pistol. Then he will shift away to do kicks, strikes with his long gun, and fire off a shot from his pistol. Finally, he will shift just far enough away to fire off a shot from his long gun and begin to use it as a one-handed spear to jab and keep his opponent at a slightly farther distance.

While Desmond uses this constant shifting and aggressive style, he will draw kinetic energy from attacks he does, some of his movements to change his movement patterns to mess with his opponent, or from some of the attacks, he would sustain. From there he will often use the kinetic energy he draws to either increase the force of his attacks or convert it into magnetic energy to set up for devastating counterattacks or to reload his guns as he is fighting.

While in this range, he will normally use lead rounds to fight with, or very specific bullets to assist him against certain pesky foes. He will sometimes use certain bullets that can cause area denial effects to force certain adversaries to either make distance from himself or keep within close range. After which he will continue to use led bullets or if up against a skilled Kinetic or Magnetic mage he will use his Death's Promise to take them out when they least expect it.

Throwing Weapons

Skill Level- Intermediate

Desmond has learned how to throw many different types of weapons, may it be knives, sharpened needles, and spears, Desmond is quite good at throwing them. Desmond will use these less often than his guns, but when he gets into close-ranged combat he will use them often like throwing daggers and the such.

Desmond will sometimes use throwing weapons in fights, however, he does not carry them on him often enough to matter. So often he will find objects he can improvise as throwing weapons and using them when he can.

Desmond will normally use throwing weapons more for 'fun' in a fight rather than as an essential weapon for his fighting. Often he views throwing weapons as a less efficient projectile than other ones, but it can be useful when caught in a bad situation.

Bow & Arrow

LOL!!! Who uses these things?

Stay seething Knife Ears

Melee Weapons

Hider

Polearms

Skill Level- Advanced

Among most of the Melee weapons, Desmond has practiced, the Polearm is one of his most used. A large wooden pole can be found anywhere and can make a great weapon. A spear, a bo staff, or mattering on what you affix to it, a hammer, an axe, or a large pick. However, when fighting in melee range, the most important things are often range and speed, as the spear is well known for both, with fast and strong strikes that can reach out farther than almost any other melee weapon.

Desmond had become quite skilled with Staves and Polearms, as whenever he is found without any ammunition, he will often need to rely on his gun to become an impromptu short spear, bo staff, or even a club. This soon changed to becoming a weapon skill he wished to foster as now he has become quite efficient at using Polearms and staves, to the point where if he needed to choose a melee weapon to fight with, he would take a spear knowing he can probably take on a Knight with it.

Swords/2-handed blades

Skill Level- Intermediate

Desmond is practiced in swords and 2-handed blades, however less so than most of the weapons he has normally used. His skills with swords and 2-handed blades are fundamental skills, and he will often use them when it is one of the few things in his hand, however, it is not his favorite weapon. He will often use a mixture of blade attacks and kicks and mixing into close range for shoulder bashes, elbows, and headbutts.

Desmond sees the sword as more of a tool to use as a finisher rather than as a weapon he will use more, but he does think it's cool. This is why he has learned it a bit, but for the sake of fighting, he finds it less efficient than his other weapons.

Short blades/Daggers

Skill Level- Advanced

When Desmond uses a short blade or dagger, it can often be akin to a surgeon of the Dordian Order. He will normally use a dagger with a mixture of martial arts, yet his blade will often swing fast and with precision. Uses the blade to parry and deflect blades as he strikes from the other side with kicks, strikes, or getting them into a grapple.

However when using his blade while sneaking is that of an assassin, his skills to hide as a Magusjaeger, transferred almost seamlessly to sneaking as a silent blade and taking the lives of those he was tasked with. He silently moves around, almost making his presence unknown, until the blade is already through the abdomen of his target. He knows the areas on the body that will either instantly kill his target, or push the air out of them before they are able to scream.

When caught in a fight, Desmond will normally use his blade to disable a certain part of his target before going in for the kill. Slicing the wrist to deactivate the hand, slicing ligaments to stop the use of a limb, or even making large slashes over large arteries to bleed the person out in a fight.

Unarmed

Skill Level- Intermediate-Advanced

When Desmond is pushed to the point where no other weapons are able to be used, his fists are the things that come out.

Desmond has learned some of the fundamentals of multiple different unarmed Martial Arts, many of which he either learned through sparring against other mercenaries, soldiers, and his 'family' or through watching them be used so many times by different practitioners. Which makes Desmond formidable on first contact, as he can very quickly figure out what style to use to give himself an edge over his opponent.

But this is only often times a short-lived advantage, as if an actually studious practitioner of Martial Arts was to go up against Desmond, they can find his skills are lacking. His fundamentals are solid, but when it comes to the more nuances of certain styles he is an amateur at best. Yet when he gets pushed into an extended bout, Desmond pulls out his most practiced Martial Art, Kastäng.

Kastäng is the Eskandish traditional martial art. Desmond will normally not use it from the start of a fight because of its very long drawn to nature, it focuses on breaking not only the body but the opponent's spirit. This point can lead to Desmond facing off for multiple minutes, yet Desmond will switch to it when faced off with multiple opponents or when faced with an opponent who seems to be much strong than himself.

It was taught to him by the man he sees as a father figure from his Mercenary group, a man named Danyel, he taught Desmond a martial art he developed that combined many different aspects of different martial arts into one greater form.

Using Vai-to and their mentality of 'All the Way In' and 'All the Way Out' style to constantly transition ranges that will change and alternate between unexpected ranged kicks, pseudo-feints, and lunging step-ins to go into close range hooks, elbows, holds, and takedowns, all while trying maximizing the bodies force. Yet the moment a full step-in happens the transition changes to using more Kastäng traditional mentality, making use of holds, grips, angles, and the body's weak points to break opponents physically and mentally. All the while the practitioner will be drawing from the kinetic energy to amplify the force of their attacks, the speed of the throws, the speed of movements, and the speed of the feints to make them seem almost blurs of speed.

Yet because of Desmond's RAS, he can only moderately use this ability, so he modified it for himself to introduce new moves in multiple different grapples, while still using the teachings Danyel had shown him. Forming new standing strikes that lead into shifts and range changes more easily that lead into grapples and hold that seem to lead in from one to another to make use of every ounce of energy and strength he can create. Sometimes closing the gap a bit in the differences in power can be found when facing off against Mages who use kinetic magic in their martial arts.

Out of Options

This is for when he is out of mana, ammunition, his weapons are broken, and he is left exhausted.

Hider

He's Never Out of Options

A place to keep my stuff in order

Fighting Style

This is stuff for Desmond not only to explain his skills in combat but also to help me write and figure out how he would fight in different situations.

Ranking System

I will be using this chart to actually be ranking where I see skills Desmond uses and such. This is not an official list but is meant to help with understanding what I'm saying, and also gives me a much easier time explaining it now rather than having to explain it every time I am trying to talk about his skills.

Beginner This is an amateur level, you dabbled in the ideas of skill for about a few weeks, but you haven't spent much time in either working with the skill nor have you seen much of it.

-A peasant who is being trained to hold a spear in a spear line.

Intermediate- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about 6 or so months, at this point you have been creating habits, learning the fundamentals of the skill, and even developing your own ideas in a skill. There are some things that aren't instinct or second nature yet, but you can still rely on the fundamentals taught.

-A Militiaman who has completed training to be a part of a functioning spear line.

Adept- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about a year or two, at this point you have been developing muscle memory. At this point, you can start relying on the skills that you started learning to still be with you without you needing to mentally figure out the maneuver you are doing, you can just do it.

-An inexperienced squire, who has been under the care of a lord, and training and sparing against other squires.

Advanced- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about 5 years or so, at this point, you have been tested in your skills. You have gained and lost multiple habits, you have started figuring out certain things that have been less efficient and starting to create your own skills to best fit you.

-A fresh-faced Knight, who finally finished his years of training and is now to go to war for his lord.

Sacred- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for about a decade or two, at this point you are starting to refine your skills and making a name for yourself with certain 'signature' skills. At this point, you have seen many different things, and started to create and form new measures to best combat certain faults and counters you have seen through your time.

-A Knight/Mercenary who has seen years of battle, and has been now refining skills to best combat the many things you've seen.

Royal- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for multiple decades or more, at this point you're skills have been honed to some of the greatest degrees they can be. Few can match you in your skills, as you have seen many different styles, many different skills used, and have taken meticulous care to make sure your skills have been brought to a level that nothing really surprises you anymore.

-A Greater Knight who has seen decades of battle and has now been honored for his skills as he has now passed on many of his skills to his successors.

Divine- This is the level of someone who has been practicing a skill for multiple decades or more, at this point you're skills have been honed beyond what could even be thought of as possible. At this point, few can say they are able to even equal you. Your skills seem otherworldly, you are seen as the pinnacle and few can even imagine equaling you let alone surpassing you.

-A Grand Knight who has defeated foes thought beyond possible by ones self. Few can challenge a dragon on their own yet a Dragon's head is on your mantle for that very reason.

Thought Processes

Tactitian

When Desmond is working with others around him, he is quite an efficient tactician and team player. Desmond has learned how to work with many different people, may it be with other Magusjaegers, knights, to mages, Desmond had to play ball with them. Often he was seen as a child at best, however, showing skills on the battlefield helps people reconsider their position.

He normally takes the role of a small-scale tactician and supportive role, making sure people are able to do their jobs. If a Mage is giving some people trouble he will deal with them, knights are pushing too close, he will force them back, and if he notices another Magusjaeger, he will track them to make sure that there is only one set of eyes over the battlefield.

Desmond will oftentimes pick out certain plans to best allow for everyone's abilities to come forth, or what he thinks they can be. He hates it when he needs to give some control away to someone else, however, to use the resources you have is the utmost priority, after all, they could possibly find something that he himself could never see, like a more equipped Chemist being able to pick up on a faint internal change or other things like that.

However, when Desmond can have control over the majority of the operation, that's when he is most at ease, as it will give him the most he can work with and how they will work.

Lone Wolf

When Desmond is by himself, his thought process when doing missions is much more methodical. By himself, he needs to fight and think smarter than most. As the only things he can rely on are his skills, his wits, and his will to get through. Yet this makes him at ease, cause it gives him the most control making him the sole cog and the easiest to control.

Often he will be on a constant watch of things, he will more often than not hide among what he can, often trying to blend in the best he can no matter where he is. Even when walking the streets he will often hide in the crowd, slowly and methodically planning his route and all possible way to escape.

He is a constant vigilant alert, as he will often plan days if not weeks ahead, often learning the environments he will get himself into, the dialects, and even some simpler mannerisms. Because of his looks, he has learned how to blend in, changing parts of himself to best fit the bill, maybe even sometimes living somewhere nearby for some time creating an alibi before moving to his objective.

Desmond will often put his own safety above all else, except when it comes to someone he cares about. Where he might compromise himself, the mission, and all else in making sure they survive. Yet if that is not to occur, his skills were formed to allow him to move like a ghost, even able to shift through crowds to find his target or complete his objective. After which, he will quietly complete it before he disappears back and almost as he disappeared off the face of the earth.

Ranged Weapons

Hider

Sniper

Skill Level- Sacred

When Desmond is at a far range and out of notice of his enemies, he takes up his gun in a slow and methodical approach to assassinate targets from extreme ranges. Here he will use his long gun exclusively as it is the only of his weapons that can reach out far enough for his use.

With the use of methodical and stealthy movement to find good fields of view to get clear lines of attack. He uses calm and incremental drawing from the area, he will start finding anything around him to draw from, the swaying of leaves, the ambient heat, or even small things he does with his body and he draws from the movement.

From there he converts it slowly to the energies he needs them for. Such as transforming it to form low-level light magnification to better help him differentiate between targets. Uses Kinetic energy so he can increase the velocity of his bullets to reach out further. As well as converting it to Magnetic energy so he would be more able to guide his bullets and make sure they fly in a much more controlled and precise way.

Once he fires a shot, he will begin moving to one of his next shooting areas, as he will continue to do so until his objective is done, or he needs to leave in preparation for being overwhelmed.

Desmond will often use his many different bullets during this to deal with as many as he can as quickly as possible. Using explosives to deal with swaths of enemies, Inferno bullets to quickly start fires and cause chaos, and using QuickSilver bullets to poison people in areas where they are hiding.

If he needs to leave because he could be overwhelmed, he will use many of his bullets to start causing an area of denial. Chilling areas and then having ice forming there, using QuickSilver bullets to form poison clouds and many other less-lethal bullets, but having wide areas of effect to buy him time against pursuers.

Gunslinger

Skill Level- Adept

When Desmond is at the range but is noticed by his enemies, he changes his fighting tactics to a much more defensive and manipulative style. Uses the flow of combat to cause greater effects and opportunities, manipulating forces to create bad situations for the enemy, and using counter-offensive tactics to take down his enemies. Here he will use his long gun and pistol in tandem to increase his rate of fire and combine bullets together to cause devastating effects through different reactions. He will use magnetic magic to help him load his guns to increase his speed of reloading and fire rate, as often he will have both his hands occupied and unable actually reload his guns.

With the use of fast movement and defensive use of cover, Desmond will constantly be shifting away from his opponents, making sure he keeps some form of cover between himself and his enemies if they have ranged weapons as well. If he is facing off against enemies without any ranged counters, he will make sure to destroy all cover the enemy can use to make fights much easier.

In the midst of fighting, he will begin to pick out everything the enemies have at their disposal, from there he will begin creating strategies to combat what every they have. As a matter of what kind of objective he needs to achieve, he will change how aggressive or defensive he will be. As if he knows he can win he will get a little more aggressive to ensure victory, however, if the fighting does not look like a winning fight, he will often try to be much more defensive or even try to escape to prompt a cat and mouse chase where he has a bit of an advantage with the use of guerilla tactics and stealthy takedowns.

Desmond will use his specially made bullets more often, as many will often be used for area denial to cause his enemies to move according to his own wants, setting up large reaction explosions to take out swaths in an instant and cause disarray, or using very specific bullets against certain mages to take them out efficiently and with as little effort as possible, because a drawn-out fight with a mage is a death sentence.

Way of the Gun

Skill Level- Intermediate

When Desmond is at close range while fighting enemies, he changes his fighting style to a much more frenetic and aggressive style. Mixing in different ranges of attacks to open many different opportunities and openings to take down his enemies. Here Desmond will both use his long gun and pistol in tandem, to fire off multiple bullets in a short period of time. Often times he will use magnetic magic to reload one gun while using the other as a club to fight with or shooting the bullet it was loaded with.

With the use of fast movement and aggressive shifting footwork, Desmond will constantly be shifting his position to be near his opponents for fast elbows, knees, and strikes using his pistol. Then he will shift away to do kicks, strikes with his long gun, and fire off a shot from his pistol. Finally, he will shift just far enough away to fire off a shot from his long gun and begin to use it as a one-handed spear to jab and keep his opponent at a slightly farther distance.

While Desmond uses this constant shifting and aggressive style, he will draw kinetic energy from attacks he does, some of his movements to change his movement patterns to mess with his opponent, or from some of the attacks, he would sustain. From there he will often use the kinetic energy he draws to either increase the force of his attacks or convert it into magnetic energy to set up for devastating counterattacks or to reload his guns as he is fighting.

While in this range, he will normally use lead rounds to fight with, or very specific bullets to assist him against certain pesky foes. He will sometimes use certain bullets that can cause area denial effects to force certain adversaries to either make distance from himself or keep within close range. After which he will continue to use led bullets or if up against a skilled Kinetic or Magnetic mage he will use his Death's Promise to take them out when they least expect it.

Throwing Weapons

Skill Level- Intermediate

Desmond has learned how to throw many different types of weapons, may it be knives, sharpened needles, and spears, Desmond is quite good at throwing them. Desmond will use these less often than his guns, but when he gets into close-ranged combat he will use them often like throwing daggers and the such.

Desmond will sometimes use throwing weapons in fights, however, he does not carry them on him often enough to matter. So often he will find objects he can improvise as throwing weapons and using them when he can.

Desmond will normally use throwing weapons more for 'fun' in a fight rather than as an essential weapon for his fighting. Often he views throwing weapons as a less efficient projectile than other ones, but it can be useful when caught in a bad situation.

Bow & Arrow

LOL!!! Who uses these things?

Stay seething Knife Ears

Melee Weapons

Hider

Polearms

Skill Level- Advanced

Among most of the Melee weapons, Desmond has practiced, the Polearm is one of his most used. A large wooden pole can be found anywhere and can make a great weapon. A spear, a bo staff, or mattering on what you affix to it, a hammer, an axe, or a large pick. However, when fighting in melee range, the most important things are often range and speed, as the spear is well known for both, with fast and strong strikes that can reach out farther than almost any other melee weapon.

Desmond had become quite skilled with Staves and Polearms, as whenever he is found without any ammunition, he will often need to rely on his gun to become an impromptu short spear, bo staff, or even a club. This soon changed to becoming a weapon skill he wished to foster as now he has become quite efficient at using Polearms and staves, to the point where if he needed to choose a melee weapon to fight with, he would take a spear knowing he can probably take on a Knight with it.

Swords/2-handed blades

Skill Level- Intermediate

Desmond is practiced in swords and 2-handed blades, however less so than most of the weapons he has normally used. His skills with swords and 2-handed blades are fundamental skills, and he will often use them when it is one of the few things in his hand, however, it is not his favorite weapon. He will often use a mixture of blade attacks and kicks and mixing into close range for shoulder bashes, elbows, and headbutts.

Desmond sees the sword as more of a tool to use as a finisher rather than as a weapon he will use more, but he does think it's cool. This is why he has learned it a bit, but for the sake of fighting, he finds it less efficient than his other weapons.

Short blades/Daggers

Skill Level- Advanced

When Desmond uses a short blade or dagger, it can often be akin to a surgeon of the Dordian Order. He will normally use a dagger with a mixture of martial arts, yet his blade will often swing fast and with precision. Uses the blade to parry and deflect blades as he strikes from the other side with kicks, strikes, or getting them into a grapple.

However when using his blade while sneaking is that of an assassin, his skills to hide as a Magusjaeger, transferred almost seamlessly to sneaking as a silent blade and taking the lives of those he was tasked with. He silently moves around, almost making his presence unknown, until the blade is already through the abdomen of his target. He knows the areas on the body that will either instantly kill his target, or push the air out of them before they are able to scream.

When caught in a fight, Desmond will normally use his blade to disable a certain part of his target before going in for the kill. Slicing the wrist to deactivate the hand, slicing ligaments to stop the use of a limb, or even making large slashes over large arteries to bleed the person out in a fight.

Unarmed

Skill Level- Intermediate-Advanced

When Desmond is pushed to the point where no other weapons are able to be used, his fists are the things that come out.

Desmond has learned some of the fundamentals of multiple different unarmed Martial Arts, many of which he either learned through sparring against other mercenaries, soldiers, and his 'family' or through watching them be used so many times by different practitioners. Which makes Desmond formidable on first contact, as he can very quickly figure out what style to use to give himself an edge over his opponent.

But this is only often times a short-lived advantage, as if an actually studious practitioner of Martial Arts was to go up against Desmond, they can find his skills are lacking. His fundamentals are solid, but when it comes to the more nuances of certain styles he is an amateur at best. Yet when he gets pushed into an extended bout, Desmond pulls out his most practiced Martial Art, Kastäng.

Kastäng is the Eskandish traditional martial art. Desmond will normally not use it from the start of a fight because of its very long drawn to nature, it focuses on breaking not only the body but the opponent's spirit. This point can lead to Desmond facing off for multiple minutes, yet Desmond will switch to it when faced off with multiple opponents or when faced with an opponent who seems to be much strong than himself.

It was taught to him by the man he sees as a father figure from his Mercenary group, a man named Danyel, he taught Desmond a variation of Kastäng that focused more on the striking aspect of Kastäng. Using kinetic magic, focusing the energy the body can create and transfer all of it into each strike and grab.

Yet because of Desmond's RAS, he can only moderately use this ability, so he modified it for himself to reintroduce the multiple different grapples, while still using the teachings Danyel had shown him. Forming new standing strikes that lead into grapples and hold that seem to lead in from one to another to make use of every ounce of energy and strength he can create. Sometimes closing the gap a bit in the differences in power can be found when facing off against Mages who use kinetic magic in their martial arts.

Out of Options

This is for when he is out of mana, ammunition, his weapons are broken, and he is left exhausted.

Hider

He's Never Out of Options

The Hourglass Order

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Location: Hugo Hunghorasz's Study -> the War Table

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Interactions: Onarr @Bork Lazer, Zarra @BreathOfTheWoof, Trypano @A Lowly Wretch, Ingrid @dragonpiece, Karim @Theyra, Wvysin @Ypnosi, Ismet'ych'lahin'dichora, Benedetto Corvi, Jocasta Re, and Hugo Hunghorasz @Force and Fury

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Preludes to Action

When the Arch Zeno let out a laugh Desmond had a small smile on his face, he finds it hard to not feel good when someone else laughs. There's just something infectious, especially when it comes from the heart. As the Arch Zeno answered his question, Desmond was actually quite happy to hear that they were guided rather than controlled. As they continued, Desmond began looking around taking notice of the people around him, he was trying to figure out certain commonalities between each person, nationality seemed not similar, gender seemed not much of a factor, honestly, Desmond could not make 100% certain commonality that leads each person here. Maybe there was none, maybe all these people were able to pass each of these tests and made it here. Through Desmond's inspection he found at the moment when the man who brought them here spoke out in addressing them, he broke away from his scanning and listened in.

As the man spoke Desmond didn't have much to dissect, he seemed to have laid most bare. He had gripes with how the school had been taking most things with a detached look, and the old man was not happy. Now the old Wizard was booted from the table and told to take some students for the off days, and they would be those students. Desmond was excited about the idea, to be taught by someone who was strong was the exact thing he wanted, so when offered a seat Desmond took it up and was prepared for whatever to come.

As what was to come was an opening that showed them to another place, Desmond was surprised beyond belief, he heard of such things but had no clue it would look so strange. It was like looking into a mirror, but what showed through was a different image. With the image of different places at different times, Desmond started to quickly decipher what he was looking at as the old mage spoke. Naming off each of the places, and what was happening, Desmond started to understand that these were like doors to other places, they could see into them, and since they were on the other side of the world, they are in quite a different time than what they were. Unlike them being in the early morning, they would be experiencing nighttime. Desmond watched and listened with great intent as the Great Mage explained the situations occurring. Desmond wondered which of these 3 he would have been picked to undertake, and it was shown that he would be on the mission to take on the pirates, reclaim the artifact that they have taken, and the princess they have captured.

Desmond's mind started running rampant as to what to expect, pirates are a certain type of ilk, yet from what he saw from the doorway, it was possible that they had a much more established island they work from. Before Desmond could even ask for extra information, the Mage of great foresight already gave to them papers with the information that they needed plus the extra information he could provide. Desmond began looking to his supposed companions, yet before he could even go to them, the Grand Wizard spoke once more and informed them that with this, they will have half an hour to plan before he will reopen the portal and the missions will begin. They were also allowed to ask for anything they needed, within reason most likely meant things like artifacts would not be able to be procured, but simple things and materials would probably be possible. Yet Desmond was quite interested when he picked out a student who was here, to be someone who would also procure some of the items they needed from the school. Desmond took a moment to deduce the reason, and there would be only one real reason, that that girl should possibly be able to open up doors as the Master Mage could. After all, she is wheelchair-bound so for her to go and procure the items by hand would make no sense, unless the old man likes to bully young girls.

A Grocery List for a Strategist

Desmond didn't assume the old fart would do such a thing, so he began making a list of things he immediately thought would be needed.

The List Desmond quickly formed up for Jocasta all came from his room so it was easy to find:

Jocasta's Errands

1. His guns: both the long gun and pistol are found on his bed.

2. His titanium and leather ammo pouches, both of which are found right next to his guns.

3. His Black powder Horns, he has 2 right next to his guns.

4. His bag of tools, the satchel can be found in his second desk drawer to the right-hand side.

5. His 2 coin pouches, each of them are found in the top left and right drawers. One is filled with actual money, specifically in Perrence currency, as it was one of the most efficient coins for his use at the moment. While the other is filled with fake Revidian coins made of nickel, magnesium, and some gold. As with quick chemical changes and physical manipulation through the Gift he can make them look like any coin. Yet when done on the spot, when they are inspected it is very easy to tell that these coins are fake as the work on them is quite poorly most of the time. But given enough time and reference material Desmond can make them look very similar to their real counterparts.

The List Desmond quickly formed up for the Old Man was a bit different:

Hugo's Grocery List

1. He needed appropriate attire for himself and his team. This is the most important because if they stick out in the wrong way then they could just be screwed from the get-go.

2. A chest with a random assortment of jewels and coins from Eskand. Something on the heftier side would be nice, but as long as it looks like they have a decent bit would be the best. Even if it's a chest filled with fake pieces, then having a top layer of more expensive proper pieces, is fine. Maybe a few Neskal, but not too many. It needs to look like we are not just some chumps, it'll make us look like we have some actual steam to our chuff.

3. A few bottles of strong alcohol from Eskand and a bottle of some of the finest wine Revidia has to offer, also a Keg of something cheap, there might be some people who have loose lips with a wet whistle.

4. A few weapons for those who don't have any, a cutlass for those who don't have a melee weapon, including one for Desmond himself, and a pistol with a black powder horn and ammo pouch for those who don't have one. These are not for the idea of actually fighting, but this is needed to maybe hide them a little by looking like they belong.

5. A large makeup kit, they need it to try and 'age' a few of them, because some look a little too fresh-faced. Some need a few fake blemishes, and others need to be given a certain look, once similar to those who've seen combat. Is Desmond the best? No, but it will be better than nothing.

Once Desmond finished his lists, he made his way to the young Girl in the wheel-chair first. He handed her his list and said, "This is the list of things I need from my room. I am in the Commons dormitory, with the building being in the farthest area nearest to the North-East wall of the living areas. I am in the building with the large mismatched colored tiles on the roof and is the one nearest to the Merchant dormitories. When you enter the building I am in the room farthest left making it closest to the Merchant dormitories. When you enter you will see a window directly in front of you, with my Desk being placed on the left-most wall and my bed is on the right-most wall with a large black banner with a red sun on it. Hopefully, that will be enough information for you to get the items from my room". Desmond assumed she would need some understanding of where she would need to open the door, so he decided to try and give the most detailed area description he could. After all, there are probably a lot of people who will start asking her to grab things, so Desmond wanted to make it quick for her. Before Desmond leaves he gives a light head bow to the Jocasta as he says, "Thank you for grabbing my items for me. It's much appreciated".

For the Geezer on the other hand he had a much more extensive list that would require a bit more work, but he assumed someone as old as him, knew where he could find some of the stuff. When Desmond handed him the list he began to speak to him, "This is the things I think we'll need. Most of which on the list will have a quick excerpt on why we'll probably need them. A few of which I think would be easy to procure and are also essential, but if the chest of treasure and alcohol is unable to be gathered during the time, that is fine, we'll figure something out". Before Desmond leaves he gives a light head bow to the Old man as he says, "Thank you for grabbing those things for me. I hope you find it easy to procure the items".

War Council

Once Desmond made his way over to his group and sat down to begin listening in on what they were talking about, Trypano immediately brought up the lack of information. Desmond agreed, they had nothing on the most important bits of the puzzle, yet he was hoping with what he had cooling they could alleviate it a little. Once Trypano had said her piece Desmond spoke on his side of it, "We have nothing much the ship nor her captain and crew, this is true. I believe we can learn a bit from those on the island, but it will require a bit of acting and playing on our part".

Desmond let the idea sit for a moment as he adjusted himself to being leaning in before he continued, "So, we'll need to blend in and become like a pirate, using makeup and disguises to get close and acting our way in to be able to actually start talking with them. From there we will use a few tactics to get them to talk, such as getting some of them drunk, wooing a few, or even capturing a few to interrogate-". Desmond took a quick scan while saying that, seeing what kind of people he was working with, after all, no matter how good his idea is, if they would not work with it, then they will need to figure something else out while they still can.

Desmond continued talking, "From there we can make a plan of attack with more information. Who knows maybe we will be able to find some unlikely allies during our time there. After all, there seems to be a band of Pirates who seems to be at odds with our target". The last part was left with a bit of a shadow of a grin like Desmond was already thinking of using them to help their ends.

Avalia

Time: ~11:00 a.m.
Location: Riverport Beach
Interactions: Kharne, the Swift @Kazemitsu, Annya, the Deceiver @princess, Saoirse, the Caring @potter, and Raven, God of Hammers @Tae
Mentions:
Armor:
A full suit of Steel Half Plate & a
Steel Targe
Steel Half Plate
Weapon(s):
Steel Longsword

Inventory: A rogue-ish set of clothing, his dog tags, and a set of faux demihuman Wolf ears, a Ring of Disguise, two rations of food, water flask, a bar of soap and a few other portable hygienic products.

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Ismael had made his way over to the beach that once had a column of razer wind. As once he got there he saw the column had slowly disappeared and Annya was holding both Shae and Raven. The event had ended, it seems Raven had been the perpetrator of the tornado appearing. Ismael had some assumptions about what could have caused Raven to go into an emotionally unstable state. But this was not the time, the main event ended, which meant the fallout was about to begin.

It seemed Annya knew this as well, as she saw him and Kharne were there and asked them to accompany them. Ismael let out a sigh as he then said, "Yeah, that would be for the best". As Ismael made his way closer he began to notice both Raven and Shae were disappearing. At first, Ismael was worried, but he started figuring out what was happening, Annya was using her light magic to bend the light and make them hidden. Ismael let out another sigh of relief as he then says, "Alright you two, we'll need to start heading off. Make sure to stay close behind me and Kharne, leave next to no room as we go okay?". Ismael waited for a response to occur before they started moving, he had no clue where they'd be if they didn't stay in close contact, but they couldn't hold hands or a rope because then it'd be obvious.

The Hourglass Order

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Location: The Forked Tower -> Hugo Hunghorasz's Study

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Interactions: Onarr @Bork Lazer, Zarra @BreathOfTheWoof, Trypano @A Lowly Wretch, Ingrid @dragonpiece, Hugo Hunghorasz @Force and Fury

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Upon Onarr's voice coming out, Desmond's blood ran cold. Desmond was not ready for someone to speak, so to hear any noise immediately sent him on red alert. At that moment he was about to curse, but he noticed that at that moment their surroundings changed. The once draft and damp stairwell had changed now to a large and dry study. Yet study wasn't an apt description, a much better one would be a cathedral to knowledge. This place had large books shelves that stood taller than most buildings would ever reach, a large table akin to a king's dining table fit for himself and the hundreds of his nobles, many different stations filled with magical and scientific apparatuses, and translucent art made for the windows. Everything here was marvelous as Desmond knew whoever owned this place would have to be absolutely rich.

Desmond forgot for a moment to yell at Onarr, as everything here surprised Desmond, as he took everything in. Yet his eyes landed upon the probable owner of this study. He was an elderly man who stood there and…Desmond had no clue who the man was. Honestly, Desmond knew jack squat about most things related to the culture of magic, Desmond just assumed he was some Mage who had some major control over some very powerful magic. Not only was he able to control hundreds of birds, but also he was able to seamlessly make sure none of them were able to sense or notice each other, and then finally transport all these people here at once.

Even when others brought up his name, Desmond had Zero clue on who the guy was, he thinks he heard his name before, but he isn't really clicking anything. Desmond was quite curious about something, so raised his hand like he was normally told to do in class and then immediately spoke after, "Uh, sorry sir, I'm not very familiar with you, so sorry if I butcher your name. Paradigm Hung'horas, I was wondering if you were the one in the crow?"

Desmond honestly thought his first name was kind of weird. Who names their child Paradigm anyways?

The Hourglass Order

So I made some new bullet ideas. Now taking in the idea of "Kill things Deader" is not the best method, I had made a good portion of these having a non-lethal/less-than-lethal effects, different effects, and making them for them to not just be bullets that "Kill things Deader".

I also added how they are made and how the spell is used. I would like to hear some feedback on the ideas I put here.

This will also now include all my old Bullet designs.

Safe-T Bullets

Safe-T Bullets

Safe-T Bullets- Desmond has created special equipment for him to be able to create bullets made of Seal fat. This equipment is made to create a sphere of Seal fat that will then be hardened through intense cooling to create a hollow ball with a small hole that can be used to fill them. When it is filled a small amount of seal aft is then placed to cover the hole before it undergoes another freezing process to fully seal the bullet.

When these bullets are fired, they will travel at around the same speed as a normal bullet but will shatter on impact with even the softest of objects, like skin. Having the most damage it deals with the target is leaving a large bruise and breaking of the skin, but nothing that would be life-threatening if it was to hit the target in a nonlethal spot, but if it hits one of these spots it can still be deadly: in the head, on the neck, or on the chest near the heart. These bullets allow Desmond to create nonlethal/less-than-lethal bullets and bullets that can carry the things he needs to create chemical reactions for nonlethal effects.

Arcane:

Lich's Curse

Lich’s Touch- Desmond can draw the heat from targets, either stunning, weakening, or killing it depending on how much is drawn. This can also be used on other objects to chill them to a very high degree. (tiered 1-3)

- Lich's Curse- Having Supercooled liquid Oxygen held within, upon impact the thin titanium ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will allow the release of the liquid Oxygen which Desmond will then cause the liquid to be turned into a super cold gas to surround the target in intense cold. This can also be used to chill and freeze things very quickly. However, something horrific happens when introduced to intense continuous heat, as it will cause a very intense and violent explosion. As the Oxygen will expand very quickly and ignite and cause an explosion. If Desmond uses Dragon's Rage, the explosion will become the size of being able to kill someone within a 5-foot radius with ease and within 10 feet if they are not expecting it. This also has the extra effect of instantly putting out fires around it as it takes all the oxygen in the area and instantly consumes it.

These bullets will be made of titanium walls, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow titanium ball. As he has another titanium tube that he will constantly be drawing heat from to make it become supercooled. Once it becomes cold enough, a liquid will start forming at the bottom, which is the liquid Oxygen. After which Desmond will pour the liquid Oxygen into the titanium ball. After which he will place a small cone wedge into the hole, which after everything cools, will seal any tiny cracks from the expansion of the titanium become super cold. When the titanium is this cold, it must be held within a sealed titanium container that can keep the Bullets cooled for up to 24 hours. After which will need to be disposed of quickly as it will begin to expand and explode and will cause major injury. These Bullets are very expensive to create, but can these can be made anywhere Desmond is, as using heat to both supercool Oxygen and superheat the titanium to help him form the proper bullets and wedges to seal them, allow them to be able to be a very explosive and dangerous bullet, similar to his Hellfire Bullets, but being able to be made anywhere.

Kinetic:

Death's Promise

Deadstop- Stops a target completely, rendering it motionless and filling the caster with energy. (tiered: 2-3)

- Death's Promise- This bullet is one of the stranger ones Desmond made, but it was made with the express purpose to take care of pesky mages who try to control his bullets or stop them from hitting their mark. As this is a hollowed-out lead bullet with a small thin cage that holds a steel ball within. When this bullet is fired, Desmond will take control of the steel ball within to control the bullet, as with this, he can still manipulate the bullet as small nudges will not make the steel bullet break the lead shell, but if someone was to try and take control of the bullet, they will normally take control of the surrounding area to stop the bullet. Allowing for the surprise of Desmond's control of the more dense and stronger steel bullet to break through the lead, and away from their control. Which would give Desmond the extra moment he needs to take out the target he needs to.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form two hollow lead ball halves before fitting them with a small metal cage that holds a steel ball within them. He will make these bullets with a thin lead ring that surrounds and seals the two halves together, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Mountain Shaker

Solid Telekinesis- Allows the caster to manipulate solids, moving them where they wish. (tiered 1-3)

Mountain Shaker- Desmond creates an extra-large bullet made of depleted uranium core with a lead outer shell, making the bullet about 3 inches long with a hollowed back that is packed with black powder to provide additional propulsion for this ludicrously heavy bullet. Upon firing Desmond will use his chemical magic to make the explosive force much more powerful, after the bullet leaves the barrel Desmond will begin to use kinetic energy to control and speed up the bullet to reach a much faster velocity than could naturally be created from Modern Technology. When this bullet makes an impact Desmond will then use his Kinetic magic to use the energy from the impact of the bullet to shift physical energy quickly. When using it on earth and soil he can shift it to make a wall of about 6 feet tall 5 feet wide and about 6 inches thick from a decent distance away.

Also, this bullet is pretty good at punching a hole through most defenses as most forms of basic armor crumple to the unrelenting force this bullet can produce.

Chemical:

Inferno Bullets

Inferno- Desmond mixes substances in a target within his magic range and adds heat in order to cause combustion and fire. Can amplify, intensify, and spread the fire. Given enough energy and the presence of the right fuel, can result in a hellish inferno. (tiered: 1-3)

- Inferno Bullets- Having Phosphorus held within, upon impact the lead ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will allow the release of the Phosphorus which Desmond will then cause to react and ignite, creating an intense flame in the air or inside the target which will either burn the person from the inside or start catching others around on fire.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow lead ball before filling it with phosphorus and then properly sealing it. He will make these bullets with the copper disc that covers and seals the hole that was formed, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Quicksilver Bullets

Cloud of Corruption- Desmond is able to chemically imbalance liquids to make them highly reactive to the air. Allowing for nasty effects like forcing certain liquids like acids and poisons to become gases and inhalable, but still has the same dangerous potency as if it was in its liquid form. (tiered: 2-3)

- QuickSilver Bullets- Having Mercury held within, upon impact the lead ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will allow the release of the Mercury which Desmond will then cause to react and turn into a gas, causing anyone near the gas to begin to experience acute Mercury poisoning. Causing perfuse sweating, increased heart rate, skin discoloration, muscle weakness, vomiting, and because inhalation is almost guaranteed, if the person is unable to be treated by magic to take out the mercury within about an hour, those affected by the Mercury have a high chance of dying, with each passing hour raising the lethality chance.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow lead ball before filling it with Mercury and then properly sealing it. He will make these bullets with the silver disc that covers and seals the hole that was formed, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Hellfire Bullets

Dragon's Rage- Alters the chemical composition of target substances or combines them in such a way that an explosion results. This explosion can be amplified, intensified, spread, and perpetuated based on the availability of combustibles and the skill of the mage in improvising them and controlling the results. Under the right conditions, it can level an entire block. (tiered: 2-4)

- Hellfire Bullets- Having a duel layer bullet, with the first holding black powder and the second holding a form of thermite, upon impact the lead ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will cause it to react and ignite, creating a small explosion, and when this explosion occurs, it will cause immense inward force that will burst the inner layer and cause the thermite to explode, which will cause an intense explosion to occur, with enough force to explode a human target with ease. At this point Desmond would use Dragon's Rage to amplify the explosive force to an extreme degree, making it become something near a large bomb able to clear a 30-foot radius with ease.

This is Desmond's most volatile bullet to date. As this is a bullet that is actually 2 layers the first and outer layer of the bullet is of steel and lead and is filled with black powder and metal oxide to cause a spark when it deforms. While the second and innermost layer is a steel ball that holds iron and aluminum oxide that was made into fine dust akin to that of silt and fine sand. The primary purpose of the outer layer is to cause enough explosive force to break the inner steel and cause immense pressure on the iron and aluminum oxide. Upon this point will ignite and explode with intense force creating a vacuum-like explosion, with even the half-inch ball of this mixture under the pressure that would be able to blow a large hole in a human-sized target.

This bullet is something of an endeavor to make, as it requires many steps when making the inner core. Needing to go through the arduous process to make a fine iron and aluminum oxide dust mixture. As this can take a few hours on its own, he can make large batches while doing this but needs multiple pieces of safety gear just to do it, as inhaling the dust can kill you. After this, he needs to form an iron ball because this mixture can be very dangerous when met with too much electrical charge, and steel is very stable for acting as a casing while holding it. After this, sealing takes much time, as he needs to cold forge and form a thin casing around the steel ball. After which he will need to make a hollow lead ball that he will fill with gun powder and seat the steel ball in. After sealing this one with a second cold-forged steel casing around the lead to properly seal it all together.

This is not only the most time-consuming bullet, but also one of his more expensive to make, as he will be able to make 5 Hellfire Bullets within a 16 hour period, and would not be one he could make easily without the right tools. Meaning if he was to try and create one of these while he's away from his many specialized tools and machines, it would be impossible to make one.

Ahn-Shune's Light

Touch of Volatility- Desmond is able to turn normally inert and stable substances violently reactive or corrosive by rendering them highly acidic or basic. (tiered: 2-3)

Ahn-Shune's Light- Having metal powder and salt held within. Desmond will cause the mixture within to become volatile and fuse together. When it reaches the maximum energy the ball will explode producing a loud explosion and bright light, which is a blinding flash of light that can stun, disorient, or even permanently blind a target.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow lead ball before filling it with metal powder and salt and then properly sealing it. He will make these bullets with an iron disc that covers and seals the hole that was formed, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Devil's Tears

Cloud of Corruption- Desmond is able to chemically imbalance liquids to make them highly reactive to the air. Allowing for nasty effects like forcing certain liquids like acids and poisons to become gases and inhalable, but still has the same dangerous potency as if it was in its liquid form. (tiered: 2-3)

Devil's Tears- Having a very concentrated chemical compound held within, the Safe-T bullet will break upon impact if it hits a surface. Allowing the release of the compound held within, which Desmond will then cause to react and turn into a gas, causing anyone near the gas to begin to experience intense pain. As it will begin to cause their eyes to water, making their throat sting, making it hard to breathe, and in the case of their continued exposure, more long-lasting effects as it will begin to cause long-lasting lung damage, and impairment of vision and if exposure is long enough lasting it might even cause permanent damage.

These bullets will be made of Seal fat that is then hardened, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollowed-out bullet of this hardened fat before filling it with the chemical compounds he uses by breaking down Seaweed into an oil. He boils the Seaweed, then introduces acids to break it down into its oil, as he then combines the oils with magnesium powder that turns it into a gel. For one bullet he needs about 2 pounds of seaweed and 10 grams of magnesium powder. Yet the stability of the substance is quite good as once within the bullet it can last up to 1 year before becoming less than effective.

Mother's Breath

Cloud of Corruption- Desmond is able to chemically imbalance liquids to make them highly reactive to the air. Allowing for nasty effects like forcing certain liquids like acids and poisons to become gases and inhalable, but still has the same dangerous potency as if it was in its liquid form. (tiered: 2-3)

Mother's Breath- Having water held within, Desmond makes a larger Safe-T bullet that is about 2 inches long to allow for it to hold more water. Upon impact the Safe-T bullet will break upon a surface, allowing the release of the water held within, which Desmond will then cause to react and turn into a gas, which can help put out fires, cool things down, and in very special cases, like if he uses his Lich's Curse bullet, freeze things.

Snake Bite

Cloud of Corruption- Desmond is able to chemically imbalance liquids to make them highly reactive to the air. Allowing for nasty effects like forcing certain liquids like acids and poisons to become gases and inhalable, but still has the same dangerous potency as if it was in its liquid form. (tiered: 2-3)

Snake Bite- A highly concentrated mixture made from Wolfsbane held within, Desmond stores the mixture within one of his Safe-T bullets. Upon impact the Safe-T bullet will break upon a surface, allowing the release of the mixture held within, which when on the skin will begin to stick to the skin and begin to get absorbed quite quickly. After a few moments, the area will begin to feel numb, and tingly, and begin to form a rash. After a bit of time, the mixture will be fully absorbed and will make the entire area, such as a limb, begin to become completely numb, rash-covered, and almost impossible to properly move. If enough time passes, more symptoms will start appearing across the target: vomiting, sweating, frothing at the mouth, confusion, dizziness, numbness, tingling around the face, mouth, and limbs, and a burning sensation in the abdomen. These symptoms appear within an hour of exposure and death follows within 6 hours.

Desmond can also use his Chemical Magic to turn the mixture into a gas, making it a much more lethal form of its use, rather than numbing a body part, it will begin to expedite the process to cause Wolfsbane poisoning within those who inhale the gas.

Blessing of Rest

Cloud of Corruption- Desmond is able to chemically imbalance liquids to make them highly reactive to the air. Allowing for nasty effects like forcing certain liquids like acids and poisons to become gases and inhalable, but still has the same dangerous potency as if it was in its liquid form. (tiered: 2-3)

Blessing of Rest- A high concentrated Opium is held within, and Desmond stores the mixture within one of his Saft-T bullets. Upon impact the Safe-T bullet will break upon a surface, allowing the release of the mixture held within. The opium within will begin to absorb into the area and begin to numb the area of impact to either make a grievous wound from far away stop hurting as much or make motor control for the individual hit by it. When Desmond uses his Chemical Magic, he will turn it into a gas that can easily be inhaled, as it will begin to dull the senses of those who inhale it, pain starts to disappear, the many chemicals within them, such as endorphins, adrenaline, and other such things will begin to be slowed, as with enough of a dose those who inhale the gas will find it difficult to stay awake.

Binding:

Dragon's Will

Gift of Ahn-Oraff- Surrounding energies that could be used by enemies to draw from are instead turned into matter and rendered useless to other schools of magic. (tiered 2-3)

Dragon's Will- Having Iron oxide, iron dust, salt, and water held within a Safe-T bullet that is about 3 inches long, it holds quite a bit of these substance, as the Safe-T bullet will break upon impact if it hits a surface. Allowing the release of the compound held within, which Desmond will then cause to react with a little heat energy and ignite, with this causing an intense release of light, heat, and sound. From here either he can use this as a way to quickly give people energy to do many of their different spells, or he can use it to increase his range and act as a focal point for him to start to convert the energy in the area of it to useless matter and rendering it useless to most schools of magic, like converting fires, converting electricity, and even some more intense heats into sputtered wisps.

These bullets will be made of Seal fat that is then hardened, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollowed-out bullet of this hardened fat before filling it with the chemical compounds he uses then putting more Seal fat in the hole and cooling it down as well to harden it. As when this mixture makes the impact it normally has enough force to cause the reaction needed, but not always, so Desmond will normally use magic to make sure it will have the proper effect every time.

Embrace of Eshiran

Gift of Eshiran-Zept: A magic-user draws offensively from a projectile or other physical object, destroying the threat that it represents. (tiered 1-2)

Embrace of Eshiran- A projectile made of 9 thin 2-inch iron rods with Seal fat covering them attached together with metal wire also covered in hardened Seal fat and a thin metal sheet encasing it all. When this projectile is fired, Desmond can at any point use some basic drawing from the projectile to destroy the metal casing surrounding the projectile, allowing it to open and turn into a thin metal net. Once it makes contact with a target the metal wires will enclose the target and capture them. The Seal fat that is on both the rods and the wire is meant to soften their impact of them and dampen the cutting force that they have, allowing this to be a less than lethal option for capture, but it does not dampen all the force, so aiming for more clothed opponents is a much better idea.

Desmond also uses this to disrupt many different types of attacks, may it be projectiles, thrown spells, and even to trip up people who are trying to do attacks and the such.

Magnetic:

Hundrain's Arrow

Negative charge- A foundational skill that causes a target to become negatively charged, making it highly susceptible to magnetic and electrical attacks as well as magnetism and self-damage. (tiered: 1-2)

Positive charge- A foundational skill that causes a target to become positively charged, making it highly susceptible to magnetic and electrical attacks as well as magnetism and self-damage. (tiered: 1-2)

Attract- The mage uses an opposing charge to pull a charged target towards them or any appropriate conductors in the area. (tiered: 1-2)

Hundrian's Arrow- A projectile with a cone tip, a thin cylinder shaft, and then ending with a flat bottom, like an arrow, made of iron that is around 3 inches long. In the center of both the cone and the shaft, Desmond has put a copper ball and a copper rod in to keep hold of the magnetic charge for much longer. As once Desmond is ready to fire the arrow he will either negatively charge or positive charge. When it hits, it will dig into the target and imbed itself into it, most likely bending the shaft and squashing the cone head inside making it very difficult to take out.

If he is fighting something and it survived the arrow, he will then switch to steel balls that he will do the reverse charge on them, to then begin to allow him to fire them to track and home in on the arrow, allowing for Desmond to use less energy to keep track and turn corners to hit targets.

If he uses it on a large object like a cart or the such that he needs to keep track of, the arrow would make great work as it can hold its charge for a good bit of time meaning the main thing he would need to do is make sure he has the opposite charge on an object and use it to track it.

The Hourglass Order

So my dumbass had major motivation in some fighting styles, that could be created because of the Gift. A few had some IRL inspiration, others were just some ideas I had.

Let me know what you guys think of them.

Way of the Tornado

WotT

Known as the Way of the Tornado, this style focuses on lightning-fast kicks, punches, and quick spinning strikes. It emphasizes fast and agile moves, with the explosive force of incorporating the full body into blazing fast head kicks to finish off their opponents.

Practitioners will often utilize narrower and taller stances for more agility within strikes, allowing for fast punches, and quick, agile kicks. The Way of the Tornado is characterized by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques. This style is one of using the kinetic energy created to deliver it in a quick and devastating manner focusing the kinetic energy created from the centripetal force to increase their speed or force.

Masters of this martial art seek to make use of every ounce of force the practitioner can generate. This is why many practitioners would be akin to ballerinas as they will often use spins, turns, and sweeping strikes to increase the force of a strike by increasing the speed of strikes. Maintaining a center of balance is always key, and masters of this very agile and shifting martial art are masters of shifting and maintaining their balance.

Defense within this style is very basic, using blocks using much larger parts of the body like the thigh and biceps, or parrying attacks away. Yet their teachings are much more based upon aggression, through the shifting of their bodies away from strikes they will normally set themselves up to deliver a powerful strike to take down their opponent in a single powerful strike.

In a fight, The Way of the Tornado emphasizes high aggression, using quick and powerful strikes to put the opponent on the back foot, shifting and moving their body in vertical ways as using spins and turns to create feints to quickly deliver incredibly powerful kicks and take their opponent down.

As they have a few combinations, such as multilayered kicks into one spin, setting up for multiple powerful strikes to rattle the opponent if not take their head off.

Way of the Boar

WotB

Known as the Way of the Boar, this martial art focuses on solid defense, powerful offense, and standing grabs and holds to control the opponent and deliver devastating onslaughts of attacks.

Practitioners will often utilize wider and more sturdy stances for powerful defenses, powerful strikes, and will use their skills to get in close range. As while they are at a distance they will be very defensive, blocking and deflecting strikes, as they make their way in. Or they will willingly take a hit to grab the opponent, at which point you are now within their domain.

Once in close, practitioners of the Way of the Boar will begin to turn up the intensity by using devastating and overwhelming punches, or powerful kicks. Using every ounce of power they can create to blow past all defenses, rending flesh, crushing bones, and even stones in the way. Using the energy within the body, they generate immense force using kinetic magic, they transfer all the force they create into a single point as they blow away anything in front of them. But when they get ahold of their opponent they will change their attacks entirely. As they begin to throw an onslaught of strikes, throwing knees, punches, and even throws single-handed throws as they will always hold onto their opponent to continue their onslaught with stomps, joint, and bone breaks, and even switching to begin to lash them about with multiple throws in succession.

Every strike, hit, stomp, throw, and headbutt generates an immense amount of energy that the practitioner will begin to draw from, as once they finally had enough 'fun', they will use the energy they have drawn and strike with enough force to break anything in their way. Stone, metal, and any humans, nothing can stand up to the stampede that masters of this style can become.

In a fight, The Way of the Boar emphasizes a solid and patient defense, yet an aggressive approach to it as this is a style that always wishes for you to move forward, no matter the obstacle. May it be a strike, either block a strike or deflect it away to allow them to move closer to the opponent. But once they see a strike that they know will put the opponent in a disadvantageous position, they will more often than not take the hit and get them into a one-handed grapple. From there the practitioner will begin to throw a flurry of punches, headbutts, knees, elbows, and even transition to one-handed takedowns before they begin to grab the opponent with both hands and begin to throw and trash them around like a dog with a small animal.

If they don't get the opponent into their grip, once they are close they will throw powerful strikes that can easily break bones. Punches that can break bones and kicks that can send men flying, As once they enter a rhythm it can be like a stampeding boar that is crushing everything in its path. As this is less of a style of certain combinations, it makes up things on the fly, it's more of a style that works with whatever feels right, feeling like throwing kicks and stomps, go for it. You feel like throwing a flurry of blows, swing away. And if you feel like just throwing people around like some kind of berserker, let out your rage.

Way of the Phantom

WotP

Known as the Way of the Phantom, this style focuses on swift movement, agility, flexibility, and shifting in and out of blind spots of opponents to deal devastating strikes and debilitating wounds while the opponent is left clueless about where the next strike will come from.

Practitioners will often utilize lower and more agile stances for quick movements to shift in and out of the opponents' vision and into blind spots. When they enter these blind spots they will target weak points, vitals, joints, and anywhere it will hurt to break down their opponents physically and mentally. This style is one of using arcane energy to create mirages and illusions and to make one's self disappear to deceive, misdirect, and capitalize on the openings made to break down their opponents. While they train to make their open hands like blades, having their hand be like a spear that can pierce flesh and wood, as using palm strikes to the side of the head to disorientate, to the joints to dislocate them, and on vital points to inflict pain to dull senses before they go in for the kill.

Masters of this martial art seek to make use of the blind spots of the human body, the faults in the mind's recognition of things, and the openings made while they are hidden. They are like a ghost, they slip in and out of sight, as mirages appear that hide them as they will target weak points to disable the opponent or do devastating strikes to take the opponent down in 1 violently efficient strike. Maintaining a constant understanding of fields of view and blind spots is the key to a master, as they will even be able to fight multiple opponents with ease while never being seen.

Defense in this style is constantly shifting and moving away from any determined lines and angles of attacks. They will shift normally drop low and out of the field of view when they decide to attack. Before the opponent can understand where they are, the practitioner will then shift away to the sides of the target or even hop back and above the target to mess with them before delivering a devastating strike.

In an actual fight, however, this style does not focus on combat, but on swift and concise takedowns and executions. Not a single moment is spared for a drawn-out engagement, as when an opportunity arises they will capitalize on it, such as when the target was fooled and looked the wrong way. As when they strike, they strike to kill, even if it is to bleed the target, they will hit large blood vessels and veins before striking a leg joint to debilitate them and begin shifting away to allow them to lash about and bleed out.

This is much more known as an assassination fist with its more emphasis on lethality and stealth. When used at its highest level, invisibility is often used before the fighting even begins, as once they are the first to start the engagement, that would normally be the end of it. But if the target is still alive and able to fight, they will then use blurs, mirages, and misdirection to trick the target before extending the damage they had done or outright killing them. Making engagements with these martial artists, or more aptly described as assassins, are quick and almost like a blur of motions that leave the target dead long before they hit the ground.

Way of the Storm

WotS

Known as the Way of the Storm, this style focuses on incredible power, strong grapples, and solid stances to use magnetic charges to pull and push opponents into attacks or off-balance to take complete control away from them.

Practitioners will often utilize wider stances for more stability for more power into strikes and more stability to combat against the pulling force that will normally be used to pull people around and into strikes. This style emphasizes strength and endurance over speed, making this a much more 'slower' style. Yet what they lack in agility, they make up in power and control. Their attacks will normally be powerful, while their defense will be almost unbreakable. As when strikes are heading to the practitioner, they will use magnetic energy to make the attacks miss by shifting them away from the practitioner.

Defense with this style includes deflecting strikes, breaking grabs, and parrying blows, while every time they touch the opponent they begin having them accrue a magnetic charge. As once they are charged enough the practitioner will begin to use the magnetic charge placed upon the opponent to shift their attacks away from their body more easily, setting up for powerful counterattacks.

In a fight, the Way of the Storm emphasizes solid defense and offensive mixture to keep the opponent charged with magnetic energy. From there, they begin to use it within their fighting, shifting attacks away to avoid hits, or pulling parts of the target's body to them for a quick opening to deliver powerful strikes that can send people flying, yet that’s when the practitioner is just beginning. As they will then begin to use that magnetic charge to pull targets around, sending them flying just to pull them back into another hit, a grapple slam, or even into a throw that sends the person flying high into the air.

When their opponent is magnetically charged, the practitioner of the Way of the Storm will become much more aggressive, oftentimes using a 3-dimensional space for throws and attacks as they can always pull the target back to them. Using the multiple forces such as gravity and magnetic charges allows them to do devastating attacks, as oftentimes they will even use their own bodies like battering rams, using their own charge to carry them to their target before they slam into them.

The versatility of the style is varied, the only real cap on the things that can be done with it is the creativity and skill in the Gift.

A place to keep my stuff in order

Liam Lincoln Leone

You call it laziness, I call it self care

24 | Male | Ternish | Royalty | 9.9

Character Appearance

This man who stands at the apex of magic, a giant within the advancements of the fusion of magic and technology, and a demon on the battlefields stands at an astounding 5 foot 3. Yet do not let his stature and his youthful look fool you, he is a man who has fought men easily double his own size in hand-to-hand combat and take on mages far beyond his years. His body is may look soft, but it harbors the skills of a trained warrior.

His stature is very telling to his looks, he has a very youthful appearance, with a soft face and large beautiful blue eyes that look like giant sapphires. Many often mistake him for a younger boy and often think of him being a student on the grounds of Ersand'Enise. Yet they normally get a rude awakening when they realize the Demon of Ternis looked like a boy and not like the 30-ish-year-old man they expected.

Description

Liam Leone is known within the world as a true prodigy and is considered a once-in-a-lifetime Mage. Master of the 5 Pillars of magic, the Golden Child, the Demon of Ternis, and the Mage of Prophecy, he was born with unapparelled power with the Gift. Yet among his long list of achievements, sublime talents, and unapparelled mind that has made his small nation advanced decades, he's a lazy teacher.

Liam was never one to like being in the spotlight, he never wished to have been in such a situation, all he's ever wanted to do is lead a life where he could do what he pleased. Mastering magic, creating new discoveries, and doing leisurely activities like making music, poems, and writing. Yet in his small nation that is found in the smack dab center of conflicts, his royal obligation was to make sure his home would not come to ruins. Being the third child of the Leone Royal family gave him the royal obligation of possibly being fodder for war, yet something truly strange occurred, when his eyes opened the lights almost began to dim. As his brilliant blue eyes seemed to almost outshine everything in the bright room. As Prophecies were told that he would be the savior of Ternis, that he was the child who would give them peace.

In his younger years, he learned everything he could, he had an insatiable appetite for knowledge, he understood concepts beyond his years, and from a single glance, he was able to pick up on skills. He sought out new things, skills, and objects of interest, as once he was told/understood the idea of the Gift, he began practicing magic. Within years, he understood what took many decades if not a lifetime to understand and do. At the age of 14, he was already sparring, training against, and defeating fully grown men, knights, and mages. His teachers saw something akin to a demon, ever-learning, changing, and adapting. Yet soon enough his teacher was not just skilled mentors, but skilled killers in war. As the Crimson war began, a war was waged between Ternis and surrounding kingdoms. They wished to have squashed Ternis, whom at the time was quickly becoming a serious kingdom that could properly stabilize, rather than being just a buffer against some of the other nations nearby.

Ternis is a land rich in many resources, minerals, ores, and many other resources a lucky nation could find useful. So wars are normally an often occurrence, yet Ternis has often gotten out of them through diplomatic negotiations, quick skirmishes that Ternis wins through clever tactics and understanding of the land, and wars of attrition that made the conquest less than favorable. Yet at Liam's 16th year of age, it seemed like those around Ternis wanted them gone. As an all-out war was held, Liam was the first to take the mantle. As the next 2 years were a testament to his true skills and talents, as he single-handedly changed the Winds of Fate. His kingdom should have been squashed underneath the weight of an army much larger than itself, yet his skills in and out of combat made it where the fate of his little country was changed.

As the next 3 years had made the name of the Child of Prophecy or the Demon of Ternis, Liam had used every trick his mind could have ever made. Unconventional warfare, underhanded tactics, and overwhelming power. What Ternis couldn't make up in numbers, Liam made up in power. As he had coined the idea of using magic and technology together, Ternis had begun arming their soldiers with weapons and items that had preloaded and sealed spells. Giving their soldiers a higher quality over their enemies, yet this wasn't as simple as loading a sword with a spell that would consume itself. This was making interchangeable gemstones, fixtures, and adornments that would be loaded with spells essential to increasing the potency of their army. Yet these items had an interesting property, they could be used more than once, as when the spell is used, the item is not consumed. The item just needed to be filled with enough energy before the spell could be used again, yet there is a problem.

Most people are unable to draw naturally and most have such abysmal RAS scores that it would not matter, but that does not matter here. Liam formed an original spell: Magic Siphon, this allowed for a more passive drawing method through 3 different methods. The first is heat energy like that from fire, under the hot sun, or bundled up next to or underneath someone. The next is kinetic energy as that of the item being in motion, gets jostled about, and or when collides with another object. Then the final is that of static/electric energy, this can come from stray electricity that is in the air, when in a lightning storm and electricity is in the air and making your hair stand on end, or when 2 pieces of wool are rubbed together and have a static charge. Now with this, all the user needed to do is make sure they are able to keep their weapon charged through one of these methods: Letting it be near or in a fire for a while, fighting for a little bit before the weapon can use it's spell again, or be neat a magnetic mage for long enough. But what is a battlefield but a mess of fighting with fire and heat flying, people using their weapons and moving around a lot, and stray electricity filling the atmosphere. This invention had made the quality of their army increase greatly, with it nearly making every soldier on the battlefield a pseudo-mage.

Liam headed this project and even began developing weapons in secret while he was not heading combat. As he had created what he called, Demonsbane, a cannon that could be filled with energy from multiple different people to create the same results one Prodigy mage could produce. Yet Demonsbane was not named because it could just do that, he named it that because he wanted it to be able to take the power of an atomic mage and be able to quickly produce the spell Cataclysm or Godsbane, that could be fire then using the skills of the atomic mage to concentrate the energy into the proper spell while using the mass-energy of multiple mages, or even a small army of mages. When this cannon was first unveiled, it was first targeted by Magusjeagers in hopes to defeat it quickly, yet everyone understood this, so it was well protected, and when it was fired once almost gave up on the spot realizing that Ternis had pulled out a weapon able to wipe out armies and cities within a short time.

It took a few more uses and overwhelming defeats for this war to end. Led to the name of Liam Leone to fill the area, painting as some kind of war god, a devil who creates miracles, and a Child of Legends who could shape the new age the world never could imagine, at the ripe old age of 19.

After this Liam dedicated himself to furthering his own Kingdom, ushering in a new age, using magic to help the very lives of everyone in Ternis. May it come from the lowliest of farmers to the most prestigious of Nobles, Liam's magical items filled everyday lives. Many have asked why doesn't every country have something akin to this? Well, the answer is easy, Liam is the sole reason this can happen. Liam is the genius who invented and created the process, he even sells it to other nations, and often they tried to reverse engineer the items and processes, but it would be the same thing as trying to reverse engineer a smithed sword. You can see the craftsmanship, the edge, and even figure out what material, but you will never understand the inner workings without knowing the smelts, the forging, and the quenching.

Soon enough he became a prominent figure in making his own Kingdom strong against outside aggression, his older brother, the ruler of their kingdom, and himself began a long campaign to forge alliances with other nations, diplomatic dealings, neutrality pacts, and alliances. As once Liam had reached the age of 22, his Kingdom was safe and prospering he now wished to find something new. The boring life he now has does not feed his wishes to learn and innovate, as he was offered a position as a teacher in Ersand'Enise, which came with a measly pay in comparison to what he was used to, but what they didn't give in money, they gave in knowledge. Liam began his work at Ersand'Enise, as he began his many research discoveries, and soon enough forgot he was even a teacher. Many times he had been pulled out of his lab to teach the new students of Ersand'Enise, yet found no motivation in it. After 2 years in Ersand'Enise, he even began to lose his spark. Nothing seems to have that same joy it once had, nothing here ever pushed the fold, no one pushed the envelope, the knowledge here was also so restricted that what he had access to was easily consumed within a year(Most would take decades even if they could consume it within a lifetime).

Now Liam lives his life as a teacher in Ersand'Enise, there is nothing that interests him. His teaching methods are, unconventional, to say the least. He has many rules: a dress code that few know about, more often than not it is based upon the weather. Such as shorts and shirt day when it is hot, on nice days fancy dress days, and if he really isn't feeling it that day, it's robes day(which is just his blanket, but nobody questions it). Some of his other rules are: Don't bother me after class if you want extra credit bring me food if you are to bother me after calls bring a bottle of wine and if you comment about my height prepare to be shorter than me for the week. His teaching in the classes is quite unique, often it can be some of the most insightful lessons you could find, with the intelligence of a genius, and the understanding of a sage he can explain a concept 100 times in 100 different ways. However other days he likes to call: Reflection of the inner self and the mana within you, better known as self-study days. These days he mostly lies about and everyone is expected to talk to each other and learn from each other, or what he does the day for people just to relax. And on a few of his off days he does whatever he chooses, may it be Binding, Arcane, Chemical, or even Magnetic. These days no matter what the planned idea was, he will teach those in his care the ever so fun lessons on how to be more flexible. Learning many different skills, and sometimes he will even teach martial arts for self-defense, how to make things with magic, and if he is really feeling spicy, he will teach whatever his class wishes to learn that day. If they want to learn Blood Magic, they will learn Blood Magic for a whole 5 minutes before he realizes he could lose his job if he was to teach it. Yet anything else is fine.

Avalia

Time: Bath time (~11:00 a.m.)
Location: Riverport - The Baths -> River Port Beach
Interactions: Kharne, Bane of the Meek @Kazemitsu, Arn, Slime Connoisseur @Omni5876, Kaleb, The Trickstar @FunnyGuy, and Saoirse, the Liminal @potter
Mentions:
Armor:
A full suit of Steel Half Plate & a
Steel Targe
Steel Half Plate
Weapon(s):
Steel Longsword

Inventory: A rogue-ish set of clothing, his dog tags, and a set of faux demihuman Wolf ears, a Ring of Disguise, two rations of food, water flask, a bar of soap and a few other portable hygienic products.

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After Kaleb seemed to have taken to Ismael's introduction he seemed to have asked for everyone else's introductions. As it seemed Kaleb wanted to know more about Kharne, so he asked him to start what would have been a supposed train of introductions. As Kharne gave his introduction as before, Ismael realized he had not really given much about himself, again, at this point he thinks no one will know much else about him. Ismael almost laughed at this, but something completely took him away from it, another announcement.

Ismael had watched it, as he and everyone witnessed the horrific quartering of a person. Ismael had no clue why that happened, why would they do that to someone, and how did they procure a Human? Ismael had thoughts about why and why not they were only able to summon so many people. So to see one taken and then quartered, that meant one of their strongest Light elves was taken and killed. Now they knew what humans looked like, so that meant it would be much harder to hide without this magic, and they would probably know it.

Ismael was disgusted, but he didn't lose a single bit of his nerves. To do that would mean they would fall into their trap, Ismael knew that but it seemed a few didn't know that, or they did but were unable to control themselves. As everyone began noticing the intense winds that were being created. And almost on cue, Kharne yelled for everyone to get up and out. Ismael knew what was happening, Raven seemed to have lost all control, and they needed to try and stop her. She was not only a danger to herself but now to those around her and this entire city. If this persists, the Sins will be on this city in no time, and this city will most likely burn in their crusade to find the rest of the humans and the Light Elves who scattered.

Ismael leaped out of the water as he began putting on his clothing and his boots. Within a minute Ismael had already put on his clothing and boots, with the same efficiency seen by a seasoned soldier, yet he was not going to don his armor, it would take too long with the time sensitivity of the situation. As Ismael grabbed his longsword and grabbed his armor by the many leather straps within that hold it all together, he left the bathhouse and made his way to the scene, the area that was in the center of a tornado was a good start.

The Hourglass Order

So I made some new bullet ideas. I put my original Inferno Bullets and Quicksilver Bullets in here, then I also made a few more using different spells to create and form them.

I also added how they are made and how the spell is used. I would like to hear some feedback on the ideas I put here.

Chemical:

Inferno Bullets

Inferno- Desmond mixes substances in a target within his magic range and adds heat in order to cause combustion and fire. Can amplify, intensify, and spread the fire. Given enough energy and the presence of the right fuel, can result in a hellish inferno. (tiered: 1-3)

- Inferno Bullets- Having Phosphorus held within, upon impact the lead ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will allow the release of the Phosphorus which Desmond will then cause to react and ignite, creating an intense flame in the air or inside the target which will either burn the person from the inside or start catching others around on fire.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow lead ball before filling it with phosphorus and then properly sealing it. He will make these bullets with the copper disc that covers and seals the hole that was formed, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Quicksilver Bullets

Cloud of Corruption- Desmond is able to chemically imbalance liquids to make them highly reactive to the air. Allowing for nasty effects like forcing certain liquids like acids and poisons to become gases and inhalable, but still has the same dangerous potency as if it was in its liquid form. (tiered: 2-3)

- QuickSilver Bullets- Having Mercury held within, upon impact the lead ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will allow the release of the Mercury which Desmond will then cause to react and turn into a gas, causing anyone near the gas to begin to experience acute Mercury poisoning. Causing perfuse sweating, increased heart rate, skin discoloration, muscle weakness, vomiting, and because inhalation is almost guaranteed, if the person is unable to be treated by magic to take out the mercury within about an hour, those affected by the Mercury have a high chance of dying, with each passing hour raising the lethality chance.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow lead ball before filling it with Mercury and then properly sealing it. He will make these bullets with the silver disc that covers and seals the hole that was formed, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Hellfire Bullets

Dragon's Rage- Alters the chemical composition of target substances or combines them in such a way that an explosion results. This explosion can be amplified, intensified, spread, and perpetuated based on the availability of combustibles and the skill of the mage in improvising them and controlling the results. Under the right conditions, it can level an entire block. (tiered: 2-4)

- Hellfire Bullets- Having a duel layer bullet, with the first holding black powder and the second holding a form of thermite, upon impact the lead ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will cause it to react and ignite, creating a small explosion, and when this explosion occurs, it will cause immense inward force that will burst the inner layer and cause the thermite to explode, which will cause an intense explosion to occur, with enough force to explode a human target with ease. At this point Desmond would use Dragon's Rage to amplify the explosive force to an extreme degree, making it become something near a large bomb able to clear a 30-foot radius with ease.

This is Desmond's most volatile bullet to date. As this is a bullet that is actually 2 layers the first and outer layer of the bullet is of steel and lead and is filled with black powder and metal oxide to cause a spark when it deforms. While the second and innermost layer is a steel ball that holds iron and aluminum oxide that was made into fine dust akin to that of silt and fine sand. The primary purpose of the outer layer is to cause enough explosive force to break the inner steel and cause immense pressure on the iron and aluminum oxide. Upon this point will ignite and explode with intense force creating a vacuum-like explosion, with even the half-inch ball of this mixture under the pressure that would be able to blow a large hole in a human-sized target.

This bullet is something of an endeavor to make, as it requires many steps when making the inner core. Needing to go through the arduous process to make a fine iron and aluminum oxide dust mixture. As this can take a few hours on its own, he can make large batches while doing this but needs multiple pieces of safety gear just to do it, as inhaling the dust can kill you. After this, he needs to form an iron ball because this mixture can be very dangerous when met with too much electrical charge, and steel is very stable for acting as a casing while holding it. After this, sealing takes much time, as he needs to cold forge and form a thin casing around the steel ball. After which he will need to make a hollow lead ball that he will fill with gun powder and seat the steel ball in. After sealing this one with a second cold-forged steel casing around the lead to properly seal it all together.

This is not only the most time-consuming bullet, but also one of his more expensive to make, as he will be able to make 5 Hellfire Bullets within a 16 hour period, and would not be one he could make easily without the right tools. Meaning if he was to try and create one of these while he's away from his many specialized tools and machines, it would be impossible to make one.

Ahn-Shune's Light

Touch of Volatility- Desmond is able to turn normally inert and stable substances violently reactive or corrosive by rendering them highly acidic or basic. (tiered: 2-3)

- Ahn-Shune's Light- Having metal powder and salt held within. Desmond will cause the mixture within to become volatile and fuse together. When it reaches the maximum energy the ball will explode producing a loud explosion and bright light, which is a blinding flash of light that can stun, disorient, or even permanently blind a target.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow lead ball before filling it with metal powder and salt and then properly sealing it. He will make these bullets with an iron disc that covers and seals the hole that was formed, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Kinetic:

Death's Promise

Deadstop- Stops a target completely, rendering it motionless and filling the caster with energy. (tiered: 2-3)

- Death's Promise- This bullet is one of the stranger ones Desmond made, but it was made with the express purpose to take care of pesky mages who try to control his bullets or stop them from hitting their mark. As this is a hollowed-out lead bullet with a small thin cage that holds a steel ball within. When this bullet is fired, Desmond will take control of the steel ball within to control the bullet, as with this, he can still manipulate the bullet as small nudges will not make the steel bullet break the lead shell, but if someone was to try and take control of the bullet, they will normally take control of the surrounding area to stop the bullet. Allowing for the surprise of Desmond's control of the more dense and stronger steel bullet to break through the lead, and away from their control. Which would give Desmond the extra moment he needs to take out the target he needs to.

These bullets will be made of lead, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form two hollow lead ball halves before fitting them with a small metal cage that holds a steel ball within them. He will make these bullets with a thin lead ring that surrounds and seals the two halves together, which also allows him to know which bullet this is.

Arcane:

Lich's Curse

Lich’s Touch- Desmond can draw the heat from targets, either stunning, weakening, or killing it depending on how much is drawn. This can also be used on other objects to chill them to a very high degree. (tiered 1-3)

- Lich's Curse- Having Supercooled liquid Oxygen held within, upon impact the thin titanium ball will dig into the target and flatten, or break upon impact if it hits a hard enough surface. This will allow the release of the liquid Oxygen which Desmond will then cause the liquid to be turned into a super cold gas to surround the target in intense cold. This can also be used to chill and freeze things very quickly. However, something horrific happens when introduced to intense continuous heat, as it will cause a very intense and violent explosion. As the Oxygen will expand very quickly and ignite and cause an explosion. If Desmond uses Dragon's Rage, the explosion will become the size of being able to kill someone within a 5-foot radius with ease and within 10 feet if they are not expecting it. This also has the extra effect of instantly putting out fires around it as it takes all the oxygen in the area and instantly consumes it.

These bullets will be made of titanium walls, using special tools designed by Desmond, he will form a hollow titanium ball. As he has another titanium tube that he will constantly be drawing heat from to make it become supercooled. Once it becomes cold enough, a liquid will start forming at the bottom, which is the liquid Oxygen. After which Desmond will pour the liquid Oxygen into the titanium ball. After which he will place a small cone wedge into the hole, which after everything cools, will seal any tiny cracks from the expansion of the titanium become super cold. When the titanium is this cold, it must be held within a sealed titanium container that can keep the Bullets cooled for up to 24 hours. After which will need to be disposed of quickly as it will begin to expand and explode and will cause major injury. These Bullets are very expensive to create, but can these can be made anywhere Desmond is, as using heat to both supercool Oxygen and superheat the titanium to help him form the proper bullets and wedges to seal them, allow them to be able to be a very explosive and dangerous bullet, similar to his Hellfire Bullets, but being able to be made anywhere.