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Terrormancy is a magic form that draws its power from fear. The fear is drawn to the terrormancer, appearing like thin strands of darkness. The terrormancer can convert the fear into "phobic energy", which is bright blue-white. However, since fear is such a potent emotion, the amount of phobic energy created is too much for the terrormancer's body to contain. The surplus energy begins to arc over his skin, creating spiraling bands of blue energy that circle the torso. This surplus phobic energy also makes the terrormancer's eyes glow. Once there is a significant surplus of phobic energy, the terrormancer can will the energy into different parts of his body, most likely the limbs. It should be noted that controlling phobic energy on the body is quick difficult, but movement helps force the energy in that direction. This is why it is easiest to transfer phobic energy to legs of arms. This movement of energy appears like a surge of the spiraling bands into that region. Phobic energy strengthens the body where it is concentrated. An experienced terrormancer knows how to concentrate energy in his legs, allowing him to leap walls. Phobic energy can also be discharged. This is done by willing the energy off of the body, in a similar fashion to willing the energy elsewhere on the body. However, discharging phobic energy requires extra force to free it from its host. Once airborne, a bundle of phobic energy becomes a lethal projectile. There is another way to discharge phobic energy, as a web. Forming a phobic web is more difficult than simply discharging it, because the energy must remain in a certain area. To do this, the terrormancer places his two arms, charged with phobic energy, close together, so that the energy begins to arc from limb to limb. Then, he must fluidly pull his arms apart, creating a net of arcing phobic bands. This net can block phobic blasts and large projectiles.

Surprised this isn't up yet. I liked the movie, but there were so many mixed emotions ... I really liked Billa Bong, or whatever that cotton-candy elephant-dolphin's name was. I loved his sacrifice at the end, and what's this? Disney didn't bring him back to life?! I really liked that. Also, that look inside the boys mind at the end of the movie was priceless. So perfect

Here is a quote from the pretty recent AMA on reddit. "Boy, I do get this one a lot. I'm wary of saying anything until Calamity is out, not because Regalia's weakness is specifically relevant, but because I've found that even the most innocent of things I say can sometimes lead to spoilers. The nature of the weaknesses is a big part of the three book arc of the Reckoners, so I don't want to hurt anything. That said, as I mentioned, Regalia's weakness is not actually relevant. I've just been avoiding the question for reasons stated above. Regalia's weakness was being proven wrong. If you could figure out something she'd done incorrectly, and prove it to her so she couldn't avoid the truth, she'd briefly lose local control of her powers. But I didn't want that book to be about figuring out/using her weakness, in order to distinguish it from books one and three, which use that as the major plot. So I avoided bringing up the idea, or really even using it in the story at all." Pretty interesting, eh? My theory is that Regalia(Edit: who was a judge) would not want to sentence an innocent or pardon a guilty person, and thus she was extremely scared of being wrong. But I think that isn't all. Sourcefield wasn't just scared or Kool-Aid, they almost died because of it. Perhaps Regalia helped free a serial killer?

I have a brief question about Epic weaknesses, I'm not sure if this was mentioned in Firefight or not, but any theories or speculations would be awesome! Thanks!