MAGIC SYSTEMS:
Now, there are many magic systems, but they can be boiled down into 3 catagories: Natural Defense, Natural Consequence, and Fourth-based mutables
Natural defenses and consequences - they are bigg spoilers so thats a no, but I realy wanted to talk about the mutables.
There are 7 mutables. Standard theory has it split into the Conceptual 3 and the Standard 4.
The standard 4 consists of:
Tempest
Winter
Metaluna
Chroma
The conceptual 3 are:
Hedra
Voices
Inversion
Lets start with the two most basic. Tempest and Winter. They are similar, but completely different.
Tempest controls marked air (determined by hedra) that belongs to the user. It can only be marked through touch, and markers cannot be removed, altered, or replaced. They are permanent. Tempest's inital problem is that most air is marked. So you might never be able to influence air. Markers are the subject that is most commonly studied among Tempest users, because:
If they could remove the flags at will tempest would be much more viable as a weapon.
Alternatively, if they could add markers (fake ones) for others it would change the protection against tempest.
If they can change who the markers afect they will achieve both of the goals
Tempest is a very strong power, but it is bound not only by flags, but also by hedra. Hedra is like a cookie cutter, and everything is part of an intangible epilipse hedrial shape, and they interlock. That is the area of influence of a tempest user, although with effort you don't have to folow the guidlines for hedra. Researchers are NOT intrested in hedra manipulation since:
Playing around with hedra causes otherside to break through quicker than any other power.
Hedra is just a suggestion, and can already be bypassed with effort.
Hedra doesn't change easily
Cookie cutter powers it is with air, basically. Recently, doctor Strohger has been finding intresting interactions with tempest and other mutables, but is on the verge of discovering cool stuff.
Now that we know tempest has boundaries, what could you do?
Fly (with great effort)
Create wind
Create weather or tornados
Breathe artificially
whisper to certain people
Make knives out of tempest
Remove air from an area
Manipulate temperature to a limited extent
Feel with air (you can only tell if you hit a wall. It doesn't work well)
Filter air (Maybe with right circumstances)
Those are just some examples for you.
Our next mutable is Winter. Unlike Tempest, you create Winter from nothing (or you can add special stuff mixed in) and it disappears into nothing when out of sight. A more advanced Winter user could maintain a structure without sight, but it would cost concentration. Once summoned, winter generally takes the form of crystals that are water based, and when dropped, shatter into nothing. They can be brittle or strong, depending on your skill. Winter can be mixed with other things to release them on shatter.
The biggest limitation for Winter is sight and concentration. Weaker users have to avoid blinking, while a strong user can do it with their eyes closed. There are a couple of rules where winter can form:
The area cannot be occupied by a solid or liquid
The structure, the lattice is determined by hedra and cannot be changed, bur can be influenced.
Winter cannot form in the otherside, or other differently flagged Winter crystals.
There isn't much room for research. People have been researching winter flags, but since they don't rule Winter like they do for Tempest, they aren't that important.
Now, what can you do with Winter? You can:
Create weapons, tools, armor, you name it.
Create water using the salt method
Use it as a projectile
Use it as structuring material
Use it to walk on air*
Minor temperature influence
Use it to swim
Use it to drink, or wash
ultimately, the main advantage of Winter is that you can create almost anything almost instantly. It is essential to trade and hygiene, and almost integeral to society as a whole.
Those were the first two mutables. I will post more about the other ones soon, but I do need to sleep and this is getting loooong. Good night fellows!
