89th of Spring, 514 AV
Voiding had a way of opening a number of doors that previously Annalisa Marin had not considered exploring, expanded her horizons to previously unthinkable areas. This was especially true in regards to Glyphing, that discipline from which she had made her name known in Sahova and which she was still learning more about. For the moment the tall dark haired woman had seen how very well the two disciplines could meld together, not exactly seamlessly but certainly with an increase of potency in either one. Now she was looking to find ways to weaponize the Void in her research, something that could very well increase her standing in Sahova even higher than it was already.
Arrayed before her was one rounded ston, smooth and easily fitting into the palm of her hand. The sorceress had experimented with rocks and Glyphs before, though that had been with Reimancy and it had been one of the things she had done to gain her title of Wizard. Now it was time to seek variations on the same design, ways to incorporate Voiding into a much more easily transported and thrown item. Scrolls were nice but Anna wanted to goo ever further in perfecting her art, to expand the destructive potential as far as it could go.
The sorceress carefully took up a tiny detail brush and dipped it into ink, the ink moving to stain the first stone in her hands with the symbols of her Glyphs. The tall woman was fond of writing out her Glyphs rather than engraving them out on a surface, simply because writing utensils for her were easier to get the tiny details written out. The speed of her drawing was impressive, each series of Glyphs seeming to be easily drawn with breathtaking accuracy and speed. They were less Glyphs and more works of art despite their rather plain nature of simply being stylized geometric shapes.
The first one drawn was always the Focus Glyph, a stylized inverted triangle that was purposed with containing the magic she desired to place within it. It was necessary in most sigils though Anna suspected there were some she could get away with excluding it from. Regardless the next thing to follow the Focus was generally always the Barrier in a scroll sigil like this one, a ring of stylized geometric shapes. As before the speed in which the Glyphs were drawn seemed to defy most logic, the work only a Master confident in their craft could achieve.
The Barrier finished Anna pondered over the next Glyph that was to come, the most important one in the whole design of the sigil. The Trigger Glyph, a rather touching subject all things considered as the wording of such a thing was of para-mount import as Anna’s work could be made or broken by an accidental activation from the Trigger. Not to mention the risk to her own life that was to come if such a thing activated on her own person, such would certainly detract from the overall value the Citadel might see in such a thing.
Still Anna was confident and so she placed a jumble of geometric shapes around on the opposite side of the stone from the other Glyphs. Her work was as always of superior quality, the artistry of her Glyphs making even this simple stone look rather like something much more. The tall dark haired woman’s brush teased gently along the surface of the stone, her speed certainly not lower the quality or caution of her work. Once she finished this Glyph she added words in a spiraling circle around it in common, the activation for it.
When I, Annalisa Marin the creator of this scroll on the 89th of Spring 514 AV, speak the word ‘seagull’ the Trigger will lower the Barrier, releasing the magic contained within the Focus.
With this task done Anna set her brush aside and handled the stone carefully now that she had properly finished with the Glyphs themselves. Messing with the Glyphs would be a rather poor idea as one scratch upon them could ruin the entire design and compromise the magic she was to put within. Now that she had actually finished her work though she opened her work journal and took up the brush again, adding in a new passage to the pages.
Glyphed Personal Weapon Trial #3
Date: 89th of Spring, 514 AV
Goal of Trial: Incorporate the art of Voiding into the projectile weaponry designed for Reimancy.
Presiding Wizard: Annalisa Marin
Assistants: None
Subject of Interest: A stone filled with a Void Portal.
With this task done Anna took up a vial of ink and the brush as well as her journal and the Glyphed stone and stood from her chair. This project would involve a strong use of Pull, so it was probably a rather poor idea to just use that in the Common Labs. Though she did consider the amusement factor of watching a Nuit passerby be sucked into the Void. Discarding this thought Anna set off through the Gug Andjak with the intended destination being the Prairie.
