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An undead citadel created before the cataclysm, Sahova is devoted to all kinds of magical research. The living may visit the island, if they are willing to obey its rules. [Lore]

A Poultice for the Pores (Rayage)

Postby Keene Ward on February 24th, 2015, 5:50 am

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Nodding, Keene stepped forward, taking the quill and dipping it into the ink as he leaned over the surface, eyes flicking over the parchment. Focuses were supposed to be a larger glyph, central in nature to contain the magic meant to be absorbed or altered. It contained, suppressed, but kept things static, a field to trap and hold the magic. The quill moved along the parchment, catching in places, but moving steady enough that the lines were fairly steady. He started in the middle of the paper, drawing a straight line that started about an inch and a half from the top to stop a few inches beyond the mid point of the paper the long ways down. The first line drawn, Keene drew another at about a forty-five degree angle from the first, forming an acute angle on the right of the middle above the intersection and on the left below. He carried the line out so that it was at a slight angle to the bottom of the middle line. Keene pulled a second line, this one mirroring the other to create a narrower "x" across the first line.

From that point, he connected the endpoints of each the lines to those adjacent, closing the figure into a jewel-esque shape. Moving in his steady, deliberate pace, Keene continued, adding in another hexagon at about the halfway point from the middle of the "x" to the endpoints of the lines. With that done, Keene drew smaller lines from the contour of the inner hexagon to the outer, staring in about the middle of the individual seconds to break them up further. When he was done, Keene gently tapped the quill four times, moving down in a vertical line in both sides of the smaller hexagon's right and left quadrants. The result were four dots of ink, a slight variation in size due to the uneven pressure placed during their creation. With the focus finished, Keene paused, setting the quill down that had had to revisit the well a myriad of times to accomplish the single rune. "The focus serves as the largest rune. It is what absorbs and affects a spell." He stared down at it, finding it more messy in application than it had been in his head.

Moving on, Keene started on the barrier. He drew a box around the hexagons, the walls leaving a small amount of space along the parallel edges and almost brushing against the points of the hexagons. With the first box complete, Keene started on the second, this one angled to flow parallel to the lines of the points of the hexagon at the top and bottom. In the larger triangles on either side of the barrier, Keene drew small circles, only closing the top most on both sides. While less complex, the lines were much longer, and it took him about the same amount of time as it did to finish the focus. Staring down at it, Keene added supplementary "l"s around the corners of the right triangles, endpoints stopping before they connected with the other piece of the barrier. "The barrier contains the static power of the focus." Noticing several parts of the line where the ink had thinned, Keene dipped the quill for what must have been the hundredth time, filling them in. He checked the focus as well and found it satisfactory.

With that done, he created the trigger. It was smaller and less complicated, taking about half the time as the other two glyphs. Drawing a small diamond with its right point connected to the end of the "l" around the upper left of the right triangle of the barrier, its edges following the angle of the hexagon. Drawing a straight line that starting a small amount above the diamond's middle, Keene pulled it down to the bottom point of the diamond, bisecting in. Drawing another intersecting line perpendicular to the first, Keene spearated the interior of the diamond into four triangles, making two small circles along the upper left outer line of the diamond as a whole. Trigger finished, Keene used the then empty quill to suck some of the ink that had gone on a bit too thick back up into the pen's well. "The trigger reacts to a specific condition, allowing for the barrier to be released.

Dipping the quill again, Keene extended a line down from the bottom most "l"s endpoints closest to the bottom point of the barrier's diamond. Carrying the lines out about an inch or so from the focus, Keene drew a wide "x", connecting the endpoints. After that, he drew a box to connect the endpoints of the "x", skipping the line that would have crossed at the top. Once that was done, Keene drew a diamond around that, its lines touching each corner of the three sided box. He moved the quill up to connect the tops of the bottom most "l"s to the rest of the main barrier. "A path connects two glyphs; a switch can split or join a spell." Drawing three small circles along both sides of the bottom of the switch's diamond, Keene stared down at the sigil. Frowning slightly, he made another trigger to the bottom right of the barrier, connecting it to where the endpoint of the "l" had once been before drawing three small circles along the lower right edge of the quadrasected diamond. "This sigil denotes a spell that can be released as either the way it was cast or split into two."

Setting the quill down, Keene stepped back from the table, allowing Master Rayage to view it closer if she wished. In the small amount of time he'd had to practice his glyphing, Keene had only really memorized what he'd been told. The experimental trial and error was still in the making, and his supplies to do so lacking. He imagined the media of glyphing to be of relative importance, not due to a magically inherent property of medium, but rather the medium's resistance to tampering and change. A perfect sigil crafted out of salt would quickly become useless or worse at the smallest breeze. Thus, he wanted to have reliable tools to work with if he were to be experimenting on himself. Magic was dangerous enough without making it more so with impatience and a lack of preparedness. However, he was confident that he had not forgotten the lesson that Master Rayage had given him. Glyphing had the potential to become an incredibly powerful tool if it was properly utilized. On the island, power was hardly something one lost to forgetfulness.

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A Poultice for the Pores (Rayage)

Postby Rayage on February 28th, 2015, 7:20 pm

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Rayage watched with an intent interest in Keenes retention of the information afforded to him. She had given him the bare basics of the art, and it was clear that he had not had time to practice outside the lesson of that day. So, this was good, she concluded, he was going to dig up the information of the lesson taught days ago. She passively hovered over his shoulder, trying not to distract him with her presence.

He drew each symbol each piece of a sigil and explained their significance. She was impressed with what he had remembered. Keene was a very quick study and that was refreshing. She was tired of dealing with half-witted wizards who thought that just because they could throw some fire and ice around that the world should bow to them. Surely that self-destructive attitude would bring the entire wizarding community in detail, and with plenty of those types of people who bend under the pressure of power, the magical community was both regarded and feared at the same time. She would make damn sure that Keene would not fall into such tendencies, she will be his silent watcher, his observer, his teacher, and she will take pride in teaching him how real wizards are.

She watched as the glyphs became more and more complete and soon were tuned into a sigil, a collection of glyphs formed for a purpose. ”Very well Keene,” she said, ”your mind is as sharp as ever, boy, and for that I am glad. You have learned my words well, but the real journey begins within you.”

She stepped around him, crossing over to his other side her hand slid over the parchment which she had presented him. Holding it up she examined the glyph, ”You already have a distinctive style, this is very promising.” she muttered mostly to herself, but also meant to praise Keene more. ”However, you will find that although the purpose of the glyphs are set, their meanings and actions can vary depending on how you use them. This is where the trial and error begins, and real practice, on yourself, starts. You will find that a focus on a sigil such as this can have a different meaning than a focus written on the palm of your hand, they are bother the same glyph, but have inherently different purposes.”

”Explore and learn, Keene.” she urged him, ”Glyphs can be made out of more than ink and paper. Ive seen wizards draw the glyphs with their own blood.” she grinned, ”Glyphs can be made in nearly any medium, but they will be most commonly found on parchment and ink.”

She placed the paper down, and supported herself on the table. Despite her looks she still got shaky and sometimes dizzy, ”Glyphs can expand a discipline, especially those of personal magic, to bounds unseen in this time. I want you to achieve such greatness Keene, but you cannot skip the study, the theory, and the practice. If you study Nadar-Canoch you might find some useful sources in the library.”
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“Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed to have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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A Poultice for the Pores (Rayage)

Postby Orin Fenix on April 12th, 2015, 12:06 am

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Grades are Served
 
Keene Ward
Skill XP
Land Navigation 2
Endurance 2
Intelligence 5
Logic 3
Observation 5
Philosophy 2
Interrogation 1
Medicine 4
Reimancy 4
Research 1
Glyphing 5

Lores
  • Location: The Vestibule
  • Logic: Pitfalls of Stopping Time
  • Balance Between Secrets Kept and Knowledge Shared
  • TAR: Decommissioned Sorting Golem
  • Rayage: Non-Combatant but Very Capable
  • Location: The Mudpools
  • Medicine: The Mudpools' Mud has Rejuvenatory Properties
  • Logic: Becoming Versus Being
  • Glyphing: Written Application of a Wizard's Focus
  • Glyphing: Channel's Wizard's Magic
  • Glyphing: Stores and Releases Magic
  • Glyphing: Restricts Magic Into a Space
  • Glyphing: Channel Magic Into an Area
  • Glyphing: Split or Combine Magic
  • Glyphing: Stabilizes World Magic
  • Glyphing: Focus Glyph
  • Glyphing: Barrier Glyph
  • Glyphing: Trigger Glyph
  • Glyphing: Switch Glyph
  • Glyphing: Path Glyph
  • Glyphing: Unique to Each Wizard, Readable by All
  • Glyphing: Could be Written Nader-Canouch
  • Glyphing: A Glyph is a Single Rune While a Sigil is a Series of Glyphs
  • Glyphing: How to Infuse a Glyph with Magic
  • Glyphing: Easily Broken
  • Reimancy: Ice Darts
  • Reimancy: Ice Spears
  • Reimancy: Encasing an Opponent in Ice
  • Glyphing: Can Use Any Medium as Long as its Lasting
  • Rayage: First Time Overgiving
Extras :
The spontaneous wounds opening and closing will last for the next fifteen days. Okay, nitty-gritty out of the way. This was a wonderful thread. It was so great to see Keene struggling to wrap his mind around how 'normal' people experienced the world. And his logical mind is so refreshingly different from what I normally read. I think Keene is a fascinating character and this thread showed not only where he has come from, but where he might end up in the future. I think I hit all the important lores and skills but it's my first time grading magic and this was long so if I missed something let me know.

 
Rayage
Skill XP
Land Navigation 2
Socialization 5
Observation 5
Teaching 5
Leadership 2
Philosophy 1
Rhetoric 5
Persuasion 3
Medicine 4
Glyphing 3
Reimancy 3
Endurance 2

Lores
  • Location: The Vestibule
  • Keene: Rough Around the Edges
  • Teaching: Explaining a Pupil's Strengths and Weaknesses and Areas of Improvement
  • Location: The Mudpools
  • Leadership: Carrots Work Better than the Stick
  • Medicine: The Mudpools' Mud has Rejuvenatory Properties
  • Keene: Doesn't Know the Meaning of the Word Fun
  • Teaching: The Basics of Glyphing
  • Teaching: Using Examples
  • Reimancy: Flame Barrier
  • Reimancy: Fire Darts
Extras :
Let's start with the overgiving. I've never awarded it before so if the duration seems unreasonable let me know.

Inner Fire: Rayage will be wracked with fever-like symptoms for the next thirty days. Unfortunately, the burns will not ever go away until Rayage switches bodies.

Now the fun part, the part where I tell you how wonderful I thought the thread was. It was so intriguing seeing Rayage trying to reclaim her humanity through Keene. At the same time, she was struggling not to give in to her Nuit impulses. I also liked how this thread was a sort of a wake-up call to Rayage. Finally, seeing her just completely unable to get inside Keene's head and figure out what makes him tick was brilliant.

Don't forget to edit or delete your grade request in the grade request thread.

If you have any questions or concerns about your grade please feel free to send me a message.
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