There are really only two ways one can learn Shielding. The first is through being taught by an Artisan ranked Shield Mage (if you are an Artisan+ in a different magic) or by a Master+ ranked Shield Mage if you have no, or lesser, magical experience.

The other method is through an intense emotional desire to protect someone or something. This can often appear suddenly in the midst of strife and danger.


Shield Mages can create two types of Shields. The first, and most common, are Stand Alone Shields. These are formed when the mage exudes their magical force through their skin, typically through their hands, though not required, then shape the Shield using their mental control of it. Early on, most Shield Mages struggle to make stand alone shapes, so they often apply the Shields as a second skin to an existing object, person, etc. This type of Shielding uses a good deal of the Shield Mage's life force, but once it is created, will not use any more.

The other type are Instant Cast Shields. These Shields are often weaker, but can be conjured up instantly around the Shield Mage's body. These have a very high up front cost, as well as continually needing to be fueled.



Tasking is what gives Shields' their strength. A Shield can be tasked to Repel, Absorb, Emit, or any combination of these things. Repel allows a Shield to prevent a specific substance or individual to pass through the Shield. However, these tasks must be very specific in order to be stronger. Tasks that are general and vague in nature will often be weaker, as their power is distributed evenly against possible sources.

Example: A Shield spread across a doorway is tasked to Repel sentient beings. Since there are a large amount of sentient beings, and differing types, it may only take a few attempts for one to break through the Shield.

If that same Shield were tasked to Repel Humans, it would then require many more attempts for them to break through.

Finally, if that Shield is tasked to Repel Bob Durden, it is very unlikely Bob will ever get through the Shield.

The Absorb task can only be applied to energy or other magicks. You cannot task a Shield to absorb a human, but you could task it to absorb kinetic energy from being struck, or sunlight, and that energy would be stored in order to maintain the Shield, making it stronger and last longer. That stored energy can also be used for the Emit Tasks.

The Emit task can only be applied if a Shield has an Absorb task in place. The task allows the Shield to Emit energy, in a wide variety of forms, determined at creation by the Shield Mage. If a Shield is tasked to Absorb sunlight, and emit heat energy when touched by a human, then when a human touches it, the will receive the entirety of the Absorbed Sunlight converted into pure heat.



A Shield Mage can Layer multiple shields over one another, for increased protection and function. This must be done from the inside out, so the inner most Shield must be created before any of the outer layers. Each of these Shields can have their own tasks, but they are applied in the order of the Shields' order

Using the same example above, 2 Shields are formed across a doorway. The innermost Shield is tasked to Repel anyone named Bob. The outermost Shield is tasked to repel leather. So if Bob Durden, wearing leather armor, attempted to pass through the doorway, the outermost Shield would repel his leather. If he managed to attempt it enough to pass through that outermost Shield, the innermost would still repel him for being named Bob.

However, if Steve Durden, wearing only cotton clothing attempted to pass through the doorway, he'd find himself entirely unhindered.



Any Shield Mage can repair their own Shields by applying more of their magical force to them, and can even alter or remove the tasks set therein. A Shield Mage can only repair the Shields of a different Shield Mage if they are of a lesser tier, or are there to allow permission. They can also remove a shield, and if done carefully, can reabsorb the remaining magical force in it.

Bob Durden is a Master Shield Mage and has found a Shield that was created by Artisan Shield Mage Steve Durden. Bob could repair and strengthen this Shield, alter the tasks, without Steve knowing.

If Steve found one of Bob's Shields though, he'd find he'd be unable to do anything to them.


Shields can be created by multiple Shield Mages. This allows for larger Shields to be formed with the magical cost being spread evenly through the group. The amount of tasks is limited to the highest Tiered Shield Mage in the group though. Group shields are not necessarily stronger than an individual Shield, but simply larger in size.



As with all Magicks, Shielding has varying, negative side effects and dangers. All magic is addictive, and can often lead mages to using far too much magic. Doing so can cause anything from overexertion, to passing out, to loss of magic temporarily or permanently, to death.

If a Shield Mage is attempt to form a Stand-Alone Shield beyond their capabilities, they will find that it will fail, and all the magic spent will be lost. On rare occurrences, the Shield might rebound and form itself around the Shield Mage, which can be inconvenient, painful, or deadly, depending on the Tasks it was set with. If a Shield mage has an Instant-Cast Shield that is receiving too much damage or energy from an outside source, they run the risk of complete magical depletion if they do not Unshield.



Novice - Can make Stand-Alone Shields roughly the size of a human adult, and can only assign 1 task per shield. Their Instant-Cast Shields will be roughly the size of a dinner plate and are incredibly unreliable, failing more often than not. Novice Shield Mages do not have the control or knowledge to Layer Shields, to participate in Group Shields, to Repair or Unshield, nor can they teach.

Journeyman - Can make Stand-Alone Shields roughly the size of a room, and can assign up to 3 tasks per Shield. Their Instant-Cast Shields are roughly the size of an adult human. They have the ability to Layer Shields and participate in Group Shields. They cannot Repair or Unshield, nor can they teach.

Artisan - Can make Stand-Alone Shields roughly the size of a building, and can assign up to 5 tasks per Shield. Their Instant-Cast Shields are roughly the size of a room. They have the ability to Layer Shields, participate in Group Shields, and can both Repair and Unshield. They can also teach other Artisan+ ranked mages of other disciplines.

Master - Can make Stand-Alone Shields roughly the size of a village, and can assign up to 7 tasks per Shield. Their Instant-Cast Shields are roughly the size of a building. They are able to perform all abilities of Shielding, and can teach anyone Shielding, regardless of magical knowledge.

Grand Master - Can make Stand-Alone Shields roughly the size of a city, and can assign up to 10 tasks per Shield. Their Instant-Cast Shields are roughly the size of a village. They are able to perform all abilities of Shielding, and can teach anyone.

There are really only two ways one can learn Illusion. The first is through being taught by an Artisan ranked Illusion Mage (if you are an Artisan+ in a different magic) or by a Master+ ranked Illusion Mage if you have no, or lesser, magical experience.

The other method is through a strong desire to see physical change, either in something of importance to you, or you yourself. This can manifest in many ways, through any of the senses.

Illusion is based on deceiving the senses of those around the magic. This not only includes the basic senses of Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste, and Smell, but even more advanced senses such as Infrared Vision, Balance, etc. Illusion mages apply new effects to existing objects and stimuli in order to alter them. They do this through the creation of Constructs and Personal Illusions.



Personal Illusions are the first stage of magic that Illusion Mages learn, as it is the easiest. It still requires intense concentration though. The Illusion Mage first brings to mind a clear image of themselves. They then begin mentally changing this image while spreading their internal magic to the affected areas. This creates a physical change in the body that will remain that way until the Illusion Mage loses the mental image or is depleted of magical force. This is called Augmenting.

There are several limitations to this, as an Illusion Mage cannot create or add additional mass to their body, but can only manipulate what is already there. Until Master+ rank, an Illusion Mage must have experienced the traits they wish to alter themselves into. If an Illusion Mage has never seen or felt the bark of a tree, they cannot Augment their skin to look or feel like bark, unless at Master+ rank.



Constructs are created through a similar method as many other magicks. The Illusion Mage can exude magic through their skin, typically their hands, and they apply this to whatever it is they wish to augment. This augmented item is referred to as the Frame. They push their magic into the Frame, letting it soak into it completely. Once this is done, they are able to manipulate it's various traits to appear differently to others. However, this does not cause a physical change in the object.

For example, Gerry Gerkin is a Journeyman Illusion Mage. He wishes to alter a tree. He places his hands on the tree and pushes his magic into the tree, filling it up. Once he can sense that, he decides to alter the both the Visual aspect and Touch aspects of the tree. Focusing on the new senses in his mind, he manipulates the old image to shift to the new image, so the tree looks like a statue of a bear now. If a normal person were to touch this statue now, their hand would pass through the false images until they touched the actual tree.

However, Gerry decides to alter the Touch sense of the tree, and as such, when the person touches the "statue" the hand would stop, and feel of stone to them.

Constructs cost a good deal of magical force to create, but require no upkeep. They can only be altered by Illusionists, or destroyed by Illusionists and Reavers. Should the Frame object be destroyed, the Illusion will also fail. Should the Frame be relocated, however, the Illusion will travel with it, as they two are bound.



The creation of a Realm is the strongest magic of an Illusion Mage. They do this be exerting their magical force outward from their person, and allowing it soak in the entirety of the affect area. This gives the Illusion Mage full control over the area. While the Mage is within the area, the Realm can be Augmented, meaning that all of the changes are physical and true so long as the magic is being maintained by the Mage.

The Mage can also store magic in this area, so as to keep it functioning should they leave. If an Illusion Mage leaves their realm, and did not store magic into it, then only the Constructs they made will persist. All Augmented items will revert back to their original state.



As with all Magicks, Illusion has varying, negative side effects and dangers. All magic is addictive, and can often lead mages to using far too much magic. Doing so can cause anything from overexertion, to passing out, to loss of magic temporarily or permanently, to death.

Augmenting the Mage's own body is by far the most dangerous part of Illusion magic. Not only does it drain magic at a decent rate, but often can cause the mage to forget their original image. If they are unfocused, they can change traits too rapidly, or get stuck mid change, which can cause intense pain or permanent damage.

When making a Construct, the main danger is using up too much magic. However, if attempting a Construct beyond their ability, a Mage can find the traits they attempted to put forth rebounding on themselves, in addition to losing the magic spent creating the Construct.

Realm Magic's main danger is losing control of the area through poor focus. If a mage Augments a tree poorly, there is a risk that tree could fall and crush the mage.



Novice - Novices can only Augment themselves, and can maintain 1 Sense permanently altered without depleting their magic. They cannot make Constructs, Realms, or teach.

Journeyman - Journeyman can Augment themselves, and maintain 2 Senses permanently altered without depleting their magic. They can also create Constructs, on any Frame roughly the size of a human. The cannot make Realms or teach.

Artisan - Artisans can Augment themselves and maintain 3 Senses permanently altered without depleting their magic. They can also create Constructs, on any Frame roughly the size of a room. They can also make Realms of roughly the same size. They can also teach Illusion to Artisan Mages of other disciplines.

Master - Masters can Augment themselves and maintain 5 Senses permanently altered without depleting their magic. They can create Constructs and Realms roughly the size of a building. They can teach Illusion to anyone.

Grand Master - Grand Masters can Augment themselves and maintain all Senses permanently altered without depleting their magic. They can create Constructs and Realms roughly the size of a village and can teach anyone.

Told you, its all here but you can't see it due to magic.

There are a few ways to learn Song Weaving. The first, like many other skills, is to learn from an Artisan+ rank Song Weaver. To learn this skill, though any means, a person must have Musical aptitude. If they are tone deaf, unable to sing or play an instrument, they will not be able to learn Song Weaving.

The second way to learn Song Weaving is through self-discovery. The most common method of this occurs after years of passionate, musical play. Eventually the Song Weavers emotions and desires will spill forth, bringing their magic into their music. Attempting to learn Song Weaving solely for the sake of learning it, without true musical passion, will always result in failure.

Song Weaving can often go unnoticed for long periods of time within the Song Weaver. Nearly all Song Weavers will go through this passive period for a while, before finally realizing the magic they have. In this passive nature, it will only utilize the most basic functions of Influence. This will use so little life force, that the magical drain is often unnoticed.

Song Weaving is primarily a form of hypnotic magic, where the Song Weavers intents and emotions are applied to the music they play. Their magic is fully embedded into the sounds they produce, by voice or instrument. It does not matter what instrument a Song Weaver might use, so long as they are proficient enough to use it in order to magically convert their desires into song. This is called Influence.



Influence is the first stage of Song Weaving learned, and can often go unnoticed by the Song Weaver. Their magic translates intent, desires, suggestions, and commands onto those that hear their music. This can be used to soothe pain, calm angry people, or animals, or even convince someone to pay more in tips. When Influence is used over a group of people, the magic is spread thin, so the results are not always guaranteed, with weaker willed people always being affected before those with a stronger will. The fewer listeners there are, the stronger the magic will be. Influence uses very little magical force, but more can be purposefully pushed into it for stronger, more immediate effects.



Impact is the ability to turn music, and sound in general, into a physical manifestation. This can allow the Song Weaver to shape the sounds, and control them for physical results. This can be as simple as making a Sharp Impact in order to stab an attacker, a large, blunt Impact to stop an arrow from hitting you, or a long, narrow Impact in order to trip a person's feet. This is not limited to their singing or instrument playing, but rather any sound they produce. However, the more practiced the sound, the more control over it they will exert. Impact is very magic intensive, and even short term use can drain a Song Weaver quickly.



As with all Magicks, Song Weaving has varying, negative side effects and dangers. All magic is addictive, and can often lead mages to using far too much magic. Doing so can cause anything from overexertion, to passing out, to loss of magic temporarily or permanently, to death.

Song Weaving requires a lot of focus and concentration in active form. If this concentration is broken or waivers, the Song Weaver can find their listeners under unintended Influence, or even put themselves under the Influence. This can lead to conflicts within the listeners', and Song Weaver's, minds and lead to depression, insanity, and suicidal thoughts. These effects can be reversed by a Master+ ranked Song Weaver, or by allowing enough time for the Influence to fade.



Novice - Most Novices won't even realize that they are Song Weavers. They can Influence small groups of people, typically only able to exert the emotion they are currently feeling onto the listeners. On an individual, their Influence can last for a day, and is split as more listeners hear the music.

Journeyman - It is at this rank that most Song Weavers realize that they have magic. They can actively control the intent, desire, and even offer suggestions to the listeners through their music. The emotions they convey are no longer limited to what they are feeling at the time, though those are made stronger. On an individual, their Influence can last for up to 5 days, and is split as more listeners hear the music.

Artisan - Song Weavers can now use Impact. Their Influence is much stronger at this stage, and can have multiple intentions, suggestions, desires, and even commands. They are no longer limited to voice or instruments to manipulate sound, but the sound they do manipulate must be created by them. This can be in the form of snapping fingers, and a hand clap, etc. On an individual, their Influence can last for up to 10 days, and is split as more listeners hear the music. Their impact can be roughly the size of a sword. They can teach Artisans of other disciplines.

Master - Song Weavers now have full command over sounds, so long as they can hear them, whether created by themselves or others. On an individual, their influence can last for up to a month, and is no longer split among listeners. Their Impact can be roughly the size of a human child. They can teach anyone.

Grand Master - Grand Masters have full command over sounds, so long as they can hear them, whether created by themselves or others. On an individual, their influence can last for up to a year, and is not split among listeners. Their Impact can be roughly the size of a human adult. They can teach anyone.

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Ebonfort is a great, dark bastion tucked in next to the Ruby River, that flows down from the Idigia Mountains. In the time of magic, it was one of the largest cities, and now holds the title of largest. Its massive walls and dark stone often give visitors and enemies alike feelings of dread and doom, especially when the morning and evening fogs roll in. The walls are four stories high, in an even square around the city. There are four highly defensible gate houses in the center of each wall, with towers dotted along the way to the corners that end in guard houses.

Within the walls itself is a dark hued paradise. Being the capital of the region, Ebonfort takes pride in keeping their city relatively crime-free, clean, and beautiful. Nearly all buildings are some shade of the darker stone, and are as strong as they are practical. This is intentional, for Ebonfort has always been first and foremost a defensive stronghold.

The four main roads go straight from the gatehouses toward the Ebonfort Citadel. The Citadel is the headquarters for the Ebon Knights, and is the final defensive measure in the city. It is large enough, and stocked, to provide sanctuary for all the citizens of Ebonfort and the outlying villages for several years.

The roads that converge upon the Citadel split the city into four even quarters. Going clockwise from the northwest corner, they are named Gladio Quarter, Armum Quarter, Sophium Quarter, and Corcillus Quarter. Each Quarter is equal in size, and for the most part, in purpose. They all have varying businesses, homes, and services. The main streets that split them are built of massive stone blocks, maintained by the city's engineers, along with the water conduits below, fed by the Ruby River.


The Ebon Knights are quite proud of their city, and have large maps of both the city and the region posted within their Gatehouses for all visitors, and residents, to see upon entry and exit. Next to these maps are the city's laws that all are expected to follow.

1. All people are expected to maintain civility and courtesy within the walls of Ebonfort and within the boundaries of her villages.
2. Proper respect is to be paid to all Ebon Knights, regardless of rank.
3. Dueling is allowed outside the walls of Ebonfort and outside the boundaries of her villages.
4. Stealing, rape, and murder are forbidden on all lands.
5. No building, outdoor adornment, or any other such feature may not hinder the defense of the city.
6. Bearing false witness to a crime will result in the punishment of that crime being deferred to the accuser.
7. Any civil disputes that disturb the peace within Ebonfort and her villages will be handled through a monitored duel, overseen by the Ebon Knights.
8. Any citizen has the right to trial by combat for any crime committed.
9. A pregnant woman cannot be tried for her crime until the child is born, and will remain under house arrest until such time.
10. All homeless adults and children will be enlisted into the service of the Ebon Knights.
11. Harboring, association, and fraternizing with Screamers is forbidden.
12. Upon reaching their 16th year, children are considered adults. By their 17th year, they are expected to provide a useful employment for Ebonfort and her villages, be studying under someone employed for Ebonfort and her villages, or enlist into the Ebon Knights.


The Ebon Knights are both the military and police force of Ebonfort and her villages. They are the largest employer of citizens, and are the sole reason the city still stands to this day. Their laws and rule are absolute, and are well loved by the citizens they protect.

All promotions are merit based, which is earned through excursions and defenses against the Screamers and magical beasts that threaten the safety of the lands and citizens. All children entered into the Ebon Knights below the age of 14 are Pages until they come of age. Pages serve under individual Knights and assist them with anything they might need. Any child in the service between 14 and 16, as well as all new enlisting soldiers become Squires. You must serve a minimum of 2 years as a Squire in order to become a Knight unless you've passed the Knight's Tournament and received a recommendation from a Lieutenant Knight or higher rank. During the Squire's 2 years, they are to be trained in combat and tactics by their Patron Knight.

The military is overseen by 5 Lord Knights, one who rules over the Citadel, and the other 4 ruling over their respective Quarters.

Title - Unit Type - Unit Size
5 Lord Knights - Battalion (5 Regiments) - 3125 Knights per Squadron
25 Warden Knights - Regiment (5 Companies) - 625 Knights per Regiment
125 Captain Knights - Company (5 Squadrons) - 125 Knights per Company
625 Sergeant Knights - Squadron (5 Brigades) - 25 Knights per Squadron
3125 Lieutenant Knights - Brigade - 5 Knights per Brigade
15625 Knights - Assorted Squires - N/A
4000 Squires - Assorted Pages - N/A
2000 Pages - N/A - N/A

Note: These numbers are not exact due the varying fluctuations within ranks and members.