So, despite my already having a battlmage character (good ole I'on) and since I've been throwing ideas around (mentally) for a second character here, I shall truly begin work on one. She shall be called Ilitas, for short. Part of me finds it funny that her name also starts with an "I", but meh I like how it sounds so I shall use it. My plan for her so far is that she will be a True Deigan and perhaps a member of the Deo'iel, perhaps of the fifth or sixth circle I'm thinking. I will of course likely have a similar problem as I did with I'on early on in that she may not have any player characters to interact with. We'll see, not sure where I'll start her off on her...current quest. Pretty sure she has an intense interest in two things, those being: 1.) The Demiurge. 2.) The Land of Eternal Night. 3.) The Lands outside the limiters of Relevance of Reniam (this is a third thing because I figured I'd run it by Jack first. Wouldn't want to overstep my bounds).[hr] I have the intention of her likely having made a deal with The Weighter (I'll probably need some help with that [@Shienvien], since Korakaan is your creation ^_^). Something related to intelligence and magic most likely since she's almost entirely a full on mage. I'll need to figure out exactly what sort of deal she'd make and, additionally, what she will be giving up for that gift. The second part I will probably need some assistance with. We'll see. I fully intend for her to be the sort of person to try to discover new things about magic that have either been lost to the ages, shunned and hidden, or have been yet undiscovered. Hence her interest in the Lands of Eternal Night and the Demiurge respectively. I do of course have some questions. These being as follows: [i]"So necromancy is outlawed in Rodoria and Wegam Fermos, but the Deo'iel take in criminals and individuals of all sorts, yeah? So if a member of the Deo'iel practiced necromancy, in this case not meaning the resurrection of the dead for the purposes of creating an undead horde, but for the [i]original purpose[/i], what would happen? If anything. Would it be allowed? Would their fellow Deo'iel shun them or find themselves disgusted almost by default? Would the individual be implored to keep their use of necromancy a secret to the public, or perhaps they'd be removed from the order and turned over to the authorities. Just something I oughta know since she'll probably go the route of black magic, arcane magic, necromancy and likely some enchanting to round her out magically."[/i] [i]"So to clarify my understanding of Runes I need to know if basically they work either by storing magical energy within them (when written on an object or surface) and/or channeling magical energy through them to cause an effect. This would mean you can either charge a rune with magical energy and set the rune/spell off later, or that you can only cause the effect of a given rune by channeling energy through it. If both are applicable that's great. Additionally, I'd like to know if someone could write what amounted to an entire spell in runes on an object or surface, then channel energy or charge it with energy to institute that spell effect whenever they chose to set it off (or chose to fuel it with the necessary energy)."[/i] [i]"So, necromancy is essentially the manipulation of magical energy in its purest form without altering it into something else. It allows heightened senses in regards to energies and also much more fine-tuned manipulation of said energies. I know from the description of necromancy that it can be used to empower a dead body and force it to act as an undead minion/soldier, or whatnot and it can be utilized to possibly overpower ghosts and other such beings composed entirely of such energies, as well as to bring someone briefly back from the dead (revitalizing the magical energy of a dead body) so as to have it share its knowledge and experience (though I imagine it does not truly restore them to life as that is stated to be essentially impossible) can it do anything else? If not, that's alright, I'm just curious as to if there are any other uses I could come to be aware of."[/i] Hmm, I think that's it for the moment, or at least all I can currently think of. EDIT: Oh yeah, Shien, if you feel it is easier to converse over Skype, which it probably will be, feel free to do so. You know where to find me :P