[hider=The Theory of the Nylphites]
[indent]It was said during the darkest period of man's legacy, the years following The Shattering, that there were... perhaps a select few chosen by Arch Magus Nylphi after her ascension. Chosen not because of their skill, morals, heritage, or fortune, but for reasons unbeknownst to we, the more common folk. Divines work in mysterious ways, and the Gods even more so than that. It'd be impossible to try to foresee their plans or ideals, for even the world's greatest diviners can only glimpse at but the tiniest fragments of our fate. These Nylphites are beings of incredible power, and yet, this is not limited to those who can wield the source, or harness essence. No, it goes beyond those fortunate enough to feel the vibrations of that which makes up the human soul, far beyond the frail lines that hold our dimension together, beyond the rawest lines of the universe.

When the world became rife with famine, disease, and darkness. Even as the world shattered and the hole between realities was sealed, effectively stemming the unstoppable flow of void beasts that poured across ours lands, many problems and challenges remained. Who would defeat the monsters already devouring our lands? Who would band the people together and turn them from base desires into a higher purpose, one of rebuilding and reforming civilization and all of its wonders? Perhaps Nlyphi foresaw these problems, in the last second of her life, perhaps that moment was an eternity of thought. It is rumored that rather fade out completely, she split apart her own soul and scattered it, though there is naught a single source to back up this theory. Did she dust herself across the patterns of time, to surface when she deemed it most necessary? Or, instead are the fragments joined with our very souls, to be passed down through the ages, to fade in and out of the world's view? Forever to be but rumor and speculation?

Nylphites, should we ever be graced with their presence, are beings to be both revered, and feared. There is no divine hand to guide such a person bestowed with the gift of Nylphi, each path is to whom walks it and heavenly intervention has always remained subtle. Yet, how do you face a man that can swing a blade with the force enough to crack the earth until fire spews from its bowels? Who can stop a man that can bring columns of wind so fierce as to tear the very armor from your body? Some, rumored to be more subtle in their ways. Stories and legends of people who could divine the future, see entire chapters of a person's life; Of druids and forest kin who could reach into the mind and bodies of a man, and stitch him together from the inside out without ever moving their hands. Such tales a purely fantastical at best. There are no known recordings of such a person, but it does breed a certain train of thought. A collection of thoughts that only lead to what if, and could it be possible?

It is said that these persons, perfectly hidden among us, can reach such a state as to channel the very essence of Nylphi herself, harnessing the power of the hundred mages that lost their lives to save ours all those years ago. Glowing with a divine light, completely enshrouded in a cloak made of the very illumination given from the sun. Soaked in a smokey mire of blackness, resembling the very void itself. Or the graceful light of the moon, glowing softly. The reflection of their soul, as it's told around many nomadic campfires. I've encountered many folk tales and legends, yet they all seem to agree on one point: May the Mother help us if we can not control them.[/indent]
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[hider=Brief Overview of Technological-Magic Advancements]
[hider=Note] For all other technologies, assume standard fantasy tech levels, IE; Wind- and watermills, catapults, tumbler locks, swords and arrows, battering rams, torches and animal-fat candles, or the rarer oil lanterns, iron and steel smithing, etc. There is a system of dry plumbing, basically holes, or "poop chutes" that lead to said holes, in the ground that lead to a sewer. [/hider]
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[*][b][color=ed1c24]Runic Shackles:[/color][/b] A specially designed and inscribed pair of shackles that negate any, and all magic. This includes other materials or objects affected by magic touching the shackle. It absorbs magic and, provided too much, will grow hotter as magic is fed into it, yet it will never melt or break under the duress of magic.
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[*][b][color=39b54a]Mage Lights:[/color][/b]Little orbs of light contained inside a latern-esque glass device, mountable on walls or held from the hand. It's basically an effective, low-energy enchanted lantern. The orbs can be set to different colors, and any common citizen could activate them once the mage light is created. Most use a runic symbol, enchanted and engrave on the lantern, that siphons the required energy from whomever touches it. It takes little energy and a commoner could light a hundred of them before feeling the strain. The longer the rune is held, the brighter it glows. There is typically a null rune on the opposite sight that dims, or turns off, the mage light.[/list] 
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