Y'all. Nnk fandom. My brain is gonna EXPLODE so I'm gonna Infodump. This will be a general post and then I'm gonna make another about marcassin because I love him.
So to start off, Natural-Born Affinities.
A Natural-Born Affinity is pretty self explanatory. It's when a magic user is born with a very strong connection and talent and to cast spells relating to a certain element. Most people have an affinity, some people have more than one but there is usually a more prominent one. Here's a list of all the possible affinities you can be born with, in order of most common to rarest.
Water (I know water and ice count as the same element in game but I don't think they should. Ice magic requires more cold. They are similar yes but not the same.)
Inflictation (I made this up: it refers to spells that inflict an aliment on the target like confusion, nix or poison)
Astral (another made up element, refers to spells like Astra, Fallen Star and Manna.)
Astral Magic is Magic of the Stars. Very few Astral Spells even exist and they require a great deal of magical talent to cast. A lot of people don't even believe that astral magic even exists, let alone the possibility to be born with an affinity for it.
Magical affinities in the past
Once upon a time, great importance was placed upon ones affinity. If you had a rarer one you were likely to be met with respect and power and your affinity DEFINITELY played a big part in your social class thousands of years ago. Things have changed since then with the decline of magic use in the modern world. Bring born with a rare affinity nowdays simply means you were gifted, and nothing more. If anything it's like being intelligent. Your family will send you off to magic schools and push you to do something with this talent.
"Sparking" (we both had this idea but @sweetpea-sprite named it)
When someone is highly emotional, they may do what is called "sparking." Sparking is when your magic reacts to your emotions. For example a fire-affinate might increase their body temperature and in some rarer cases, if they are around plants, burn them slightly and produce smoke when filled with an indescribable rage. A storm-affinate might give you a small shock when you touch them, or a few hairs might stand on end when feeling very distraught. Sparking cannot be controlled and sometimes can discomfort the person or those around them.
Magic and personality traits
There are often certain personality traits that come hand in hand with certain affinities. These traits obviously aren't always present but it's not uncommon for them to be there. Not all elements come with certain traits. Here's a list of some traits associated with certain elements.
Healing: bright and bubbly
Ice: patient, or flat out ignorant
Darkness: bitter, or little personality at all, sometimes abruptly violent.
Light: not knowing when enough is enough, or sometimes just being very very loud
Fire: aggressive with a bad temper.
Language and common sayings reguarding magic
The main one I want to talk about here is this. Sometimes people refer to others as being the son/daughter/child of their Affinity. An example:
Esther: Have you noticed Oliver is very good with fire magic?
Cassiopeia: That's because he's a Son of the Wildfire.
This however isn't very commonly used anymore but when Cassiopeia was alive it was quite common. Other sayings reguarding magic include "blessed by the wizard king" or "he/she/they got on the wizard king's good side" when refering to someone born with a rare affinity or just good at magic in general.
Self-inflicted wounds from magic
Accidentally hurting yourself with your own magic is more common than you would think, even amongst sages. The type of injury you would receive depends on what magic you were using. Some elements create worse wounds than others while some don't give you any. For example, Oliver might be casting fireball. A spark spits out from the flame and hits his wrist. It creates a small burn which then blisters. After a day It bursts and then is gone. Magic injuries are common especially on children who are still learning to control their magic, however they can show up on anybody.
Anyway so I think that was all I wanted to talk about! Reblogs appreciated and feel free to add on or ask questions!!
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