#bigrock lore

[wriringramrles]

One more thing i wanted to go back and adjust too was i think vicky is playing a little too fast and loose with this magic thats supposed to be super dangerous and illegal. I really need her to keep it better under wraps and use it only in emergencies, going to great lengths to keep it hidden. I also need to standardize her cycle of: necrotech machines produce power for the sigils to draw on, tapping sigils on body accesses the magic well and drawing a matching sigil in the air allows the magic to flow through, which drains the machines power. If these reserves reach empty, which happens because her magic is 100% all the time she doesn't have other options, the machines kick into overdrive and tend to overcompensate and overproduce because if she has no magic left and tries to use magic, that overpowerful energy draw will start boiling and using her blood. Which is why major body-sigils are illegal. And why when she overdoes it, she like, overdrafts, burns up a good chunk of blood, and passes out. Meanwhile her machines kick into overdrive to fill her magic wells again, so when she wakes up shes usually bouncing off the walls for a while, maybe needing to carefully release extra energy, oh and eat a LOT and get some real sleep before things stabilize. I gotta keep track of this cycle and implement it better throughout three and four.

[wriringramrles]

So the assassin thing. In my world, assassins are legally considered weapons. Hiring a hitman is like buying a gun. The legal and moral ramifications fall firmly on the one who hired the assassin. Now i had to think hard about the logistics of this. If someones loved one were to be killed by an assassin, they can't take revenge on the assassin, it has to be on the buyer. This is enforced by curse (again, just what the type of spell is called. Any background, long term, unremovable mental state accessing and adjusting spell is referred to as a curse) so once assassins graduate, they voluntarily take on the curse which does three things. One. Prevents them from killing Anyone/thing sentient out of contract. Knives bounce off, poison doesnt work, even so far as if you try to push someone off a bridge you just physically cant. The curse can read your intentions. Two. Prevents anyone else from taking retaliatory action against you. Again with the curse reading intentions. You're not immune to being killed, but you sre immune to being killed specifically as revenge for an assassination you carried out. Three, if you break contract without a mutually agreed upon cancelation, you get extreme pain until you die or carry out your task. This results in legal immunity for the assassins themselves, since they cant just kill anyone they want and get away with it thanks to rule one, as well as hipaa type cant reveal info about clients stuff. Some folks really look down on assassins and think it's a dirty kind of profession, which it kinda is. It's legal murder. Well only semi legal for the clients. Like, you can legally hire an assassin, but if youre stupid enough to get Caught, youre still liable for the murder. See it as, you can buy a gun, but if you kill someone with it thats still illegal. Anyways, theres a bit of lore for you

[wriringramrles]

The Seven Fates:

So back in the day, way before the world was created there were the Extirpators. They were hungry beasts bent on destruction and devouring. Then there came Amica, the Fate of creation. Where before there was random chance events, creating matter that the Extirpators would destroy, now creation came with intention. Amica hid away from the Extirpators and began to create. The more she created, the more Fates began to manifest, as they were needed. There was Coteb, the Fate of luck. Once he showed up, those random chance events gained order, influence, ststisticsl probability. Amica's creations gained free will and the ability to make decisions from Coteb. The Devil, when ze arrived, brought magic, power, and strength to the world, for a world it was now becoming. Saniron came next. It was a fate of mystery and dark, hidden things. In contrast, Ideana shone brightly. She imbued people with a thirst for knowledge, an ability and a desire to learn. The Extirpators soon caught wind of this corner of the universe, blooming and ripe with life and feelings and things that grew. That would not stand. While they did feed on matter, they did not need it for fuel. No, they sought it out explicitly to destroy. Their idea of a perfect universe was an empty one. The Fates waged war against the Extirpators, determined to protect their little world with all its diversity and uniqueness. The Extirpators, however, were much older, and much stronger, and the battle was doomed from the start. However, one Extirpator, and one alone, was able to see the beauty and wonder of the world. Some say they fell in love with Amica, some say they simply hated their fellow gods, but when Efface joined the side of the Fates, the tides of war changed. The Extirpators were sealed, and Efface became the Fate of decay and destruction. All living things must come to an eventual end, in order to make room for new life.

Then finally, borne from the quiet after the battle, there was the Ether. She brought healing and peace, a gentle counter to Efface's destruction and the Devil's chaotic nature. Now the Fates guide our world, keeping careful balance providing us what we need to thrive. They do not need our worship, they do not ask it, but many offer it anyways, wishing to express gratitude or ask favors from one Fate or another.