#fire rune

[quailsoup]

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[n1ghtskye]

Hi, I'm a magic nerd

heres a portion of the curriculum for the school of magic because yes

SO. Let's talk magic. You know it, you love it, you study it(if you're a wizard. Lmao.) and it surrounds us in every aspect of life. But what is it, and where does it come from? Magic is an invisible energy that powers all of existence. It has the unique property of being able to become any form of matter - something that science and modern day research would consider impossible. After all, you can't create something from nothing, right? For every force there must be a pushback? Magic and ley lines prove this to be true, but not in the way you might expect. Rather, the flow of magic absorbs and displaces other molecules, taking on their form like a molecular ditto or doppelganger. The difference between the original molecule and it's magical doppelganger is incredibly subtle- it is now capable of transmogrifying into whichever molecule a spell calls upon. Magical particles, however, do have a limit. After a certain period of time, they lose their ability transmogrify, permanently turning into the molecule that they were replicating. That leads us into our second question - where does magic come from? How is it still so overwhelmingly present when it's always decaying? The answer is simpler than you think. Now, I'm sure you've all heard this term before - in Magic 101, probably - the World Nexus. The Origin of All Magic. The Great Heart. It uh... Has a lot of names. Probably because it's the thing that keeps all magic alive! Lots of myths and legends say it's a tree, or a giant mountain, but in reality, it's simply the central point all the ley lines originate from. Ley lines, by definition, are the streams of magic that flow throughout our world. They expand from the World Nexus in the shape of a web, and during the witching hour the World Nexus pulses, sending a new wave of magic coursing through the Web. This is why the Witching Hour is different times in different areas - because it takes longer for that pulse of magic to reach that area. Sorcerers can see and weave these strands of magic because of their magic affinity. However, wild magic users cannot control the form it takes. They can give it direction and element, but they're basically just throwing elements around. A wild sorcerer's fire spell could range from a spark to a firework to a bolt of lightning. ANYWAYS, while we're still on the topic of ley lines, we might as well cover ✨teleportation spells!!✨ (my personal favorite)Or, at least, how they're made. Spells are made(at least for wizards) via the use of Spell Circles. Spell Circles look a bit like this:

This is a shield spell. I'll break it down for you - the outer ring determines the target location(since nothing is specified, it is centered around the target/subject), the middle ring is the form it takes(in this case a shield - tick marks determine how far from the subject it is, in whichever direction that line is pointing, and the width determines the size/width.) and the subject is the thing that is affected by the spell. This subject can be a variety of things, ranging from soul marks(which are unique to the soul of the creature with that soul mark, and can only be seen by rangers and druids), elements(if you wanted to contain a fire, you would use the rune for flame), Classification Marks (species or categories of living creatures. Essentially, it targets anything that fits a specific criteria/species)

this is the rune for flame. ^

this is the Soul Mark for an Ogre ^ to specify a specific ogre, you would need to include the special script that would be written inside the black lines shown.

Now, as we know, the outer ring can be filled with script to specify more intricate details of the spell. These can include limitations, criteria, aaand LOCATION. Location is specified in script via coordinates - which are generated within a Ley Line Web Pocket, depending on how far the target point is from each of the ley line borders. It looks like this:

the Purple lines are the ley lines, the Orange lines are the point/target location (with the arrows showing it's distance each of the borders) and the Teal is the land formation/map. Coordinates can have the same values, so in a teleportation spell, the web pocket MUST be specified using it's distance from the World Nexus and each of the dimensional borders. This part is what causes the most confusion in wizards, as they can input the same coordinates and end up in entirely different places.

Back to spell circles.

Classification marks come in two forms. Angel/Whole/Living, and Devil/Incomplete/Dead. The Angel mark targets living creatures, in other words, it targets both the soul and the body. The Devil mark targets the soul only. Magic on the soul is forbidden. Necromancy is also forbidden because of this. Necromancy is the magic of the soul, or a fragmented body. Necromancy is considered evil because in order to cast a spell on a living being, it's soul must be separated from its body - and in order to do this without causing the body to decay, the soul must be trapped. Many necromancers enslave soul cages, because phylacteries are too expensive to make. This is cruel to the soul cages, because they are being essentially starved. Soul cages digest souls in a way that releases that soul to go to the afterlife afterwards - Necromancers stop them from digesting the souls. It's extremely cruel and I could go on a whole rant about it, but all you need to know basically is that devil marks used to just be the mark for the soul, and then religious people came in and were like "FUCK THAT ALL SOUL MAGIC IS EVIL AND HORRIBLE AND UM - wait what's a scary word we could use to emphasize this, AH YES. DEMONIC. SOUL MAGIC IS DEMONIC." And then it went from there. Interestingly enough, Druids actually have found a way to cast spells on themselves. Druids shape shift by grafting an animal's soul mark onto their body(usually in the form of a tattoo) and then manually separating their soul from their body temporarily, while simultaneously casting a polymorph spell on themselves. The soul mark tattoo helps bind their human soul to the animal body. Hop skip jumping back to the topic of religious propaganda, it's a little funny, cuz devils don't actually exist. God is dead. Angels just keep the afterlife running because it's kinda their only purpose in life and if heaven is gone then what's the point of living forevanywAYS point is god is dead angels are having an immortal life crisis and devils don't exist. 'Hell' is actually just the Domain of Justice. When a soul dies, it's energy is measured for to see how close it is to the maximum potential good that it could achieve in life. Lemme break it down for you. Souls are the core of a living being. Magic can't affect something with a soul - which is why it has to be removed for necromancy via soul targeting spells. In essence, they are everything that makes you you - personality wise anyways. Each soul has seven energies, which can be positive or negative(or somewhere in between) These seven values (greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth) determine a souls affinity to certain aspects and desires of living beings. For instance, a person with negative wrath energy would likely have anger issues. And someone with negative envy energy would have likely get jealous more easily, and have problems with possessiveness. After measuring these, it is determined how close that soul is to their maximum potential growth/good. If they are 2/3rds or higher, they are allowed to be either reborn, or choose to stay and work as an angel for as long as they choose. If they are below 2/3rds, they go to what mortals would call 'hell'. It looks different to each person, but it exists to help you grow and learn from the mistakes you made in life. Individuals who complete this are immediately reincarnated. The "9 planes of hell" actually DO exist - they separate people into categories based on how corrupted they are. When a person learns whatever lesson they need to learn from the plane, then they move up to the next one.

[coffeerai]

[the-college-of-whispers]

Magic Runes

Runes, specifically the Elder Futhark, are very popular with witches. They're used for symbolism, spells, and even divination, even though they're just another language's alphabet.

When we get to the Elder Scrolls universe, we see that runes here are the same: another language's alphabet used for magical workings.

Daedric, Dovahzul, Dwemeris, Falmer (being the old snow elves, not the modern Falmer), and "magic script" are the five languages with alternate alphabets:

(Screenshots of the Daedric runes, dragon script/Dovahzul, Dwemeris alphabet, Falmer script, and magic script alphabets taken from the Elder Scrolls wiki.)

Skyrim kicks this up a notch with rune spells, also known as magic runes. There are six rune spells, three of which are hidden behind the Dragonborn DLC: Fire, Frost, Shock, Ash, Frenzy, and Poison.

(Top row, left to right: Ash, Fire, Frenzy. Bottom row, left to right: Frost, Poison, Shock.)

Ash Rune

Ash Rune is an Expert-level Alteration spell, meaning it requires a skill level of 75 or above to cast. The runes for "T" and probably "H" are in the middle of it, and the other runes clockwise from the top are M-H?-Q-I-O-S-C-P. Its effect is a 30-second immobilization, making it very useful for wards to stop things from entering your space.

Fire Rune

Fire Rune is an Apprentice-level Destruction spell, meaning it requires a skill level of 25 or above to cast. The "F" rune is in the middle of it, and the other runes clockwise around it from the top are M-H?-Q-I-TH?-S-C-P. It deals 50 fire damage when it's set off, which is useful if you want to punish something for trying to break into your space.

Frenzy Rune

Frenzy Rune is an Adept-level Illusion spell, meaning it requires a skill level of 50 or above to cast. The rune in the middle of it is "I", and the other runes clockwise from the top are M-F-Q-I-TH?-S-C-P. It causes anyone up to level 20 to go into a frenzy, with nothing about if it wears off. It's great for those of you who want to strike madness into the people who disrespect your personal space and privacy.

Frost Rune

Frost Rune is almost exactly like Fire Rune, except with ice-based magic instead of fire-based magic. The "S" rune is in the middle of this one, and it's surrounded (clockwise from the top) by the runes M-F-Q-I-TH?-L-C-P.

Poison Rune

Poison Rune is an Adept-level Restoration spell, which means it requires a skill level of 50 or above to cast. Its central rune is "N" and the other runes (clockwise from the top) are M-H?-Q-A-TH?-S-C-P. It deals 3 points of poison damage every second for 30 seconds, aka 90 points of poison damage. Also good for keeping people out of your space and punishing them for not respecting your privacy.

Shock Rune

Like Frost Rune, Shock Rune is the same as Fire Rune except with a different element - in this case, lightning. The rune in the middle is "L" and the runes around it are M-F-Q-I-TH?-S-C-P.

Please appreciate the work I put into this section because I had to translate the runes by hand because there was no convenient list for all of the runes involved in the circles before now.

The usage of Daedric runes on these spells indicates some level of Daedric magic involved, but how much is unclear.

So how do they work?

When cast, the spells take about a second to charge up, then they can be "thrown" on either the ground or wall, creating a circle with magic symbols. They can be shot at with a projectile spell or Shout to manually trigger them. The Destruction perk "Rune Master" allows the caster to throw runes 5 times farther. Only one rune can be placed at a time. Attempting to place another while a rune is already in place will cause the previous rune to disappear. Dual casting a rune will boost its damage by double.

~Skyrim description

Rune spells in Skyrim work a lot like sigils do - you set them down and wait for them to be activated, either by yourself or by a target.

You can set them up on walls or the floor by scratching them into something or just a post-it note/the back of a photograph. These can have really interesting uses in curses and hexes, but more often than not they just act as stationary traps for whatever tries to get through your wards.

[pandoriasbox]

Bit of a sneak peek at my own rune for Jorvik Divined, fire!

[azuretheshitposter]

if you wanna start the bleak falls barrow bossfight without getting the word of unrelenting force, cast fire rune on the boss' coffin and itll come out

just discovered this on a mage playthrough

[skyrimconfessionss]

Whenever I go into someone I dislike’s house, I usually cast a fire rune on their beds. I know in the game it may not effect them but I can never leave the Thalmor Embassy without ensuring that Elenwen’s bed will explode at one point or another.

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