So I've had some concept art for magic shown before, but I recently redid it since the image was pretty outdated compared to current lore & worldbuilding~
It's mooooostly the same, with small changes here & there, but I wanted to focus mostly on the soulmate color thing because I've mentioned it, but never expanded on it!
First things first, the chart is "bogus" in the sense that it sometimes is right, but overall isn't. Just like star/astrological charts in our world are.
Reds ; Red souls are presumed to be more daring or impulsive, but passionate, moral, and otherwise "good" people. They are said to pair well with blue souls~
Oranges ; Orange souls are presumed to be more calm, but decisive, and care deeply about honesty & keeping peace. They are said to pair well with yellow souls~
Yellows ; Yellow souls are presumed to be more joyful. Inviting anyone into their inner circle. They are incredibly helpful, but incredibly naive. They are said to pair well with orange souls~
Greens ; Green souls are presumed to be more judgmental, but keep detailed & organized - whether it be their personal items, or in day-to-day, etc. They are also very devoted to their friends & loved ones. They are said to pair well with purple souls~
Cyans ; Cyan souls are presumed to be more blunt, valuing honesty like orange souls. But they can also be relaxed or wistful yet still goal-oriented. Cyan souls are said to pair well with pink souls~
Blues ; Blue souls are presumed to be more imaginative, having creative minds that are still focused. Blue souls can also be strong-willed or even prideful. They are said to pair well with red souls~
Purples ; Purple souls are presumed to be more secretive than others, as well as mysterious or noble, and certainly strong-hearted. They are said to pair well with green souls~
Pinks ; Pink souls are presumed to be more loving than the other colors, they are also jokesters or pranksters w/ a penchant for a bit of chaos. They pair well with cyan souls~
Uhhh... I totally didn't just now finish any kind of important concepting for currency in my book. No, no. Totally was already finished LMAO
Also their naming is a bit "ironic" -- Elsyanne used to be ruled by a power-hungry & corrupt kingdom, & while they aren't anymore they've kept some of the names for things. Like the currency.
still working on Our FF, and mmm I need to design more Hollows
The horror of losing everything you are because you lost the very vital essence of living or it's ripped away from you? It's the same kind of horror that some media manages to hit on the nose (and that I hope I hit well enough too of course lol)
The finished piece of Oleandra & the Black Queen for a Youtube video (still pissed I can't use basic creator functions on the damn site without uploading my GOVERNMENT FUCKING ID to it. Can't pin comments. Can't add links to video descriptions. Fucking bullshit)
No I didn't work too hard on the bg, it was for Youtube and I just wanted to finish it LMAO
So i just realized that since I take so long to get chapters out for Our Future Fantasy, but have the characters up on places like Artfight (and doodle them in my spare time) that some lore stuff might be overlooked and confusing- SO! I'm going to go down a kind of exhaustive lore rant below!
THE BASICS
The world of Elsyanne is similar enough to ours, it's just that around their "Middle Ages" when war was rampant and countries were rising and falling rapidly the Fey stepped in.
Fey in the world of Elsyanne (and the lore of Our Future Fantasy as a whole) are "outerplanar" beings, basically meaning they are literally formed from magic and come from a realm of magic that holds realities together. They didn't intend to step in to stop the wars in Elsyanne wholly, rather Elsyanne's "veil" between the realm of magic and itself was very thin. This thinning put the Fey in danger, so they stepped in to try and fix THAT- but instead the Fey got pulled into the wars of Elsyanne as Fey were kidnapped, killed, and studied by humans.
Some spoiler-esque lore things occur and the Four step up, the Four are the first humans to wield magic, the first humans who the Fey Queen taught to split the soul from the body in order to harness its natural power. The Four ended up overthrowing the largest (and dangerous) kingdom in power, and ended up becoming the new leaders instead. The Four aren't necessarily in power at the time of Our Future Fantasy (though they are still alive as they have become effectively immortal due to spoiler-lore reasons)
The Four also created the Covens...
THE COVENS
Covens are not like The Owl House, or regular witchcraft. They instead act as how an Arcane channels their magic (and there are four main covens. More have cropped up over the centuries since the Four introduced magic to humanity, but only four are recognized as "official")
Wizards; Mila Hecate created the Wizards coven. Wizards are noted as being Arcane who channel their magic simply through their body. They don't really use anything extra, if an Arcane doesn't join any of the other three covens they are normally placed into the Wizard coven because of its broadness. (Alira and Peach are Wizards)
Witches: Alfred Hestia created the Witches coven. Witches are noted as being Arcane who channel their magic through potions, salves, and brews. Some Witches also channel their magic through food, but that is a rarer case. (Mother Morgana and Imani are Witches)
Knights; Ares Hawthorne created the Knights coven. Knights are noted as being Arcane who channel their magic through their fighting style & weapons. Similar to Bards, a Knight's fighting style is personal, but it's also not as hard to teach others. (Ambrose is a Knight)
Bards; Guenevere Euterpe created the Bardic coven. Bards are noted as being Arcane who channel their magic in a multitude of ways. Some through dance and music, some through writing or painting or public speaking. Each Bard's preferred art makes their magic personal, meaning it's a bit harder to teach than the others, so Bards are a rarer coven out of the four. (Fable and Keres are Bards)
Unofficial, but notable covens (aka popular) are the Oracle, Arcanist, and Wild covens.
Magic Basics
The runes are the Fey language, there are linguists dedicated to the study of the Feyscript, but since the Fey are extinct and the realm they came from inaccessible by humans, progress in the field is slow.
Wands can be a crystal inlaid into ANYTHING, but at the end of the day is still a crystal. Jewelry is simply the most common form wands are crafted into. Ambrose's wand has been crafted into a sword for example. The reason wands must be crystals is because crystals are natural conduit and reservoirs for magic. Metal is also a natural conduit for magic, hence why jewelry is so common. Metal just can't hold magic as well as crystals can, and when you're putting your soul into a wand you want it to be able to contain your soul.
Speaking of the soul, because one is ripping the soul from the body to inlay into a wand it comes with some hiccups....
MAGIC CONSEQUENCES
When the soul is split from the body it immediately attempts to "recombine", but because it's split via magic that's nearly impossible.
The body is left hollow, the person that was slowly dies and withers into a husk. They aren't dead, but they are zombie-like. This happens more often than not, wands break and aren't replaced, a person attempts the ritual to split their soul to harness their magic without help, there's many ways it can happen. None are pretty. These husks of once-humans are called many names, but are generally referred to as "Hollows"
The soul however? What happens to the soul is worse, once it leaves the body it's a ticking time bomb. These so-named Blights mutate with overactive magic as they attempt to find their bodies to recombine. They are highly dangerous, so much so that an entire profession has popped up to deal with them.
But even worse than a Blight, is if it finds its old body. The Hollow and the Blight cannot truly recombine, so instead what occurs is a Wraith. The mutated soul re-enters the Hollow and mutates it, creating a far more powerful creature. Wraiths oftentimes retain intelligence and memories of their previous lives, but are overcome with the madness of their overactive magic. There are rumors of Wraiths who have consumed the souls of others to keep the madness at bay, but those rumors have been investigated by Hunters and seem to be unfounded.
A more in-depth magic explanation
The nations of Elsyanne
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