#seir's guide

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The Magic System

Magic is well documented but not widespread. Only a few creatures have been able to wield it up til now. These days there are a few academies dedicated to learning more about it, and willing to teach anyone with a natural gift for it. Those gifted are sparse, but more and more appear every day.

Magic is deeply versatile and most magic beings can wield it. So what types of magic is there?

Blood Magic/ Sanguimancy

Not the most beloved form of magic, but powerful nonetheless. There are those who use their own blood (or someone else's) to engage in the art of Blood Manipulation. As Magic is stored in the blood, this is hardly new, but due to the fact that magic-infused blood is highly reactive, not many wish to spill theirs.

Bloodmancy is usually used to improve one's own physical form, such as extend their life expectancy, improve physical prowess, or even gain more powers. The truly skilled are able to shape blood, form it into weapons or armor. They can even influence other people's blood, to boil, to freeze, or to harden.

However, the moment that Sanguimancy is performed on someone other than yourself, that's when the Witch Hunters are summonded.

Dark/ Shadow Magic

A magic shared by demons and creatures of the dark, it is the most feared form of magic.

Gifted to Witches by Demons looking for a contract, this magic is connected to shadows, darkness and voids. What is unique about this type of magic, is that it is perfectly catered to the wielder. Demons find the desperate and offer them a contract, to gain access to a wide array of powers, tinged with the other types of magic, in return for a way to be by their Witches' side in the above world.

Usually perfect for those who wish for trickery and stealth, the wielder is forced into using it, as they will become closely scrutinised, and usually... Hunted.

Your own familiar, Seir, has gifted you with these powers, and you haven't slept well since.

Elemental Magic

The most basic form of magic for Witches to wield, this craft has the wielder control the elements. Earth, fire, water, air. The basics are just shifting dirt, producing a small flame, making water divert from its course, a small gust of wind. Masters usually focus on one element and thrive in their craft, able to form structures, produce a wall of flames, create a waterfall from nothing, and levitate.

Grey/ Life and Death Magic

Those who use Grey Magic are closely monitored at all times. They are able to wield the energy of life and death, to heal and to damage as they wish. It is often called the cousin of Blood Magic due to this.

A lot of the death magic involved with grey magic is prohibited and needs a letter from the council at the academy or the government to be allowed to perform it. Since the incident of 1467, in which a Grey Witch raised an entire battalion of zombies, there has been a great amount of public paranoia regarding the magic type. Therefore, the Witch Hunters were formed to investigate and kill most witches they found. Now, in order to perform necromancy, you must ask permission for any creature bigger than a hummingbird.

Light

A simplistic form of magic, most often looked down upon. Light Witches are able to create illusions, as tricks of the light, and are able to twist perceptions of those around them. Wielders of this are able to trick crowds of people, but it's extremely hard to get to this level of mastery.

Nature

Nature magic is the most ancient of all. It has a long history of being wielded by Druids and those connected to the Earth. These wielders are able to urge plants to thrive, for seeds to bloom, to control flora to the extent of shaping them to the user's preference. Masters of this magic are even able to communicate with Fauna, and therefore, most have an animal companion to accompany them through life.

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The Different Species

Demons

Demons are creatures from the realms of Hell that are looked as the best helpers for a Witch. They willingly take the deals to become animal-like familiars in order to appreciate the earthly world in anyway they can. Depending on their animal shape, they can aid their Witch in the ways the creature can, with flight and agility and hunting.

They take animalistic forms that can only sometimes be brought into a more humanoid form if their bond with their master and magic is strong enough.

However if the relationship with the Witch suffers, their bond does to, as does the magic they provide to their master. If it falls anymore, it shall vanish altogether and the familiar disappears.

Demons are able to use Dark magic but only outside of their animal form. Their energy goes to boosting their Witch's abilities while within their animal form.

Human

Humans are the base foundation for every single Creature within the world. Witches are the closest the human out of the lot, but they are born with a strange mutation in their blood, which contains the energy which is used to harness control of their magic.

While Witches are the creature that look closest to a humanoid, their abilities show they are clearly not. It's similar to how a Possum is different, depending on the region of the world they are in.

Every other creature is linked to Humans, as they are the stepping stone to that form. They are also the species that heavily populate the world and remain the dominate species.

The Humanis the only species without access to magic.

Reapers

While not much is known of these creatures, they are often likened to Ghosts, except that these are employed.

They are invisible beings that collect the souls of the dead. Not many have been able to find out more about them, as they remain enigmatic.

Vampire

Vampires are undead who come from a long lineage dating back to a failed necromancy experiment by a Grey Witch. Since then, it has become a matter of the cursed blood of the vampire infecting the normal blood at an alarming rate, to fully take over the body. The blood is thickened and too condensed for the heart valves to properly push through and it settles into the organs. From there, it infects the rest of the body, and the craving for fresh blood, to refresh the organs, begins.

Hence why they wield Blood magic but are the rare creature who doesn't have to spill their blood to be able to use it. Vampires dabble in Blood Magic, but it mainly sustains their cursed bloodline and boosts their Vampiric Abilities.

Werewolf

They are the rare creature that can shapeshift, as well has gain their own powers through their blood, similar to vampires. Except, on using it to affect the outside world, it affects their own body. Strength, speed, senses, and not to mention their wolf form are all due to Blood Magic.

Their lineage is obscured from centuries of undocumented history, but it is belived that they were born of a union between a Demon-Familiar and a Blood Witch.

It is also why they can inflict their lycanthropy on others through biting Humans, spreading their transmuted blood as the inside of their maws are constantly covered in the substance.

Witch

Witches are humanoids who are able to trans mutate energy into magic to affect the outer world instead of using the energy on themselves like werewolves do.

Witches can use magic. The vitality in their blood helps them influence the energies of life. All Witches can safely use this vitality, except for those who use Blood Magic, where they willingly release their blood to influence their magic. It usually goes hand in hand with things such as rituals, but also Blood Manipulation. The other Witches are free to also open a vein, but this makes their magic unpredictable. Cut your thumb just to create a slightly bigger fire, and there might be an explosion instead. It needs precision.

It's also why Witch's blood is sought after by those who wish to become more powerful. Both Witch Hunters and other Supernatural Creatures, such as the Werewolfand the Vampire will have use of it, so to gain power. Witch's blood is basically an accelerant reagent.