@dissentersrising // LORE ASK TIIIIIIIME
i am, of course, starting out with this: magic system! changed it any? completely overhauled canon? completely followed canon? if it's not just canon, how does it work? and any lore implications/results of however you so decided to write it?
aaaaand. clan sunsharp. what's the name from? someone important, something important, just sounds nice? why'd they choose it?
also! i am seeing a lot of transfers. what's with that? as far as i can tell the clan looks more like a workplace than a clan in particular; how did this culture/structure develop over the clan's existence?
honestly the magic is just whatever sounds coolest for a given individual. i treat it kind of like a dnd class so some can be studied in magic or inherently born into magical aptitude or not have any magic at all. or some have magic but don't use or wield it. i try to stick to their elemental heritage when i can though.
i just thought it sounded cool when i picked it lol. Alacrith comes from a stereotypical mirror swarm and wanted to create a clan that held an intimidating reputation but still stuck to the truthful ideals of her flight, ergo clan sunsharp.
youre absolutely right, it is very much a workplace. i based my clan lore on my personal experience in the us military. i mostly worked with people who had been stationed away from their homes and came from a variety of backgrounds, and many of the clan members are based at least partially on my coworkers (ive since separated - it's cathartic). the in-lore reason the clan has become such an institution is because it grew to the point where standards and procedures had to be put in place to maintain order. clan sunsharp's core mission is to train exaltees for the lightweaver, so the entire clan functions around accomplishing this mission. no matter how "bought in" a clan member may be to the higher cause, they are still putting in hours of their lives to make the mission happen, and this inevitably wears people down. even the founders, who envisioned a prosperous clan of plenty that honored individuality in the beginning, have since grown out of touch with their original goal due to their workload.