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skywardboundarcana · 6 years ago

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How About Some Lore

So, yeah, this is my idea of how my Arcana world works. - Each of the major arcana represent aspects of humanity, first was The Fool, who created limitless potential. Next was the Magician who created magic, and then the High Priestess who created humans.

- This lead to the creation of the two realms over time, The Magical Realm where the Major Arcana live and The Physical Realm where their creations that weren’t always magical lived. The difference being one has time the other does not.

- Not to say the Magical Realm can’t have time, but it’s not in a linear fashion like the Physical Realm. Theirs is circular, meaning they can control it more than humans can.

- Each Major Arcana rain over certain cards that are minor, and often share joint responsibilities for the minors.

- Each area in the Magical is different, but not all are under the control of a major, there are areas that are neutral zones or owned by lesser creatures in the realm. Some are darker than others, while some are very friendly.

- In my world there are those who are born with a natural affinity for magic, while others have to learn and train hard to even master simple spells. This is why Patron Arcana are often needed.

- However, those born with magic often are born under the sign of their arcana. Others chose them after birth. Such as if you were born in May, your major arcana may be the Lovers, while if you weren’t born with a natural affinity for magic, you get to chose your own. Each has its pros and cons.

- In mine there is no ‘Good’ or ‘Evil’ Major Arcana, they are all neutral to some effect, just some are nicer than others. In the sense that they aren’t actively seeking to kill people, but nor do they care if they have to kill someone.

- Often times, when you are born with a Major Arcana Patron, you have some of their personality. And even ‘gifts’ from them. Example being those born under the sign of the Magician find illusion spells come naturally to them, and can even create doubles of themselves. Where as under The Fool one might have the ability of Aura Sight or Light Magic, meaning they are more adapt to healing and driving away darker powers. These gifts can be taught, however, only the person gifted with them will be able to put the most power into it.

- Gates can be either created or are manifestations of the Soul. Most magicians create their gates, however very few have one already premade, and is just a reflection of their own magic in the form of landscapes. The second ones aren’t very rare, but are a little uncommon. But they help in the sense they literally are your magic, meaning you can learn more about yourself faster than one created. Often times, if you have one premade for you, it can mean one of two things. 1. Your soul and magic is very strong and powerful, thus manifested into your own Gate. or 2. Your Patron Arcana has marked you as their favorite. Or it can be both.

- Being the Favorite of your Patron often gives you some advantages, more than one gifts, ability to move into their realm whenever you please, and can summon their power at will. Disadvantages are that you get some of their more negative traits, you become their mouth piece in the world, and you are subjected to their desires. Meaning, you have no choice in where you go when you die. Example of this is Asra having a strange need to speak in riddles, answer questions with questions, or just being lazy.

- There are kinds of magic, Dark, Light, and Gray magic. Light magic falls under the categories of healing or light based spells. Gray often is elemental or fighting magic, while Dark is necromancy or blood magic. Though none of these are inherently good or evil, as it depends on the user, they all can have negative problems later on down the line.

- Anything is possible with magic, if your willing to give up something in return. The Majors don’t care what you do, so long as the price is right. There are no morals, except the ones you set for yourself. At least, that’s how they see it.

These are just some of the ideas I have, if you want me to elaborate more one one of them, just ask! I enjoy spouting off how my world works!

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skywardboundarcana · 6 years ago

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Meet Aventus Silverwing, trying to currently find where I put Justinian. Favorite Food: Angel Hair Spaghetti Favorite Drink: Water, boy tends to like plain tastes. Favorite Flower: Mint (Yes they have flowers, often they are tiny and white)

Description: No, his arm isn’t off color, like Lucio, he lost his arm. From the elbow down. In a magical accident/fight. Irony is the person he was trying to help left him for dead. Thus adds to his already bitter mood about having lost apart of himself. While Asra helped him, Ven here never got over his fear of fighting. He used to be very fiery. Now, he’s afraid to take up fights, and suffers from a mild form of PTSD when backed into a corner and forced to fight. Shaking, something panic attacks, and often blacking out all together. He made the arm himself, infused with his own magic, that strangely glows green when he uses it. It makes the metal he used stronger, and able to channel magic to allow some feeling through it. Just, it’s different than skin, he can’t feel warmth, just senses. Like he knows your skin is smooth, but not how warm it is. He’s always adding things to it, the inside is infused with runes to allow it to be water proof, cold proof, and tolerant to most heat. Ven here likes to mess with things, inventing new spells, rituals, inventions, or potions. He has alot of free time when Asra is away, and tries to fill the boredom with small things. He also tends to be very bitter to how much Asra leaves him alone, how much his mentor keeps from him. Tends to get very angry when Asra leaves without a word of how long he’ll be gone, where the fucking hell he’s going, or even when he’s leaving. Things Ven would like to know so he’s not worrying about his friend... or feeling like he’s being left again.

Background: Boy this is along one, but Aventus was born to a very well off noble family. The Silverwings were known to produce magically powerful kids once every few hundred years or less. Venny here was born under the star sign of The Fool, and claimed under the Major Arcana’s domain before he was even out of the womb. He was powerful in magic, not as much after being in the Fools body after dying, but noticeable by his family. He was ten. However, rather than being happy, his Mother saw this as a chance to get back into high social standing. Her sister and her had some magic, so she knew Ven would need a teacher. She sought to teach him through family books, grimores, and other things. His father, on the other hand, sneered at the thought of a magician in a long standing family, on his side, or males being soldiers. Ven’s older brothers were all a solider or warrior of some kind. So magic be damned, and traditions be damned, he was going to train his son to fight like a ‘real man’.

This caused a heavy rift in the family, his mom and dad fought, and Ven’s Father god mad enough. Stating he only really married his Mother for the family name that came with it. And never signed up for some ‘hocus pocus’. This caused his mom to turn to alcohol to cope, moving back into her family home. Ven was peddled between two people, spending one month with his dad, the other with his mom. Both had big expectations for him, both wanted him to marry certain people, both wanted him to get a certain job. For the good of the ‘Family Name’ they told him.

Finally having enough after five years, he ran away to his Aunt’s shop. After telling her what his life has been like, and learning just why his Mother never wanted him to talk to her sister, his Aunt Liz let Ven stay with her. On the condition he help at the shop and learn to control his magic. She had enough books from her childhood, and would help him. Though he finally had a good role model in his life, and came to see Auntie Liz as a real mother, the damage was done on his mental health. Having trouble making choices on his own. Tends to like being in a bubble. Likes to be told what to do. You get the idea, he preferred to be controlled, and Liz wasn’t around long enough to really help him through it. Having to run a shop, get anything she needed, and then dying five years later, didn’t help.

After about a year went by, and a messy break off from his parents, ending in them both cutting all ties to him. Both in inheritance, well, not on his Mother’s side, as only a magical person of blood could inheritance everything. She could do nothing about that, but could cut him off from money and social standing. And ending in his brother hating him, Ven later met Asra. Who took up slowly to being his mentor in magic, as he new much more than Auntie Liz did. Then the plague hit a few years later, Ven considers it lucky his Auntie died of natural causes four years after he met Asra.

He had no ties to stay to the city, he’s unsure why he stayed to help everyone when Asra wanted to leave. His brothers died, his parents he thinks lived, he’s not sure. Then we all know what happened to him... Brought back with no memories, he slowly regained his sense to fight and use magic. He was happier than Asra ever saw him, with no trauma of his past, he was freeier. Granted he still had problems with being controlled, but they weren’t near as bad as before. Then, the worse happened, he lost his arm in a fight to help a friend. Who left him to die. Asra found him, and he about died again. Now, he’s closed off to alot of people again, cynical, and refuses to fight due to how much stress it now causes him.

Aventus has a long way to go if he is to recover, which is why I pair him with Muriel, Portia, or Lucio, as all three have qualities that would help him come out of his shell again, he pick him up when he does remember his past.

So what do you guys think? Any questions about him, don’t be afraid to ask. I’ll post Justinian later on.

#the arcana #the arcana mc #the apprentice the arcana

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