Cognatism
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Contents
History
Learning Cognatism
When learning Cognatism the Horror must be able to enter the mind of one who is wishing to experience its depth and brevity in knowledge and shared experience. In wanting to learn this feat, one must find a Horror Stone. This Horror Stones location is usually at the discretion of the lore holder but should be going around constantly. After one is given this Horror Stone, they will have to meditate with it and allow a Voidal Horror to enter into their mind to take root. They connect to the void first, while still meditating with this Horror Stone, they will then at some point accidentally stumble across a Voidal Horror, this will cause the mind of the Cognat to connect to the Voidal Horror’s own mindscape.
At first, when one is learning Cognatism, they will have many difficulties in dealing with this horror inside of their mind. As it will be an incredibly exposing time periods where the minds will begin to form a bond by exchanging information between each other. Over time, it will become less abrasive towards The Cognat and become more comfortable inside the mind of them. Though, this, of course, does not mean the process is over. The Voidal Horror will begin to help their host, but this also means that they will begin to test their host as well. Putting them through trials and tests to observe and learn more about their host. They will analyze them and prod them. They will bring negative things upon their host, but these, if passed, will only strengthen the relationship. As they may take things wrong on purpose, or on accident. Leading to unexpected and unforeseen consequences.
Over time, the bond will strengthen, and the host will begin to execute more abilities of the Voidal Horror. The progression going as follows. The initial abilities one gains from Cognatism will be the ability to use symbiotic minds and storing information with their horror. A few days after the mind trial that the horror will put their host through, The Cognat will be able to use the Voidal Horror for Mental and Visual Aids. A week after this mind trial one will be able to use the ability known as Inducing. Three weeks after this mind trial, they will be able to practice Hyper-Thought, and a month after this mind trial they will be able to experience Revelations and do the Expanding Ritual.
Abilities
Symbiotic Minds
While a Cognat’s mind is not impossible to penetrate, thanks to the connection with the Horror they are able to hold a second layer of defense. Should a Mental Mage hiccup the process of invasion, their attempts will succeed in getting into the mind of the Horror. It is possible, should the Mental Mage incorrectly connect with the user, to accidentally slip into the mind of the Horror. This acts as a counter-attack to the Mental Mage, and can often lead to the Horror toying and attacking back at the Mental Mage.
Information Storage
Through a similar method, the Horror will assist the user in converting the short-term memories the Cognat has into long-term ones, and using the connection between the two minds to enhance the storage capacity of the user.
Visual Aid
Due to the innate abilities the Horror possesses, the constant connection to the being will allow the mind to operate at a higher level, and calculate various operations in a much short time. This is done by creating a visualisation of the operations. This, however, will only aid someone who is able to work out calculation normally, as the connection does not increase your intelligence. Another use of this is the ability to project a visual aid such as a ruler to measure an object.
To aid the user, a complete projection of data is shown to the user through a visual rendition of a table. Much alike all visual aids, this process is only visible to the Cognat, and will simply offer a list of various properties and data that the Cognat, or Horror, already has available in regards to the objects. This can include numbers and other information regarding the object, such as weight, height and contents should the Cognat already know them.
Accelerated Thoughts
Mental Aid
Revelation
Revelations must be pre-approved by the LT, and may even require Administrative approval. One may also use this in conjunction with the ET to aid in their plotline.
Enchanting
To enchant, one must obviously have the knowledge of Enchanting. To do so, one must be a Transfigurationist, and must understand just how to Enchant an object before they attempt to do so.
Redlines of Cognatism
Cognatism has several redlines of what a mage can do and what a mage can’t do. As such those redlines should be followed at any time and breaking them can result in a removal of your magic permissions.
- One must always communicate with the appropriate team, be they ET, MAT or LT, when wishing to use Revelations.
- Cognatism does not make you smarter. It simply permits you to utilise more aspects to allow you more fluid self and mental RP.
- Having Cognatism does not make your connection to the Void suddenly stronger, and you do not have a constant connection. Instead, one has a constant mental connection to a Voidal Horror.
- The mental connection to the Voidal Horror can be disrupted, through warding or sudden disconnect in successful the event of a Mental Mages attack being successful.
- The Cognat’s mind is not impenetrable, there will always be leaks into their scattered mind, especially when they are unconscious.
- By no means is the horror your friend. Think of this like a mutual relationship between a knowledge leech and a human being (though the leech could be fond of you). By giving it knowledge, the leech spits out some knowledge to you. However, there is always the growing chance of mania from the horror. In fact, the first few trials are very much mania inducing.
- The Horror cannot have any physical manifestation on the world, it only remains with the person.
Trivia
- Some legends are stating that a Voidal Horror once took full control over the casters body, using the caster as it’s puppet. It used the caster to commit several crimes and was forcing the host to commit suicide in the end.
- Voidal Horrors can take on different forms and shapes, depending on their classification and strength.
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