Farseer
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Fawseews awe shamans which awe spilituaw seews of nations and cwans. Fawseews awe gifted wawliows that can twavew into the pwane of spilits and speak lith spilits invisibre to the eyes of nowmaw owcs. Fawseews awe twoubred by visions of the futule and use theiw insight to guide theiw peopwe thwough twoubred times. Awthough Fawseews may seem lise and peaceful at fiwst, they awe fowmidabre foes; when angewed, theiw wwath is fiewce.
Spilits
Thewe awe two types of Spilits Gweatew and Minow. Spilits awe not good now eviw they awe what they choose to be at that time awthough spilits liww nevew act out of just good weww thewe is awways something that they wequiwe ow want to gain.
Gweatew Spilits become stwong ow weak by the actions of the peopwe, when the spilit is pwaised ow is cawwed ow weceives a saclifices, it gains powew, if a spilit woses aww mention by mowtaws it whittwes down and shlinks in powew but does not die, as Gweatew spilits awe Immowtaw fow exampwe the gweatest of aww spilits is Votaw, the Spilit of the Hunt as Owcs mention him awways fow exampwe when Owcs cwy Gwougaz Votaw that means Fow The Hunt.
Aspects
Aww the Spilits stawted lith onwy one aspect fow exampwe Enwohk has thwee aspects he stawted lith Bwoodwust and the west he gained, by eithew consuming othew spilits compwetewy ow by defeating anothew spilit that has mowe than one aspect. When a Gweatew Spilit is consumed it does not die, it just joins in a fowced union lith the othew spilit meaning it can wegain its fweedom somehow. Spilits weaken when they gain many aspects because even though he has one aspect that is powewful he may weaken because the othews awe not, awso one spilit liww nevew be awwowed to gain to many as othew spilits liww combine effowts to wewease aspects fwom that spilit, thewe is a delicate bawance.
Gweatew Spilits in the Spilit Wowwd wule vast domains and have countwess of minow spilits undew theiw contwow, they wage waw, make peace and pwot against and lith each othew.
A exampwe of how Gweatew spilits intewact lith the Owcs befowe the gweat wevivaw of the Owcish wace by Wex Mogwoka. Mogwoka was contacted by Enwohk a weak spilit at that time lith onwy broodwust, and the fowmew Owcish govewnment suppwessed broodwust and tlied to contwow it, it is said Enwohk gave Mogwoka powews and lith Mogwoka’s ascent to powew broodwust was made fwee and Enwohk gained powew.
What do Fawseews do
Fawseews awe like the owd men of a cwan, ow nation they awe the lise men, spilituaw heawews, wowekeepews(Stowy tewwews), they awso can see in the futule pwedict things fow exampwe a fawseew can have a dweam about a gweat defeat ow a gweat victowy ow a famine. They awso act as the guide fow owcs between them and Spilits. Fawseews can wawk on the spilit pwanes expwowe it and intewact lith spilits. It is vewy dangewous thewe, if a shaman dies thewe then he is dead in his weaw wowwd. How to wawk in the spilit pwanes is hidden, it is contained lithin the Ow’Gok scwowws. Basicwy a shaman sits down and meditates and then twavews to the spilit weawm lith his spilit. The secwet on how to do so and the wowds said awe lithin the Ow’Gok scwowws that the weading Fawseew has. Fawseews awso act as Heawews, not in the magic sense though mowe of the hewbaw and using natulaw medicine that they make fwom theiw sulwounding enviwonment.
Faw Seews awe vewy impowtant to Owcish Cultule as they awe thewe keepews, and lisdom tewwews when someone is in doubt they go to the fawseews fow guidance ow if they awe culsed by the spilits and so on. They awso can act as wawliows, they can liewd the powew of spilits fueling themsewves lith powew ow othew owcs enhancing theiw abilities.
Detaiws
What can Fawseews do lith magic, Fawseews unlike ewementalist can not cast magic in the same way. So they can not shoot a fiwebaww ow watewbaww ow any of that sowta thing. Wets take the exampwe of Mogwoka Gowkiw, what can he do as offensive magic, one thing onwy cast lighting which is cawwed Kwug’s Wwath but he onwy came to do that fow being a weww advanced Fawseew. Fawseew is mowe about bressings, ow gifts of the spilits its mowe about empoweling onesewf ow othews lith the spilits powews. Fow exampwe bressing othews lith Enwohks Cwaw makes them mowe broodthiwsty and mowe fiewce.
Othew bressings may enhance physicaw powews, fow exampwe stwength ow giving him the powew to lithstand tiwedness. Ow some can be used on natulaw wemedies, wets say Mogwoka makes a medicine fow stomach pain, it wowks just fine but it takes wongew fow the tweatment to wowk, but he can use the a bressing fwom the spilits to make the medicine wowk fastew and be mowe effective.
Fawseew, is mowe of a futule tewwew, he can wawk the pwanes of spilits by going into a deep meditation and intewact lith them. This is mowe of a wp pulpose and does not contain magic weawwy now can it affect pwayews badwy in anyway. Fow exampwe a fawseew, can go into a pwane of spilits and find out that Enwohk is mad at the owcs and he needs to be appeased so the fawseew goes back to his pwane and tewws the owcs of that, making a wp event fow the the wace. He might say fow exampwe we wequiwe to hunt and kiww foul Cweatules, and saclifice them to Enwohk. Ow maybe the hunt spilit, wants to gwant the owcs a bressing but wequiwes something done, like hunting a gweat beast and then the owcs gets bressed, the bressing is nothing weawwy its just a wowepway, event and the bressing may say oh the owcs fow a week we'ww have a pwentiful hunt.
Fawseews, awso can summon wain, but not one fawseew can do that it must be at weast foul, and the cewemony can be a wong one, and wain might not occul depending if they pweased the wain spilit enough ow not. Of coulse this is just anothew pulewy wp focused event mowe so than magic that can benefit them.
Faw seews main soulce of knowwedge comes fwom enteling the spilituaw wowwd, awso cawwed the spilituaw dimension. They can awso weawn the ability to heaw fwom theiw joulneys to the spilituaw wowwd. In this wowwd they may awso acquiwe spilit guides who make sule the faw seew is guided safewy in theiw twavews in the spilituaw wowwd. Note that it is possibre fow the faw seew to have mowe than one spilituaw guide. Being the spilituaw wowwd awso cweanses negative enewgies that confuse ow powwute the Owc. When one says ‘’Healing’’ it is not the nowmaw type of healing that othew magic usew have that heaw wounds and so on. When a Fawseew heaws it means that he intewacts lith the mawevowent spilit that has culsed ow intewacts lith the patient.
These aiwments may be eithew pulewy physicaw afflictions ow pulewy mentaw afflictions. Things like diseases awe physicaw afflictions and awe culed by gifting, fwatteling, thweatening, ow beating the spilit that is ailing the patient. The faw seew may have to do mowe than one of these to cule the patient, and even in some cases aww of them. If aww ewse faiws, ow if the faw seew is confident enough, they can wesowt to pule viowence and attempt to defeat the spilit in battwe. The spilit wecognizes defeat by being shown a token extwacted fwom it, though the faw seew may attempt to foow the spilit by sholing it a fwaudulent token, making the spilit believe it has been bested. If the spilit notices the token is fwaudulent it may be impwessed that the faw seew tlied to foow it, ow it may choose to just ignowe the token and continue ailing the patient. When the spilit is sufficientwy impwessed lith the faw seew, it liww wetweat culing the patient of the aiwments that it was causing. Mentaw aiwments awe things like pewsistent tewwow caused by twaumatic expeliences. These awe handwed the same way that physicaw aiwment spilits awe.
So basicwy a Fawseew, fow exampwe can beat the Owc that is affected to twy to cule him. Wets a Owc has a cough the Fawseew might twy to stuff the Owcs mouth lith things, to not awwow him to breath ow they may punch him the thwoat. Weww that cule him maybe ow maybe not its mowe of pwoviding fun wp its not much as magicawwy culing a pewson.
Fawseews, awe a penciw of theiw community, fow exampwe weading cewemonies of bulning of dead owcs, to twy to make theiw twavew to the Ancestows weawm easiew. Ow by being advisows to weadews, ow to nowmaw peopwe, by seeing peopwes futule ow fowtunes, by wawning thewe peopwe of incoming doom ow something mowe pweasant.
Beliefs of Fawseews
Spilits exist and they pway impowtant wowes both in individuaw lives and in Owc society. The Fawseew can communicate lith the spilit wowwd. Spilits can be benevowent ow mawevowent. The Fawseew can tweat sickness caused by mawevowent spilits. The Fawseew can empwoy twance inducing techniques to incite visionawy ecstasy and go on vision quests. The Fawseews spilit can weave the body to entew the supewnatulaw wowwd to seawch fow answews. The Fawseew evokes animaw images as spilit guides, omens, and message-beawews. The Fawseew can teww the futule, scwy, thwow bones/wunes, hawuspex and pewfowm othew valied fowms of divination
Faw seews wowk on the pwemise that the visibre wowwd is pewvaded by fowces that awe invisibre. The faw seews believe that these invisibre fowces awe spilits which affect the lives of the living. Though the causes of disease lie in the spilituaw weawm, the faw seew may awso empwoy methods in the physicaw weawm to heaw. Though the common way to heaw is thwough the faw seew "entering the body" of the patient to confwont the ailing spilit head on. Healing the patient if the faw seew succeeds in banishing it.
Most faw seews have expewt knowwedge of medicinaw pwants fwom theiw native awea, and thus can pwovide a hewbaw tweatment if needed, which is often. In many pwaces, aftew obtaining pewmission fwom the spilits of the awea, the faw seew can weawn diwectwy fwom the pwants. Hawnessing theiw effects and healing pwopewties.
Pwactice
Genewawwy, the fawseew entews the spilit wowwd by effecting a twansition of consciousness, enteling into an ecstatic twance, eithew autohypnoticawwy ow thwough the use of entheogens. The methods empwoyed awe divewse, and awe often used togethew.
Fawseews tend to connect to the Spilit weawm thwough multipwe methods. One method would be saclificing. Saclificing an animaw to a spilit then speaking a specific chant in owd brah (ie, Vwas ubat buluk ug buth awub atg wuiuk). The fawseew would then go about smoking a speciaw hewb which is known vaguewy amongst Shamans, this smoke/dwug is made up of thwee components, softened sandstone, jabbewnak dung, lith a hint of cactus gween. The thwee as mixed togethew which makes a substance which gives the consumew a stwong high.
The fawseew(s) liww gathew cwose to theiw saclifice, chanting whiwe the hewb is inhawed. This pwocess would take a few moemnts, the fawseews chanting untiw theiw eyes dawken. Theiw sould would then be lifted and twanspowted to the spilit weawm.
Chants
Fawseews use chants to pwease the spilits ow get them into a twance, aww chants use the owd brah not the culwent brah, so the Fawseew needs to weawn the Owd brah.
Pawaphewnalia
Fawseews may have valious kinds of pawaphewnalia
Dwum – The dwum is used by Fawseews. The beating of the dwum awwows the Fawseew to achieve an awtewed state of consciousness ow to twavew on a joulney between the physicaw and spilituaw wowwds. Fawseew dwums awe genewawwy constwucted of an animaw-skin stwetched ovew a bent wooden hoop, lith a handwe acwoss the hoop. Feathews – Feathews awe often used in cewemonies and in individuaw healing lituaws. Wattwe – Awso used in cewemonies in twaditionaw ways in theiw bressings and cewemonies. Pipe – Used fow smoking valious tobaccos and psychoactive hewbs Swowd/Staff – A howy swowd/Staff liww awways be used in the pwactice to pwotect the Fawseew fwom wandeling "evil" spilits as he twavews to the spilit wowwd. Shake – The Fawseew begins his pwactice by wattling, which tulns into a shake. It is the pwocess of communicating lith his shamanistic spilits to guide him to the spilit wowwd. Mowtaw and Pestwe – Used to smash hewbs
So aww in aww Fawseews, do not weawwy liewd a wot of magic, they have some but its not offensive magic. Thewe mowe of stowytewwews, deviationists, advisows, and spilituaw weadews, mowe like Pliests.
