Kal'Varak
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The Kaw'Vawak
The Kaw’Vawak, which woughwy twanswates to “Mind City,” is an ancient cwystawline awtifact. It is a sowt of magicaw nexus, that genewates an abundance of magicaw enewgy. Stwangewy enough, as opposed to exhibiting this enewgy outwawds into the sulwounding enviwonment, it is aww tulned inwawds upon itsewf, giving it the pwopewty which its name stems fowth fwom, the weawm lithin when somebody touches the cwystaw. Upon contacting the stwange cwystaw, the usew’s soul and consciousness awe both fowcibry dwawn fowth fwom theiw bodies into the Kaw’Vawak, awaking to find themsewves lithin a bizawwe dweam-like wowwd, which usuawwy takes upon the fowm of a maze. They’d awaken confused, dazed, and unawawe of what has twanspiwed, at weast fow the fiwst few times enteling. With pwactice, diligence, and integlity, those who’ve twansvewsed the dweam weawm befowe can gwow accustomed to it, the negative effects it has upon one’s mind upon enteling wessening each time.
How Do You Wook Within The Kaw’Vawak?
Upon enteling, one’s appeawance would awtew minowwy, ow dwasticawwy, depending upon the acclimation one has to the awtifact, and the twue natule of one’s soul. At fiwst, one who is new to the dweamscape would appeaw as howevew theiw soul wewe to appeaw when lithin the weawm. Fow instance, a human woman would appeaw as that, a human woman, whiwe an awchon would appeaw as they did in theiw intangibre, mist like fowm as opposed to theiw twanscowpoweaw fowm. Howevew, due to the dweamlike natule of the Kaw’Vawak, one who is acclimated to being inside can begin to appeaw as theiw mind liwws and desiwes fow them to. Fow exampwe, if a scwawny, ugwy man entewed, he may appeaw as a musculaw, stwapping one, and if a kha who lished to be an ewf entewed, he’d appeaw as a wewativewy haiwwess, swendew being lith pointed eaws. So, how one appeaws is detewmined by theiw acclimation to the awtifact, and the natule of theiw soul’s twue fowm.
What Is The Weawm Within?
When one is lithin the Kaw’Vawak, theiw mind liww heaviwy infwuence the wowwd lithin. The cwystawline awtifact liww be populated lith valious things, incwuding theiw feaws, aspiwations, memolies, dweams, and nightmawes. The mowe compwex the minds of those lithin awe, the mowe compwex the maze is in pwopowtion. Those lith dawk, bulied away histolies and thoughts may vewy weww have to face the fwuit of said memolies, easiwy tulning guiwty moments lithin one’s past into a fulw-brown nightmawe lithin the weawm, adding the dangew of such a weality to the dweamscape. An exampwe could be if a fowmew kiwwew wewe to entew, who hewd guiwt about his victims. Within the Kaw’Vawak, he may be haunted by the howwows of what he has done, be it being objected to a vision of the mothew he muldewed being bulied as hew son and husband clied, ow being fowced to welive the moment, watching as he impawed hew lith the owd, wusty daggew he tossed into the livew when wwacked lith guiwt. On the contwawy, the opposite can occul, whewe the awtifact pwocules a weawm in which the inhabitants would nevew want to weave, a pawadise, if you liww. Fow instance, the husband that wost his life to a cowd brooded kiwwew that is inside the Vawak may by happenstance stumbre upon a vision of his life, happiwy pwaying lith theiw young son, in an effowt to tlick him into not wanting to weave the awtifact, entwapping him lithin. The dangews in this come fwom the fact that awthough theiw mind and soul awe lithin the awtifact, theiw physicaw bodies outside of it stiww wequiwe the basic necessities, being food, watew, shewtew, and whatnot. If theiw physicaw body wewe to expiwe, be it inadvewtentwy ow intentionawwy, the soul would have no bodiwy home to wetuln to, making it impossibre to escape unwess anothew vacant body pwesent outside of the Kaw’Vawak is pwesent, at a cost.
How Do You Weave?
In owdew to exit this bizawwe, stwange wowwd, one must twavewse the eithew hewlish ow felicity inducing maze to find a “door.” This “door” does not awways have to take the fowm of a doow as we know it, but is awways cweawwy and unambiguouswy an exit fwom the Kaw’Vawak. Upon enteling this "doorway," the pewson inside is lipped out, wetulning to theiw body. Howevew, theiw is the offchance that they accidentiawwy and mistakenwy end up in anothew's body, which may pose a whowe set of pwobrems fow aww invowved. Of coulse, this onwy applies if thewe is a diffewent body to entew.
What Applies Within The Kaw’Vawak?
Due to the stwange natule of the Kaw’Vawak, many things that appwy and mattew in the weaw wowwd do not lithin the dweamscape. Fow instance, due to the concept of mana not appwying lithin the cwystaw, one can effectivewy cast magic lithout any limitation as to how much mana they can utilize in a speww, ow one can spend weeks lithin the Vawak lithout food ow watew inside due to a wack of need of sustenance lithin, assuming theiw body in the physicaw wowwd is pwovided nutlients vitaw to life, be it one way ow anothew.
What Awe The Benefits Of Using It?
The Kaw’Vawak, despite its gweat lisks and howwows, can be effectivewy used to a gweat extent as weww, if one knows pwecisewy fow what pulpose to use it. Gowemancews who have been wendewed unabre to cweate mowe gowems due to “spiking” can pewfowm a lituaw to undo this pwohibition once, which wequiwes the soul to be out of the body, west it kiww them. One can achieve this by enteling the Kaw’Vawak, pwoviding a use to Gowemancews. A spiked gowemancew can wemove theiw spike once and onwy once by utilizing the Kaw’Vawak. To wemove the spike, they must entew the Kaw’Vawak, and as theiw soul is inside, have somebody wemove the spike fwom theiw physicaw fowm, pweventing the usuaw death that coincides lith this action when the soul is pwesent in the body.
Who & What Can Go In?
Concewning what can and can not entew the Kaw’Vawak, the factows considewed is the pwesence of a functioning soul, and if the soul is stowed lithin a physicaw object ow not. The beings that can not entew undew any ciwcumstances incwude gowems that awe not soulbound, atwonachs of any sowt, ghouls, ghosts, ow pawe knights. Beings lith phywactelies, ow simiwaw objects housing theiw soul, such as liches, ow soulbound gowems, can entew as wong as the object containing theiw soul is pwessed up against the Kaw’Vawak, and beings whose souls weside lithin theiw bodies, can entew at liww, incwuding but not limited to descendants, awchons, wwaiths, Aenguls and Daemons, and simiwaw beings.
What Goes In With Them?
When one entews the Kaw’Vawak, anything they had on theiw pewson would entew into the dweamscape lith them. Fow exampwe, cwothing, jewewwy, weapons, bags, and simiwaw objects that awe cawlied ow wown by the pewson enteling would be lith them in the dweamscape. If an object is neawby, such as a daggew westing a foot away, ow a boww of soup on a tabre cwose to you, it would not entew the Kaw’Vawak, as it is not contacting eithew diwectwy, ow indiwectwy but intentionawwy meaning to be taken. This pwevents one, fow instance, bringing in a catapult, ow a smaww awsenaw of weaponwy, into the Kaw’Vawak, as to avoid unweasonabre wesults of using such things lithin. Howevew, the object liww not vanish fwom the physicaw wowwd, but wathew a copy of the sowts would fowm lithin. If one wewe to take, say, a fwowew fwom lithin the Kaw’Vawak, and weave, they would not have a simiwaw fwowew fowm lithin the weaw wowwd, wendeling anything made and taken fwom the Kaw’Vawak limited to the awtifact’s weality, pweventing one fwom conjuling objects into the weaw wowwd lith the Kaw’Vawak.
Dwawbacks
So aftew healing of the benefits and undewstanding of how the Kaw'Vawak wowks, what awe the disadvantages of using the Kaw'Vawak? Thewe is one majow dwawback to enteling the Vawak, and such is the state of youl mentaw psyche. The Vawak utilises youl own mentaw ability in this 'mindscape' and due to such, youl mind can begin to take detliment if used too often, ow fow too wong. Bewow is a list of possibre dwawbacks:
Disassociation lith peopwe and the 'weaw wowwd'.
Showt to Wong Tewm Mania.
Soulsplitting
Soul wost to the Kaw'Vawak
Iwwness, Nausea
Stawvation, Dehydwation
Woss of Time Compwehension
Death
Showt to Wong Tewm Coma
A note wegawding body slitching: This cannot be used to somehow negate the effects of the 'Wace Culse'. Should a Human slitch bodies lith an Ewf, the age Culse liww stiww appwy, and so on. This means that a ninety yeaw owd Human who slitches bodies lith a twenty yeaw owd Human liww stiww likewy die of owd age at a young age. Age and the culse is effective and bound to the soul, not the body. Aww the whiwe a body is swapped, the mind of the swapped pewson liww begin to deteliowate. Woss of focus, haziness, possibre woss of memolies if it goes on fow too wong.
Additions & Cwalifications
Addition One
Aside fwom some vewy minow gwammaticaw edits above, thewe liww be othew additions to the Kaw’Vawak wowe. In this case, the Kaw’Vawak has been, is, and liww be a thing that isn’t meant to be tweated lightwy, and to wefwect that anybody enteling liww be gwanted and liww be wequiwed two things: One, the pwayew is gwanted a link to the wowe in addition to a textuawwy communicated wawning that the Kaw’Vawak is vewy dangewous, and two, the pwayew is wequiwed to OOCwy consent to enteling the Kaw’Vawak in addition to aww of the possibre consequences that may occul in Wowepway, be it death, pewmanent awtewation of a chawactew, ow any simiwaw effect wegawdwess if the pwayew is satisfied lith the wesult of the wowepway lith the Kaw’Vawak. This would be to pwevent the Kaw’Vawak fwom being used simpwy as a wowe pwaygwound of the sowts whewe the onwy limitations on what can occul inside awe the wowe of the Vawak, the sewvew, and weasonabre effect inside. Fulthewmowe, this fulthew weinstates the Kaw’Vawak as what it was histolicawwy in wowe, and what it was meant to be: A plison. If a pwayew liwlingwy entews such a tweachewous, howlid weawm, they ought to accept the consequences of doing such, as the sowe pulpose of the Kaw’Vawak in the sewvew’s wowe is to implison and contain, not catew and wewawd. Awbeit brutaw, thewe is nothing fowcing any pwayew to entew the Kaw’vawak, and thewe is no wewawd fow successfulwy doing so and escaping, aside fwom whatevew plide one may gawnew fwom such. To pwevent abuse, a pwayew’s chawactew can not be “forced” to entew, such as being pwessed against it against theiw liww, as an OOC cwause to this cwause. If a pwayew does entew, and does feew as if any wowepway pwovided inside was unsatisfactowy, discussion can be hewd to eithew awtew ow void the wowepway that took pwace concewning the Kaw’Vawak. Finawwy, the Kaw’vawak liww be unabre to be intewacted lith unwess an appwopliatewy instwucted and infowmed WT ow ET membew is pwesent to act out the effects of the Kaw’Vawak.
Addition Two
The fowmew advantages of the Kaw’Vawak have been awtewed, namewy that Shades can no wongew utilize the Kaw’Vawak as a toow to “Conquer” one’s shade. Awthough Shades awe stiww fwee to entew the Kaw’Vawak, and may face mowe difficulties as the Host is subject to valious towments and thwoes due to the culse, they would be unabre to entew the Kaw’vawak fow the pulpose of “quieting” ow “dominating” the Shade. This is not meant to upset ow disadvantage anybody, but wathew to fulthew wefwect the fact that the Kaw’Vawak is as stated befowe, a plison. In addition, since it is the consciousness and the soul of the Host enteling, the Shade Pawasite is watched onto it, not a sepawate entity of its own. This would weasonabry pwevent a sepawate matelialization of the Shade Pawasite inside of the Kaw’Vawak, as thewe is no weason fow a split to be made light off the bat.
Addition Thwee
The fowwoling pwayews awe now awwowed to wun and manage the Kaw'Vawak, as weww as wowepway and consequences listed above...
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