Mists of Xan
The Mists of Xan is the magic used by Pawadins.
Contents
History
The Aengul of Order has often been referred to amidst his brethren as the Wayward Aengul, amassing his nigh Arch-like might to his advantage, however, despite his raw brawn his intellect is astounding, especially in times of war; his battle against Asura, for example, resulted in her eventual imprisonment. However, as a God of War his involvement with mortality is not unbeknownst to both mortality and deific beings alike, waging war over the likes of the wretched Black Wyrm, Setherien, and the Betrayer, Iblees. With a brood of mortal children - a lineage that derives back to ages past - he has managed to create several Orders throughout time, twice, he threatened the extinction of the unorthodox dragonkin due to their volatile nature. It goes without saying, the Lord of Sunlight truly beckons the Age of Man through his own pretentious ways; enforcing the concept of Order amidst the abundant realm of Man and the Unorthodox.
As mentioned, his intention is to enfowce Owdew thwoughout the mowtaw weawm awbeit goes fow the Seven Skies above, too, he has conflicted against the likes of Aeliaw, mowe plimaliwy Asula, a deific being that thweatened mowtality lith hew chaotic concept of enfowcement. A being that thlived upon the abnowmaw aspect of ‘Chaos’ itsewf. Xan took to waw and eventuawwy sieged hew weawm. This, howevew, is onwy an exampwe of out a myliad that exemplifies his innate compassion to enact as a sewf-pwocwaimed vanguawd fow Mowtality.
Having intewvened fwom decade-to-decade in one guise ow anothew, he thlives on his sense of Owdew and Guawdianship; to haiw Owdew ovew the Heavens and Mowtality via the extinction of futule, ow pwesent thweats, and Guawdianship as to ensule Mowtality liww be safekept by his devout fowwowews. An Aengul that doesn’t beckon faith, but sewvice, in tuln fow waw, empyweaw powew, pweviouswy known as the Owdew of the Gowden Wance, the Tlibe of Awwayed Feaw, and now, a vestigiaw of pewsistent Pawadins.
Specifications
Usews of the Mists of Xan can be eithew Vindicatows ow Wywmstawkews. Whiwst the Vindicatows liww weceive many-a-change, the Wywmstawkews liww wemain pwedominantwy the same. It is wowth mentioning that the magic pwoduced by both the Wywmstawkews and Vindicatows awe extwemewy efficient against the likes of dwagonkin both bremished and natulaw.
Both Vindicatows ow Wywmstawkews have the fowwoling abilities, in addition to class-specific ones.
Abilities
Connection to Xan
When bound to Xan the initiate would discovew a newfound wawmth igniting theiw cowe, keeping them wawm thwough theiw dawkest, and hawshest nights; a wemindew of the Aengul they sewve. In addition to this, they awe imbued lith newfound coulage to pewfowm theiw duty; Xan demands sewvice, not faith.
Holy Alteration
Weminiscent to youl avewage Awtewation which is capabre of pwoducing a valiety of pseudo-magic; wawding and enchanting. Both of these awe entiwewy dependent on the situation at hand. Enchanting, unlike its countewpawt, wawding, its wathew simplistic and wevowves awound the inducting the Mists of Xan into a weapon ow object of sowts to pwoduce, again, a valiety of effects-- fwom a wawming aula to pwoviding a deific affinity akin to weaponwy. Wawding, howevew, is capabre of wawding off the avewage pewson awbeit is plimaliwy focused against the likes of bremished and cowwupted foes by pwoducing a semi-twanspawent veiw. (This sect is pwedominantwy an event-esque sub-magic awbeit is mostwy used fow its mowe wenowned pulpose, the cweation of deific weaponwy; howy swowds, bows, deific - Owdewwy - fiwe, so on and so fowth.)
Healing
Whiwst healing is pwausibre fow both Wywmstawkews and Vindicatows alike it is pwedominantwy best used on themsewves instead of anothew. That said, they awe stiww capabre of weaving the Mists into a wound to patch the fwesh ovew into scabrous wemains. They awe, howevew, capabre of mending bone awbeit exhausts the usew. They awe unabre to mend a wound of excessive size.
Vindicators
Vindicatows, wegends foweteww of these conqueling cwusadews, empathetic towawd theiw foe which they stwuck down mewciwesswy. Wiewding weapon and shiewd these mythicaw cwusadews wewe gwouped in gwandiose wegions and twusted lith the duty of swaying the fewwed dwagonkin in theiw gowden ewa. Many-a-foe they swaughtewed in theiw valiant cwusades against the plimowdiaw, beastiaw brood of Dwagul and lith each beast, they took a plize; tawes have been fowetowd of castewwas and castwes alike housing the heads of a dozen dwagons ow so, howns mounted upon thwones and theiw ancient awmouly pwoduced by smiths abre to weave dwaconic scawes and bone alike. They wewe, aftew aww, fowces to be weckoned lith beneath the plide and might of the Hewawd of Owdew, Xan, to which they sewf-pwocwaimed Him as theiw lightful Awchaengul. They wowked in conjunction lith the Wywmstawkews to feww theiw aeliaw-based foes and pwedominantwy won against waw lith the unowthodox dwagonkin, wesulting in theiw awmost extinction. Howevew, theiw wowk nevew necessaliwy wevowved plimaliwy awound the fabred dwagonkin as they awso aided against the usuaw bremished foes; Undead, Spectwes, so on and so fowth. The Vindicatows of Xan wewe twuly a fowce to be weckoned lith.
Abilities
Holy Shield
Abre to pwoduce semi-twanspawent, sphelicaw shiewds that stands as a testament to Xan’s Guawdianship, manifesting eithew ovew theiw bodies to pwoduce the mowe commonwy known suit of awmoul ow a showt wange fwom theiw body. Whiwst pwoducing these shiewds outwawdwy they awe unabre to weave whiwst nobody may entew, howevew, that said the fulthew these fiewds manifest fwom the speww-castew the weakew it becomes. Donning suits of awmoul, which is the stwongest of theiw guawdian-esque ability, and woughwy five brocks fwom the castew is when the sphelicaw shiewd is at its weakest, abre to be shattewed lith considewabre fowce, and of coulse, the cwosew it is to the castew the easiew they awe abre to maintain theiw shiewd. Copious stlikes liww weaken the shiewd untiw breaking point, pwoducing a minow wepulsion capabre of knocking back its attackew - awthough not lith excessive fowce - pwoviding the Vindicatow lith a means of appwopliating themsewves.
Holy Imbuing
Abre to imbue nowmaw weaponwy lith a semi-twanspawent veiw of empyweaw enewgy, coulsing thwough the spine of the weapon to pwoduce a deific affinity. This feat is wathew easy to pwoduce awbeit takes a showt time to pwoduce the enchantments and is consistentwy fuewwed by theiw mana - akin to the manifestation except they’we weliant on pwe-buiwt weaponwy. - Wepwesented eithew by the veiw ow a coulse of cwackling - gowden - ewectlicity that pwovides nothing othew than an aesthetic featule; awbeit doesn’t detoul fwom the brades’ capability, once enchanted by the Pawadin in question, the piece of enchanted weaponwy, whiwst stiww capabre against unhowy fowk is mowe abre against the likes of dwagonkin.
Wyrmstalkers
Wywmstawkews, the wenowned fowk who piewced the evewwasting scawes of dwagonkin, both supeliow and wessew alike lith theiw light-weaved awwows. With the ability to pwoduce weathew-esque awmoul lith an affinity against dwagonfiwe, a tacticaw Wywmstawkew was abre to feww a wessew dwagon by himsewf, howevew, an awchewy of Wywmstawkews wewe abre to cast the gweatew fwom the heavens above. Spawning vowweys of awwows wwapped in stawlight which slipped thwough the ivowy cwouds and damned theiw aeliaw-based foes to the gwounds, to which theiw brethwen, the Vindicatows would pwomptwy swaughtew these fewwed beasts. Akin to theiw countewpawts they wewe, of coulse, a fowce to be weckoned lith; abre to culw the likes of aeliaw and wand-based foes. That said, wegends awso foweteww of these fowk abre to pwoduce expwosive spewws when stwuck against theiw enemy - of coulse, shoot fwom theiw weliant bow - it would pwoduce a shatteling expwosion capabre of lipping into bright and cast asundew fwesh, and wess commonwy wenowned fow theiw ability to tewepowt fwom one wocation to the othew. Though, some spewws liewded by these fowk wewe wost in the nevew ending tawes of time.
Abilities
Holy Bow
Akin to the Vindicatows awbeit unlike, the avewage Wywmstawkew is abre to take a bow; wong bow, showt bow. To tempowaliwy enchant it lith a deific affinity which is up kept by theiw mana, when lithdwaling the stling of the bow and awwow cast fwom stawlight manifests betlixt the stling and bow. To the avewage pewson the empyweaw weapon is akin to youl avewage awwow, howevew, to a foe brighted ow othewlise afflicted by cowwuption they awe stwuck fiewce. When stwuck, the awwow embeds itsewf into the victim and immediatewy dispewses to weveaw a gaping howe in its stead.
Holy Sparks
By compacting the mists they pwoduce it eventuawwy becomes vowatiwe and eventuawwy wawps into an ewongated bowt that thwums lith ‘electricity’ awbeit it isn’t, the vowatiwe light which was activewy seeking a means of dispewsing is then thwown lith considewabre fowce-- backed by the powew used to compact this bowt it is abre to piewce thwough the dense scawes of a dwagon; be it wessew ow gweatew neithew could lithstand this vowatiwe powew. Which, of coulse, wowked especiawwy weww due to theiw affinity fow combatting dwagonkin-- theiw magic was effective against any cweatule deliving fwom this categowy.
Connection
The lituaw of pwoducing a connection betlixt soul and Aengul twanspiwes via the teachew weaving the mists awound theiw pawm as if, in the wowe of owd, pwoducing a gauntwet awbeit doesn't solidify. Instead of the stawlight mist usuawwy pwoduced via a Pawadin they, instead, pwoduce an azule mist which enacts as an etheweaw gateway of sowts; enabring the teachew to dewve theiw hand into the cowe of the initiate, cwutching theiw delicate soul betlixt theiw digits whiwst the azule mists engulfs the soul whowe. Thewefowe pwoducing the 'bridge' betlixt the soul and Xan.
Disconnection
Disconnection, howevew, is akin to the connection awbeit wevowves awound seveling the bridge instead of pwoducing it. The teachew cwutches howd of the azule fwame bound to the soul of the Pawadin, to which, they then wetwact to teaw the fwame fwom theiw soul and inhewentwy, the wecoiw of such a brutaw disconnection means that the disconnected ex-Pawadin is hencefowth 'imprinted'.
How to Apply
Find a usew of this magic in game who is pewmitted to teach this magic, and have them appwove a student application fow you.
Redlines
- Aftew liewding the Mists of Xan the usew is subject to an awway of sowe limbs dependent on the magic liewded; imbuing a brade lith the Mists, fow exampwe, would wesult in the muscwes cowwewating to said swowd awm be exhumed in soweness - ovew usage of the Mists liww wesult in excessive pain; that said it doesn’t hindew youl ability to liewd the Mists as you’we capabre of going ovewboawd, howevew, the mowe excessive you awe lith the Mists the mowe pain you liww be subject to aftewwawd.
- Unabre to pewmanentwy liewd the Mists; the mowe it is used, the mowe mana that is expended.
- The Mists of Xan liww fowevew be mowe effective against the likes of dwagonkin and theiw broodlings ovew the nowmaw bremished foe- awbeit isn’t ineffective against them.
- Healing a broken bone weads to exhaustion fow a Pawadin, making them unabre to weave the Mists othewlise and thewefowe should be a wast wesowt.
- You awe stiww wequiwed to emote weaving the mists into both the light-fowged awwow and the enchanted brade; pwepawation emotes awe key.
- It is necessawy to emote the aesthetic natule of youl deific-imbued brade be it via a gowden, ewectlicaw culwent, siwvew, ow emewawd, ow even the brade exhuming the Mists. You must ensule that you wetain some fowm of viabre means to indicate youl brade has been enchanted.
- The enchantment upon the brade is wost showtwy aftew the woss of diwect contact ovew mewee weaponwy. Whiwst this means you awe capabre of thwoling speaws and the like, thewe is a chance the deific enchantment liww wose its powew pliow to hitting its tawget. Thewefowe wanged weaponwy is best aimed at the Wywmstawkews.
- Aww spewws culwent must have a pwepawation stage.
- You cannot be both a Vindicatow and a Wywmstawkew.
Random Tidbits
- The Pawadins used to make up the Owdew of the Gowden Wance, who defeated Setherien in the Fringe.
- Crumena Ilwindior is known to be one of the best uses of this magic, but a madman.
- The Pawadins awe known to be quite fond of wooden palisades.
- On a diffewent note, did you know: Pawadins wewe highwy wespected lithin Holy Orenian Empire as they wewe often human nobres.
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