#highmagic

[holyrollyempire]

Welcome back to weekly Larp updates! THIS WEEKS MISSION In the shadow of the bandit king. . Finally got a full day to play my favorite PC serenity whitwood. High Mage of Hrogn, which it was fun getting to run with her faction! Which turned into Ladies of Hrogn day for us! This mission fell on a new moon with Serenity being a Were-cat she was extra mischievous did i turn all the candles in the bar upside down?....yes but also knocked over everything i could find and so on 😂 . But the day started out good, serenity identified some drugs for our High Queen Wild 😉 (yes we tested them) as the day went on new people came into the lands. Made new friends in someone serenity has dubed THE CHAD. . The day overall wasnt a heavy combat day which is actually pretty nice, lots of fun roleplay, Hrogn watched the town be stupid MAN TIME but in Dagger Deep thats pretty normal 😂. The night ended with a Therian Pack meeting and then a lovely visit from some Rogues. Very excited for next week! Wont be Pcing at all as next week is filled all day with NPCing, bit excited to share My Night Wraith inspired by the Witcher next week. . Photos - @mordag_ @medievalchaosproductions . #medievalchaos #larp #harp #roleplay #werecat #therianthrope #scorcerer #highmage #hrogn #liveactionroleplay #larpphotography #larpcostume #steampunk #mage #cosplayer #larper #larping #corset (at Dagger Deep) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeJ5JuSPbYj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#medievalchaos #larp #harp #roleplay #werecat #therianthrope #scorcerer #highmage #hrogn #liveactionroleplay #larpphotography #larpcostume #steampunk #mage #cosplayer #larper #larping #corset

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Original Sin

iI already know what my sentence will be, long before the judge begins to speak. In my unconquerable, relentless optimism, I imagine that there will be a miracle, that It will instead call for an immediate execution.

I’m wrong, of course. There can only be one sentence for the slaughter of a god.

“The transgressor shall be Voidcast,” the judge intones, as I knew It would. “May your soul burn alone in the darkness for ten billion years where no innocent soul can witness your agony, until the merciful hand of nonexistence finally claims you.”

I can’t fully keep the horror from my expression. Even knowing what the sentence would be, I’d been hoping for a shorter life – a billion, maybe even just millions of years. Ten billion… but I don’t fight as the guards drag me to the Circle. There’s no point, and I don’t want to waste my last few precious moments in the real world being in any more pain than I have to. Pain is something I will have aplenty, soon enough.

They throw me down onto the sacrificial slab, careless of how the rough rock scrapes at me. The highmage lights the flame, expression dispassionate; It has done this millions of times before, and what is one more endless torture? I go to scream the most vile string of curses I can think of, but before I can say a word, Everything is gone.

Everything

Is

Gone.

Well. Not everything. There is the all-consuming fire, eating away at all that is left of me, as it will continue to do for as long as there is anything to eat. There is my own endless screaming across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, broadcasting my agonies in ways that I am too overwhelmed to even try to control. And there are others; bright spots in the void, their own screaming visible an almost incomprehensible distance away.

We can’t communicate. The distance is too great, the pain too overwhelming, and even if we could, what would there be to say? What could we tell each other that we weren’t telling each other already? There is long, laborious, unrelenting pain and then there is the mercy of nonexistence. We all know this. There is nothing else.

Sometimes, one of my fellow sinners vanishes, and I am distracted for a moment by a furious envy, a rage that It has been granted the escape of an end while I still suffer. Sometimes, a new light appears in the void, and I am distracted a moment by a strange joy that another who would otherwise have lived a blissfully ignorant life will instead truly understand my pain.

I would worry that this experience was making me a worse person, except that it is already reserved for the worst of the worst.

This is how it goes, and this is how I know it will go, unchanging, until the end.

Except

Something changes.

Amidst the screams of my fellow prisoners and the debris left of long-dead former inmates, I see/hear something new. Faint, oh so faint; I wouldn’t have noticed it at all, if it weren’t for the novelty.

A song.

It is nothing from any culture I recognise, but there is a rhythm to it, a declaration. Something singing that it is here and alive. Can the others hear it? I have no way to ask. To do that I would have to stop screaming, and even after billions of years, the pain is too great for that. I think it’s too close, anyway; close and quiet. Somebody humming nearby. Somebody alive and not screaming. Somebody in the void who was not Voidcast.

An innocent, bearing witness? Dare I even hope?

It is hard to see anything within a limitless nothing drowned in the clamour of burning sinners, but I listen as quietly as I can. There’s little else to do with my time.

The innocent is moving. Wherever It is, It’s going in circles, around my general area. It takes approximately, but not exactly, one year (the span of time that I am used to viewing as a year) to lap me once.

The innocent moves steadily. Judging by the direction from which the signal comes, It is moving in an elliptical orbit. It must be moving very, very fast, unless It is extremely close.

The innocent speaks more and more over time. A whisper becomes a murmur becomes speech, in waves of coherent light cast into the void. I do the math, I watch the direction, I notice that It is not slowed or waylaid by any other prisoner that may be in Its path. I see that It is very

very

close.

I look close, and then I see It.

It's almost on top of me! A tiny, fragile thing, clinging to a piece of debris left by – I think – my own arrival, a cast-off limb that never cast off far enough away to be gone. I cannot even see the innocent, merely hear It dwelling on the debris, and It is not shy about making its presence known. Is It trying to communicate? We have no shared language in this place, so far from reality.

I can’t respond, anyway, no matter how much I try.

I watch, and I learn, and in my limitless free time with nothing else to do but burn, I learn a lot. The innocent is… strange. It is like unlike anybody I know; unlike anybody in reality, unlike the other sinners, unlike me. It is many things and one thing and It speaks in one voice of many fragmented pieces on many spectra. I do not know how It got here, I do not know where It came from

Unless

I think it came from here.

I know! Ridiculous! The void is nothing; that is its purpose! It is an unreality reserved for those who deserve far worse than a quick death, where their sins and punishments cannot impose upon the real world. Nothing can be ‘from’ the void! It makes no sense!

And yet, here It is. Something not Voidcast, in the void.

It feeds on me, on the fragment of offcast corpse upon which It clings. I do not resent It this; I wasn’t using it, so somebody might as well. Besides, to somebody in my position, the ability to give something to anybody to benefit them in any small way is an incomparable joy. The innocent can take all of me, if that will help.

And, as I learn slowly, It is doing exactly that. It sounds impossible, but this strange being feeds on agony.

As I scream my torment across the electromagnetic spectrum, the singer upon the debris collects it, traps it, uses it to live and to grow. Its singing strengthens, fed by my screams. My pain and my body, together, nurture this life that slowly consumes me piece by piece.

I have never been so proud in my life.

I had known since the moment that I slaughtered the god Eden that the void would be my fate. Since then, my unshaking optimism had been burned out out of me over the course of billions of years, failing me just before a miracle. I had never expected to nurture another, to be useful to anyone, ever again. But here we are.

Do the other sinners have this? Are there little singers like this elsewhere, too far away for me to hear their faint song? I have no way of asking, and the other sinners have no way of responding.

I don’t know whether they have such blessings. But I know that I do.

I scream loudly and resolute. I burn as brightly as I can. I revel in my pain, knowing that every ounce of it strengthens the song of my strange voidborn child.

And for the first time ever, ten billion years doesn’t seem like nearly enough time.

#yes this is about that white dwarf greentext #and yes I did spend 2 hours writing this after going to bed #and yes it is past 1am #shut up alex

[a-certain-elf]

So after rewatch I notice a few things.

1st, the ceremony is near sunset (obvious on first viewing, but important to remember later)

Janai is swinging vertical, not horizontal (not good for taking off heads)

Karim is seen fighting just after sunset (possibly right after ceremony)

The masked people behind him are the same masked people behind Janai when she goes to strike at the human. (so Janai's ceremony and Karim's fight are in the same place)

So here's my theory: Janai's prisoner committed some (petty) crime that would traditionally be punished by execution (at least for humans). But she choses mercy thanks to Amaya, and cuts the chains off her (surprising everyone, maybe even herself)

Karim is not happy and challenges either Janai (for being a weak Queen forgoing all their people's traditions) or Amaya (for making his sister weak and untraditional)

Could be yeah although I'm hoping that Karim won't pull anything like that and just be the new Highmage for the Sunfire-Elves whilest helping his sister and her fiancee as best as possible. It looks like it is that way, judging by how Karim interacted with Janai during one of the short stories we got.

As for that trial scene yeah I doubt Janai is gonna hurt that human in any way. Bear in mind I'm saying this based on what we have now. I'm hoping it get's explained more. Anyway maybe it is some sort of uprising by a secret order or something?

Can't wait to find out.

#janaya #janai #amaya #karim #sunfire elves #tdp #the dragon prince #ask answered

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Hey, im the anon that recommended "i who have never known men" coming with another rec: "blood over bright heaven" by M.L. Wang. Dont want to say too much but it starts with the the first female mage in 10 years to take the test to become a highmage in a patriachal society and her struggles to be taken seriously in that world. It deals with sexism, xenofobia, religion and morality. While the book wears its criticism on its sleeves i think its execution is satisfactory, the magic system is compelling and the protagonist is quite the interesting grey character, kinda reminds me of Lena.

Sorry im not good with book summaries but i have been reading your thoughts on several matters for a while and for that i think you will enjoy this one.

hello again! thanks for the book rec! I have so many I don't know how I'll ever manage to read them all, but that's the nature of life, yeah? tbr's aren't to be emptied.

#book recommendation #blood over bright heaven

[ultramagicalternate]

ULTRAMagic Alternate Lore #8 ANTIMagic Haze

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ANTIMagic designates mages with chaotic, unpredictable magic. This is not to be confused with Aberrant magic as many of these mages have aberrant abilities. ANTIMagic usually forms when there is a great upheaval in one's magic. What this upheaval is can be literally anything. The end result is either the mage in question being corrupted or forming a new entity altogether. There is also the possibility that an ANTIMagic mage can form from the collective emotions of a group of people. Whatever the case, The ULTRAMagic Guild, The Liger Brigade, and M.A.I.G. are very concerned about these mages.

Obviously these mages are quite dangerous as they lack the discipline and training of ULTRAMagic and Highmagic Mages. ANTIMagic mages are also tricky to track down. They do not have a guild nor any allegiance to each other. It does not help that they also pop up at random. Some examples of these mages that have been found are:

Phobos

Deimos

Terror

Eon

Colony

Hex

Mania

Haze

Haze in particular is a semi-incorporeal mage that needs to possess someone in order to use his power. He can manifest in the Unlight, but he will be in a much weaker state. Outside of the Unlight he appears as a dark cloud until he finds a host. Typically he favors those looking to enact revenge, but he can also target random people. The only things required from the host are basic human intelligence (or higher) and a pure enough heart. Those of black hearts die of asphyxiation and are consumed by Haze. This latter outcome is frequently observed when Haze is feeding.

Upon finding a host, Haze creates a symbiosis or sorts with the target. He overrides their magic and replaces it with his own aberrant abilities. Haze then assumes control, but aligns himself with the host’s ambitions (most of the time). Those with a strong enough will can communicate with Haze and even work together. An interesting side effect of a possession is that the host transforms to resemble what Haze would look like if he could manifest outside the Unlight. If a transformation is not possible, he will appear like a ghost around the host.

The danger surrounding Haze is that he can possess anyone within the 3rd and 4th dimension. The vector for possession seems to be emotion, meaning that anyone expressing any form of emotion is a potential host. Haze is also good at hiding his presence spiritually and physically. Only a select few can detect him when he is scouting or hunting. Containment has proven impossible by both The Liger Brigade and M.A.I.G. The former was able to hold him for a week before he escaped by possessing a Liger operative guarding his containment cell. M.A.I.G. on the other hand have tried reasoning with him, to varying degrees of success.

A concerning factor that the ULTRAMagic Guild has discovered is that Haze cannot die and is sustained by the collective desire for vengeance. It is also highly likely that he was born from this and does not originate from any mage in particular. Fortunately Haze does seem to like the ULTRAMagic Guild, so they have been able to talk to and learn more about him. He is even considered an honorary member of the guild. This has led to a decrease in incidents across the Cosmos, but Haze is still a wild card at the end of the day.

Haze highlights the dangers of ANTIMagic. ANTIMagic mages can only be found when they identify themselves and it is unknown how many there are. Some of these mages are peaceful, but that is only a handful of cases. Many also say that they are different, only for them to end up causing chaos and destruction. Concerns of individuals collecting these anomalies have been raised, but it is incredibly unlikely. The danger and risk would be too immense to be feasible for anyone. Ultimately the only solutions are to either defeat or befriend these mages.

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Further Reading: Shadow + Haze

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ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)

#chaotictempleknight #ultramagic alternate #fantasy #sciencefiction #sciencefictionfantasy #lore #lore post #writing #fiction #magic

[blacktourmalinetarot]

To combat the feelings of heaviness, and restless sleep get a small bowl of water with a few drops of florida water and put a piece of Blue Añil or camphor in it then place it under your bed for a week and then switch it out to repeat the process if needed . If you dont have either of those a bowl of salt water can be used instead. Pray psalms 23, or 91 over it🤍🤍

#divination #hoodoo #conjurewoman #conjurequeen #highmagic #bruja #witchcraft #tarot #eclectic witch #wakingwitchblr #blacklivesalwaysmatter #blacklivesmatter #brujasofinstagram #brujasoftumblr #africantraditionalreligion #africanspirituality #forusbyus #protectionmagic #protectyoenergy #jarspells #elementalmagic

[the-darkest-of-lights]

My new witchcraft books i got today im excited to start studying them. #witchcraft #traditionalwitchcraft #highmagic #sevenspheres #darkgoddess #nephilimpress @nephilimpress @llewellynbooks #occult https://www.instagram.com/p/B27u9rnnPPG/?igshid=6j8bpfn3jjro

#witchcraft #traditionalwitchcraft #highmagic #sevenspheres #darkgoddess #nephilimpress #occult

[22teachings]

Lovely offerings to the new Magical Academy! Thanks to all who warmed the space in our first temple ritual. The western direction in the Temple invokes the closing ceremony of the setting Sun, the calming and purifying Sea, the region of the Undines and the realm attributed to Gabriel as one of the four governing Archangels at the watchtowers. A place of peace, serenity and release. #eheieh #undines #highmagic #archangelgabriel #westernwall #Tuminthysetting (at 22 Teachings School of Hermetic Science and Magical Arts) https://www.instagram.com/naha99/p/Bwk5f2aH6-P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kd1yb3pp0fjw

#eheieh #undines #highmagic #archangelgabriel #westernwall #tuminthysetting

[trinitysmagick]

I need to take more pics, more often lol - but happy to get some of my beaded work up in the shop!

#gemstones #GemstoneBeads #ooak #ooakjewelry #highvibe #highmagic #blackkyanite #amethyst #quartz #handcrafted #handmade #handmadejewelry #pagan #crystalhealing #reiki #reikimaster #paganshop #pagans of tumblr #SmallBusiness

[elayagaia]

Happy Power Weekend of New Moon, Solar Eclipse and Beltane Portal! May you manifest your best dreams and reality! Rainbow wishes your way!!! Oh and Jupiter and Venus are conjunct in the sky too! What a magical time... Hoping you are feeling it!!! The Light is vibrantly alive, synchronicities abound, it's high magic time! #rainbowwish #newmoonmagic #solareclipsetime #beltaneportal #venuslove #manifestdreams #highmagic #elayamagic https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc_kZQ0o4Vl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#rainbowwish #newmoonmagic #solareclipsetime #beltaneportal #venuslove #manifestdreams #highmagic #elayamagic

[sussexpellar]

Day 56: Working on projects.. fusing ceremonial techniques with ‘low magic’ seems to work in theory, now to test it out.. #100daysofwitchcraft#sussexwitch #witchesoficeland#witchesofreykjavik#sussexpellar#witchycraft#highmagic#ceremonialmagick#fusion (at Reykjavík, Iceland)

#sussexpellar #sussexwitch #witchesoficeland #witchesofreykjavik #100daysofwitchcraft #ceremonialmagick #highmagic #fusion #witchycraft

[wardandweave]

Middle Magic

This week includes a sample of my magical work, as we look at Middle Magic aka Sorcery. Love and Manyfold Blessings Asphodelo xxx

After a quick couple of google searches that yielded no result on a definition for this particular term. I offer my own.

‘Middle magic is a combination of Low (Sympathetic) and High (Ceremonial) magic.’

However, I prefer to think of this practice as Sorcery and is why I define myself as a Sorcerer.

Why Sorcery? It seems to be that popular culture associates Low magic with Wiccans and Witchcraft…

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#magic #magical #magik #magikal #Apollo #Hellenist #Hellenistic #Hellenism #psychic #psychicprotection #lowmagic #sympatheticmagic #naturalmagic #highmagic #ceremonialmagic #witch #witches #witchcraft #witchblr #sorcery #sorcerer #sorceress #middlemagic #spiritual #spirituality #spiritualism #magick #magickal

[hellocupcakeitsme]

A bit of light reading #highmagic #universityreading https://www.instagram.com/p/CYs-FS_LRnO/?utm_medium=tumblr

#highmagic #universityreading

[fka-le-corbeau-noir]

New little carpet !!! #witch #witchcraft #carpet #kabbalah #goetic #symbols #highmagic #circle #circleofprotection #legematon #witchy #witchofinstargram #snake #magick #magickcircle #protection #witchcircle

#witchcircle #protection #witchcraft #goetic #snake #magickcircle #witchy #witch #carpet #circleofprotection #symbols #legematon #circle #witchofinstargram #highmagic #magick #kabbalah

[markdenin]

Сорт розы High Magic на Эквадорской плантации Ilusiones Garden. #highmagic #exporosas #exporosasecuador #tabacundo #cayambe #rosesecuador #обзоррозы #пророзыэквадор #всеорозах #поставщикцветовизэквадора #заказатьцветывэквадоре #розыизэквадора #розывэквадоре #цветывэквадоре (at Cayambe, Ecuador) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLfdSqF-U5/?igshid=11rr2p8c27nv9

#highmagic #exporosas #exporosasecuador #tabacundo #cayambe #rosesecuador #обзоррозы #пророзыэквадор #всеорозах #поставщикцветовизэквадора #заказатьцветывэквадоре #розыизэквадора #розывэквадоре #цветывэквадоре

[ultramagicalternate]

ULTRAMagic Alternate Master Post

Hey there, ULTRAMagic Alternate is a science fiction fantasy series I work on. The story focuses on the mysterious realm known as The Unlight, the goings on of the metaphysical realms, and the wacky adventures of an Earth where many forms of magic influence it's history.

This serves as a guide for the various stories and arcs of the series. Here you will find the first chapter of each, in mostly chronological order.

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Reference Material

Character Encyclopedia

Alphabetical Character Encyclopedia

Location Encyclopedia

Alphabetical Location Encyclopedia

Glossary

Rules and Boundaries (Potential spoilers)

Families and Organizations

Lore

Lore Posts

UMAE - Table of Contents

Atlantis - Table of Contents

Spiritus Magni - Table of Contents

The Unlight - Table of Contents

The ULTRAMagic Guild

ANTIMagic

Heaven and Hell - Table of Contents

Asgard

The HIGHMagic Guild

Purgatory & Limbo

The Liger Brigade

The Magic Anomaly Investigation Group (M.A.I.G.)

The League

The Red Order

The Devil's Brew Coven

The Weave Collective

The Death Knell Coven

Literature

The Unlight

Prelude - Table of Contents

Interlude - Table of Contents

Shadowland - Table of Contents

Interlude Bonus Chapters - Table of Contents

Eon 1 - Table of Contents

Eon 2 - Table of Contents

Eon 3 - Table of Contents

Intermission - Table of Contents

Alternate - Table of Contents

Heaven & Hell

Saga 1 - Table of Contents

Saga 2 - Table of Contents

Purgatory

Limbo - Table of Contents

Earth

Atlantis - Table of Contents

Wayward - Table of Contents

Side Stories

Chaos 1 - Table of Contents

Babel - Table of Contents

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And the story isn't limited to those arcs. Who knows what might pop up in the future? Will I be linking lore here? No, that stuff should get it's own master post.

ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)

#chaotictempleknight #ultramagic alternate #fantasy #magic #story #literature #Master post #sciencefiction #sciencefictionfantasy