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Sovereign: /* The Origins */

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 ==The Origins==
-Nightfall was created through a collaboration between [[Tenebrax]] and [[Venadak]], borne as the result of their shared empathy for the derelict and oppressed classes through the waning days of the Unbroken Empire. Originally proliferated among slaves to provide them with a method to protect themselves against their master's wroth, the magic quickly became the source point for one of the bloodiest massacres in the Empire's history. Inquisitors marched door-to-door across the Empire, killing every last slave imbued with the Mark of Nightfall, and forcing many to initiate agents of the Empire against their will. What was created as a tool of liberation quickly became merely one method of further subjugation, as Nightfall was pointed against the very slaves it was meant to protect.
+Nightfall was created through a collaboration between [[Tenebrax]] and [[Venadak]], borne as the result of their shared empathy for the derelict and oppressed classes through the waning days of the [[Unbroken Empire]]. Originally proliferated among slaves to provide them with a method to protect themselves against their master's wroth, the magic quickly became the source point for one of the bloodiest massacres in the Empire's history. Inquisitors marched door-to-door across the Empire, killing every last slave imbued with the Mark of Nightfall, and forcing many to initiate agents of the Empire against their will. What was created as a tool of liberation quickly became merely one method of further subjugation, as Nightfall was pointed against the very slaves it was meant to protect.
 The two Creator-Gods did not take kindly to this development, seen as an act of defiance and blasphemy. It was the appropriation of Nightfall that first began the Divine Bombardment of the Unbroken Empire, as beams of light and chaotic rays of energy descended from [[Muid]] to assault the Empire's fortifications, ravaging their armies day and night. An eclipse rose in the sky above Adena for three years, and millions of Mithira's residents became blind staring at or even glancing in the direction of the great solar collision. Nightfall was named for these sequences of events, as an astral darkness reigned over the Empire's great stronghold long enough to depress the entire region. The controversy over this magic was, undeniably, the beginning of the Gods' war against the Empire, ultimately culminating in the Sundering of the Planes.

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 ==The Origins==
-Nightfall was created through a collaboration between [[Izonata]] and [[Venadak]], borne as the result of their shared empathy for the derelict and oppressed classes through the waning days of the Unbroken Empire. Originally proliferated among slaves to provide them with a method to protect themselves against their master's wroth, the magic quickly became the source point for one of the bloodiest massacres in the Empire's history. Inquisitors marched door-to-door across the Empire, killing every last slave imbued with the Mark of Nightfall, and forcing many to initiate agents of the Empire against their will. What was created as a tool of liberation quickly became merely one method of further subjugation, as Nightfall was pointed against the very slaves it was meant to protect.
+Nightfall was created through a collaboration between [[Tenebrax]] and [[Venadak]], borne as the result of their shared empathy for the derelict and oppressed classes through the waning days of the Unbroken Empire. Originally proliferated among slaves to provide them with a method to protect themselves against their master's wroth, the magic quickly became the source point for one of the bloodiest massacres in the Empire's history. Inquisitors marched door-to-door across the Empire, killing every last slave imbued with the Mark of Nightfall, and forcing many to initiate agents of the Empire against their will. What was created as a tool of liberation quickly became merely one method of further subjugation, as Nightfall was pointed against the very slaves it was meant to protect.
 The two Creator-Gods did not take kindly to this development, seen as an act of defiance and blasphemy. It was the appropriation of Nightfall that first began the Divine Bombardment of the Unbroken Empire, as beams of light and chaotic rays of energy descended from [[Muid]] to assault the Empire's fortifications, ravaging their armies day and night. An eclipse rose in the sky above Adena for three years, and millions of Mithira's residents became blind staring at or even glancing in the direction of the great solar collision. Nightfall was named for these sequences of events, as an astral darkness reigned over the Empire's great stronghold long enough to depress the entire region. The controversy over this magic was, undeniably, the beginning of the Gods' war against the Empire, ultimately culminating in the Sundering of the Planes.
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 ===Concepts===
-'''Twilight:''' Twilight is the founding concept of Nightfall, built into the magic through collaboration between Izonata and Venadak. Considering all Nightfallen have some basic ability to interact with light, they are able to manipulate the photons within light to generate darkness. They do so by physically moving their body through the surrounding light, smoke-like shadow forming from within their movements before rushing towards and condensing within their palm.
+'''Twilight:''' Twilight is the founding concept of Nightfall, built into the magic through collaboration between Tenebrax and Venadak. Considering all Nightfallen have some basic ability to interact with light, they are able to manipulate the photons within light to generate darkness. They do so by physically moving their body through the surrounding light, smoke-like shadow forming from within their movements before rushing towards and condensing within their palm.
 '''Umbralplasm:''' Once darkness has been pulled from surrounding photons, it is quickly congealed through a mixture of ether and oxygen into a grimy, organic-like substance known as Umbralplasm. Umbralplasm is the foundational substance behind almost all of Nightfall's abilities, and it has a few unique properties of its own.
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 '''Stratum''': Journeyman. Stratum is a wall of darkness, crafted by releasing some of the contents of a Compass. While the base of Stratum is typically constructed by Umbralplasm, the exterior tends to appear smoky in color and texture. This ability is highly malleable, and can often greatly expand in radius by reducing the density of the formed wall. Equally, it can become smaller and more compact, serving as a near impenetrable (but small) shield. Stratum is also known for its secondary effect; it can fire black tendrils of Umbralplasm at a high velocity to whip, slash at and impale enemies from its surface, often unexpectedly.
-'''Shepherd''': Journeyman. Shepherd was initially designed by Izonata to allow for Marked slaves to escape their chains, fleeing from their masters for good. It is the ability to create wings of Umbralplasm, fully functional and capable of flight. Notably, the wings constructed by Shepherd are capable of truly dynamic mobility, able to direct their movement freely within a multi-directional axis, similar to a hummingbird. As a downside to Shepherd, while it is relatively cheap to construct, more precise movements require a relatively small increase in ether expenditure, which can accumulate to a large excess and can often lead to Overstepping this hummingbird-like precision is maintained for long durations.
+'''Shepherd''': Journeyman. Shepherd was initially designed by Tenebrax to allow for Marked slaves to escape their chains, fleeing from their masters for good. It is the ability to create wings of Umbralplasm, fully functional and capable of flight. Notably, the wings constructed by Shepherd are capable of truly dynamic mobility, able to direct their movement freely within a multi-directional axis, similar to a hummingbird. As a downside to Shepherd, while it is relatively cheap to construct, more precise movements require a relatively small increase in ether expenditure, which can accumulate to a large excess and can often lead to Overstepping this hummingbird-like precision is maintained for long durations.
 '''Lance''': Expert. Lance manipulates the edges of Shepherd's wings, shaping their outer surface into a great volley of spear-like tendrils that descend from above to below. These elongated spears are known to hit the ground from dozens of meters in the air almost instantaneously once primed, though they are very visible when forming. The spears tend to number around twenty to thirty, and each can impale thick plate, becoming only more piercing if fired from greater range.
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 ===Related Articles===
-*[[Izonata]]
+*[[Tenebrax]]
 *[[Venadak]]
 *[[Eminence]]

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 '''Collision''': Master. Collision is the first and final pure manifestation of Venadak's gravitational imprint on the magic, allowing for the Nightfallen to generate a destructive gravitational wave. By colliding two dense, highly compressed Umbralplasmic structures, the mage can generate an impact force so intense that it can decimate nearby objects and organic matter, pulling objects at the edge of the radius within before erupting with devastating energy. The larger and denser the Umbralplasm, the wider the radius of this intense force, and the more destructive. This comes with the drawback of making the collision slower, as the heavier, denser Umbralplasmic structures are more difficult for the Nightfallen to control. Equally, these larger collisions require more ether, but can unleash a truly devastating blast of force that can extend hundreds of feet outward.
-'''Conjunction''': Master. Conjunction is, like Collision, an ability meant to inflict raw devastation on an area. The Nightfallen fully expands a Compass, releasing the entirety of its contents to inflict a vast wave of destructive Umbralplasm across a given field, somewhat blindly. This often manifests as a flurry of massive, root-like tendrils lashing and flailing over the field and eroding what they touch, or blasts of darkness similar to Volley, but with greater piercing power or force. Each sphere unleashed by Conjunction tends to release a catastrophic amount of Umbralplasm, enough to devastate the area before a Nightfallen, typically in a cone. Conjunction expends a large amount of ether, and utilizing it more than once in a battle often leads to Overstepping.
+'''Conjunction''': Master. Conjunction is, like Collision, an ability meant to inflict raw devastation on an area. The Nightfallen fully expands a Compass, releasing the entirety of its contents to inflict a vast wave of destructive Umbralplasm across a given field, somewhat blindly. This often manifests as a flurry of massive, root-like tendrils lashing and flailing over the field and eroding what they touch, or blasts of darkness similar to Volley, but with greater piercing power or force. Each sphere unleashed by Conjunction tends to release a catastrophic amount of Umbralplasm, enough to devastate the area before a Nightfallen, typically in a cone. Conjunction expends a large amount of ether, and utilizing it more than a few times in a battle often leads to Overstepping.
 ===Stygian Abilities===

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 ==Mutations==
-Common mutations of Nightfall tend to include perceiving light or moonlight as one would darkness, interacting with moonlight as one would sunlight (such as being able to receive 'moonburns' from the moon), being able to see in deeper darkness, being more difficult to grab or subdue, and other themes and concepts central to the magic. Psychologically, Nightfallen tend to be strong-willed and independent, unwilling to bow or accept the commandments of others, and may develop mutations that infer an aversion to power structures, hierarchies or slavers. Mutations that alter the shape, appearance, structure or applications of their wings (from the ability 'Reign') are also very common.
+Common mutations of Nightfall tend to include perceiving light or moonlight as one would darkness, interacting with moonlight as one would sunlight (such as being able to receive 'moonburns' from the moon), being able to see in deeper darkness, being more difficult to grab or subdue, and other themes and concepts central to the magic. Psychologically, Nightfallen tend to be strong-willed and independent, unwilling to bow or accept the commandments of others, and may develop mutations that infer an aversion to power structures, hierarchies or slavers. Mutations that alter the shape, appearance, structure or applications of their wings (from the ability 'Shepherd') are also very common.
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 '''Stratum''': Journeyman. Stratum is a wall of darkness, crafted by releasing some of the contents of a Compass. While the base of Stratum is typically constructed by Umbralplasm, the exterior tends to appear smoky in color and texture. This ability is highly malleable, and can often greatly expand in radius by reducing the density of the formed wall. Equally, it can become smaller and more compact, serving as a near impenetrable (but small) shield. Stratum is also known for its secondary effect; it can fire black tendrils of Umbralplasm at a high velocity to whip, slash at and impale enemies from its surface, often unexpectedly.
-'''Reign''': Journeyman. Reign was initially designed by Izonata to allow for Marked slaves to escape their chains, fleeing from their masters for good. It is the ability to create wings of Umbralplasm, fully functional and capable of flight. Notably, the wings constructed by Reign are capable of truly dynamic mobility, able to direct their movement freely within a multi-directional axis, similar to a hummingbird. As a downside to Reign, while it is relatively cheap to construct, more precise movements require a relatively small increase in ether expenditure, which can accumulate to a large excess and can often lead to Overstepping this hummingbird-like precision is maintained for long durations.
+'''Shepherd''': Journeyman. Shepherd was initially designed by Izonata to allow for Marked slaves to escape their chains, fleeing from their masters for good. It is the ability to create wings of Umbralplasm, fully functional and capable of flight. Notably, the wings constructed by Shepherd are capable of truly dynamic mobility, able to direct their movement freely within a multi-directional axis, similar to a hummingbird. As a downside to Shepherd, while it is relatively cheap to construct, more precise movements require a relatively small increase in ether expenditure, which can accumulate to a large excess and can often lead to Overstepping this hummingbird-like precision is maintained for long durations.
-'''Overreign''': Expert. Overreign manipulates the edges of Reign's wings, shaping their outer surface into a great volley of spear-like tendrils that descend from above to below. These elongated spears are known to hit the ground from dozens of meters in the air almost instantaneously once primed, though they are very visible when forming. The spears tend to number around twenty to thirty, and each can impale thick plate, becoming only more piercing if fired from greater range.
+'''Lance''': Expert. Lance manipulates the edges of Shepherd's wings, shaping their outer surface into a great volley of spear-like tendrils that descend from above to below. These elongated spears are known to hit the ground from dozens of meters in the air almost instantaneously once primed, though they are very visible when forming. The spears tend to number around twenty to thirty, and each can impale thick plate, becoming only more piercing if fired from greater range.
 '''Obscurafane''': Expert. By rapidly expelling Umbralplasm, the Nightfallen creates an irregular void of shifting Umbralplasm twenty feet tall and as many feet across, crashing down in a slurry of varying densities. These densities shift and roil like the tide, the darker blobs feeling as crushing stones while the lighter areas feel as an abrupt wind. This shifting tide still allows some light through the smoky in-between. However, the dark, floating nodules slathering over the face can obscure vision or batter with their sheer density, knocking victims around or else suspending them in a bedding of jostling and sticky, shifting ooze making it truly difficult to escape or give chase conventionally. This ability has a tendency to roll and spin those subjected to it, disorienting them and suspending their sense of gravity. Receding rapidly, the densities thin towards a tarry, hazardous field of still yet slowly degrading Umbralplasm.
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 ==Journeyman==
-A Journeyman Nightfall mage gains access to Volley, Stratum and Reign. This is, by far, considered to be the most significant step in the magic, as the Nightfallen expands their repertoire of abilities greatly, gaining offensive, defensive and mobility-focused abilities. Volley allows for the Nightfallen to blind, disable, weigh down or even smother foes, while Stratum allows for a variable defense-offense that can be manipulated both in density and structure. Reign allows for advanced flight, significantly beyond even the natural limits of the vast majority of species, allowing for perfect turning and movement across any of the spheres along the axis of movement. The Nightfallen improves in their ability to generate and compress Umbralplasm, allowing for the offensive application of the magic to expand.
+A Journeyman Nightfall mage gains access to Volley, Stratum and Shepherd. This is, by far, considered to be the most significant step in the magic, as the Nightfallen expands their repertoire of abilities greatly, gaining offensive, defensive and mobility-focused abilities. Volley allows for the Nightfallen to blind, disable, weigh down or even smother foes, while Stratum allows for a variable defense-offense that can be manipulated both in density and structure. Shepherd allows for advanced flight, significantly beyond even the natural limits of the vast majority of species, allowing for perfect turning and movement across any of the spheres along the axis of movement. The Nightfallen improves in their ability to generate and compress Umbralplasm, allowing for the offensive application of the magic to expand.
 ==Expert==
-Following after the leap of progression of Journeyman, the Expert Nightfallen gains access to three new abilities: Overreign, Obscurafane and Shadowrend. Overreign is a simple ability, launching a rapid volley of spear-like tendrils from the wings of Reign, which can crash against and impale through objects on the ground with extreme speed and precision. Obscurafane acts - typically - as a defensive measure, unleashing a rolling tide of Umbralplasm to push, knock down and disorient foes around the mage before receding. Shadowrend constructs three scythe-like, crescent blades of Umbralplasm to duel foes, and acts as the signature weapon of the Nightfallen.
+Following after the leap of progression of Journeyman, the Expert Nightfallen gains access to three new abilities: Lance, Obscurafane and Shadowrend. Lance is a simple ability, launching a rapid volley of spear-like tendrils from the wings of Shepherd, which can crash against and impale through objects on the ground with extreme speed and precision. Obscurafane acts - typically - as a defensive measure, unleashing a rolling tide of Umbralplasm to push, knock down and disorient foes around the mage before receding. Shadowrend constructs three scythe-like, crescent blades of Umbralplasm to duel foes, and acts as the signature weapon of the Nightfallen.
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 =Ascension: The Stygian=
-Amidst the throes of an eclipse, a true master of Nightfall may choose to surrender the person they were to a being of converging darkness and light, otherwise known as a Stygian. A Stygian is a unique being, one that is known to have 'two faces', their Umbral and Prosaic forms. The Stygian's Prosaic form is their regular self, albeit with changed eyes. Their sclera will change to a black shade, with their irises mimicking an eclipse. A dark core will sit surrounded by the outer edges of light, which show a fiery shade of amber. The Umbral form is far more intense, a total shift to every detail of who they were. Their hair will be colored black, their bodies matching in shade as a blindfold grows around their eyes. Golden embellishments grow along various features, varying from Stygian to Stygian. Most notably, black wings extend from their backs, which may be used with all the freedom of Reign with none of the cost.
+Amidst the throes of an eclipse, a true master of Nightfall may choose to surrender the person they were to a being of converging darkness and light, otherwise known as a Stygian. A Stygian is a unique being, one that is known to have 'two faces', their Umbral and Prosaic forms. The Stygian's Prosaic form is their regular self, albeit with changed eyes. Their sclera will change to a black shade, with their irises mimicking an eclipse. A dark core will sit surrounded by the outer edges of light, which show a fiery shade of amber. The Umbral form is far more intense, a total shift to every detail of who they were. Their hair will be colored black, their bodies matching in shade as a blindfold grows around their eyes. Golden embellishments grow along various features, varying from Stygian to Stygian. Most notably, black wings extend from their backs, which may be used with all the freedom of Shepherd with none of the cost.
 Behind their heads appears a plate-like halo, colored like an eclipse, with deep brass outer edges and a dark core. At any moment, this 'halo' may be shaped into a weapon of the Stygian's choosing, and wielded as an impenetrable arm. The Umbral Stygian may freely merge with shadow, disappearing into darkness before re-emerging to strike.

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 '''Confide''': Apprentice. Confide allows for the Nightfallen to leave a projection of their features, typically their face (though this may extend to their entire body) within a shadow, configuring this projection to prime and communicate with specific individuals who encounter it. As an example, a Nightfallen may imbue a hallway's shadow with a projection of themselves that is designated to communicate with a specific friend or ally, which will immediately begin to speak to them as they enter the shadow, or step within a certain threshold of it. These projections can last months or even years as a Master, though once they are triggered they tend to be expended.
-'''Obscura''': Apprentice. By congealing a swell of Umbralplasm beneath the feet of the Nightfallen, it rises and wraps about them and their attire or weaponry, forming a cloak of impenetrable darkness. Unlike true darkness, the Umbralplasm selectively allows photons to shimmer across the surface, creating a limited range of camouflage that mimics the surrounding low light. They will appear as a pale blue blur slinking between the grasses under the light of the moon, or the darkest shimmer of black. Under direct warmer hues of light, they will appear smoky as the guise strains, evaporating at the seams. This camouflaging darkness cannot be manifested in a brightly lit room save for lunar light, nor will it hold for more than a few moments before even a torch. Those who are in some way in some way in favor of oppressing others shall lose the camouflaging aspect. The cost of manifesting Obscura becomes insignificant as the Nightfallen progresses towards Mastery.
+'''Obscura''': Apprentice. By congealing a swell of Umbralplasm beneath the feet of the Nightfallen, it rises and wraps about them and their attire or weaponry, forming a cloak of impenetrable darkness. Unlike true darkness, the Umbralplasm selectively allows photons to shimmer across the surface, creating a limited range of camouflage that mimics the surrounding low light. They will appear as a pale blue blur slinking between the grasses under the light of the moon, or the darkest shimmer of black. Under direct warmer hues of light, they will appear smoky as the guise strains, evaporating at the seams. This camouflaging darkness cannot be manifested in a brightly lit room save for lunar light, nor will it hold for more than a few moments before even a torch. Those who are in some way in favor of oppressing others shall lose the camouflaging aspect. The cost of manifesting Obscura becomes insignificant as the Nightfallen progresses towards Mastery.
 '''Volley''': Journeyman. Volley is the first offensive application of Nightfall, and the first ability which harnesses the Compass as a conduit. The Nightfallen expels some of the contents of a Compass, releasing a volley of congealed globs of darkness that will fire en masse across the area, moving at a high velocity. Once they land on designated enemies, they will begin to slither across their forms to get to their eyes, ears, lips and nostrils, blinding, deafening and sometimes even totally preventing them from breathing. Further, as one progresses through Nightfallen and begins to generate more compressed Umbralplasm, Volley equally has a notable ability to weigh down or oppress the movement of targets landed upon. While this ability relies on these globs hitting foes, often from long distances, it can have a dramatic and even lethal effect.

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 ===Severe===
+'''Umbralysis:''' Nightfallen who venture too far beyond their capabilities may be stricken with Umbralysis for their folly. This horrid magical ailment subjects the mage to their own manifested Umbralplasm, felling them beneath the combined and compressed weight of every last nearby drop as it lurches for them and piles on. Should they survive the initial collapse, the condition will persist for months, converting any nearby darkness into Umbralplasm that grasps and tugs, quickly growing out of hand to slowly bury them alive until they are crushed beneath the growing weight. To survive, they most avoid even their own shadow until the condition passes, surrounding themselves in warm light from all angles. Moonlight will not suffice as a light source.
 ==Mutations==