Sigilic Pyromancy - Revision history

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 ==Source==
 Like other Raw Magics, Sigilic Pyromancy draws from a Mark of Control: the Black Sigil itself. Acting as a conduit to harness the power of the soul, called the 'Beacon', the Sigil also acts as the basis for the magic and its distinguishing properties from common pyrokinesis. Interestingly, the vast majority do not believe Sigilic Pyromancy to be a Raw Magic, as they could not conceive of the Sigil as a Mark. Most see it as a gift bestowed upon Aldrin, and shared with others.
 ===Concepts===

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 *An Enkindled weapon must be actively held by the Pyromancer in order to channel Sigilic Pyromancy abilities.
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 It is said in the Northerner's Diaries, a series of journals written by an ancient man who lived among the Ald’norai for a time, that the Black Sigil began to manifest upon the Ashen Elves almost at random at first. The Sigil would form upon one's skin and lead to a horrifying fate, exposing the Elf to the vulnerability of aging. The Ald’norai, who were seemingly immortal at that time, were strangers to such things; they prospered with inhuman vitality that led many lesser races to label them as God-like beings. Most withered rapidly and died shortly after the sign appeared, and as a result of its crudeness it was labeled a weapon of war, a magical plague. It was 'quarantined' to no avail, and no magics could even act to reduce its effects. And so, while the sign continued to defy conventional arcane markers, the Ald’norai began to notice a trend: that the eldest among them were the ones to receive it, with the young almost immune.  It appeared to be a curse meant to hold the Ashen Elves liable to death, despite what mysticism they had used to infinitely extend their lifetimes, even to the point of altering their young.
-Yet even as their lifespans crawled back and future generations found themselves aging and dying younger and younger, the Sigil continued to appear, often upon mages who sought to deny this seemingly divine command of death. They of course discovered the source before long: Malek, and with seeming permissiveness by the Grimlord they sought to understand and harness the Sigil. More than a curse of death, it was discovered to be a source of great power, a beacon for magic not beholden to the same Runic archetype. It was discovered that the Black Sigil was a method of harnessing one's soul, whether to empower or degrade it, and it could even be used to craft new abilities.
+Yet even as their lifespans crawled back and future generations found themselves aging and dying younger and younger, the Sigil continued to appear, often upon mages who sought to deny this seemingly divine command of death. They of course discovered the source before long: Malek, and with seeming permissiveness by the Grimlord they sought to understand and harness the Sigil. More than a curse of death, it was discovered to be a source of great power, a beacon for magic not beholden to the same arcane archetype. It was discovered that the Black Sigil was a method of harnessing one's soul, whether to empower or degrade it, and it could even be used to craft new abilities.
 Sigilic Pyromancy, then, became a result of hundreds of years of evolution within the Black Sigil; altering the framework of the emblem that had almost become synonymous with the Ald’norai. Eventually, it became something much more than a force binding their race to death. And even over a thousand years later, it remains a method of both empowering and restraining the people once called 'Ashen Elves'.
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 Like other Raw Magics, Sigilic Pyromancy draws from a Mark of Control: the Black Sigil itself. Acting as a conduit to harness the power of the soul, called the 'Beacon', the Sigil also acts as the basis for the magic and its distinguishing properties from common pyrokinesis. Interestingly, the vast majority do not believe Sigilic Pyromancy to be a Raw Magic, as they could not conceive of the Sigil as a Mark. Most see it as a gift bestowed upon Aldrin, and shared with others.
-==Properties==
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-Though most Ebon Knights refer to flame crafted by Sigilic Pyromancy plainly as 'fire', it was distinguished by the Ashen Elves to be known as 'Shrivenflame' for its seeming hunger for life, its strange affinity for the spectral and its enhanced mortality towards all things which seek to defy death. Shrivenflame does not extinguish easily; it can rage for days fueled by seemingly nothing, yet ironically does not appear to spread wildly via flammable materials as other fire does. It can envelop a section of a tree and remain there, burning for days or longer, yet will never without direction move to envelop the remainder of that tree.
+'''Shrivenflame:''' Though most Ebon Knights refer to flame crafted by Sigilic Pyromancy plainly as 'fire', it was distinguished by the Ashen Elves to be known as 'Shrivenflame' for its seeming hunger for life, its strange affinity for the spectral and its enhanced mortality towards all things which seek to defy death. Shrivenflame does not extinguish easily; it can rage for days fueled by seemingly nothing, yet ironically does not appear to spread wildly via flammable materials as other fire does. It can envelop a section of a tree and remain there, burning for days or longer, yet will never without direction move to envelop the remainder of that tree.
 It burns hot - incredibly so. It can easily melt men through their armor; it can smelt weapons unintentionally, and turn sand slowly into glass. Shrivenflame, rather than common flame, appears to be born through intention and it similarly dies through neglect. Until enough time passes however, almost nothing can snuff it out.

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-=Introduction=
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 Central to the threat posed to the [[Dranoch]] by the Black Remedy is Sigilic Pyromancy, an ancient [[Sil'Norai]] magic that many often mistake for common mastery over flame upon first glace. Unlike the theoretical practice of elemental Pyrokinesis, Sigilic Pyromancy does not manipulate raw and mundane flame (detailed in 'Properties'), resulting in highly divergent abilities and limitations. Access to this magic is performed through individual kindlings, both via the weapon and the magi's soul.

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 =Abilities=
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-'''Enkindle''': Able to be learned at Novice, Enkindle acts as a foundational ability to Sigilic Pyromancy. Cinders of flame are drawn from the Beacon to infuse a weapon with fire, which then acts as the instrument from which the Black Sigil channels flame, gathering the fire around the Enkindled weapon before it is shaped and released. This ability enables all others and while it is a passive infusion to any weapon enkindled, a Pyromancer is limited in how many weapons they may infuse and cannot remove an infusion without contact with the object. This fundamentally means that novice Pyromancers can be left vulnerable without a tool through which they might harness their abilities, and so it is incredibly important not to surrender one's weapon or be disarmed. An Enkindled weapon is naturally much more difficult to fracture, damage or break, and simmers with small fires and sparks of flame while drawn. Enkindled weapons are incredibly hot and can therefore cut through many objects with greater ease. Additionally, they seem to be immune to the negative effects of fire, and do not melt or corrode due to being used as a conduit for it.
+'''Enkindle''': Able to be learned at Novice, Enkindle acts as a foundational ability to Sigilic Pyromancy. Cinders of flame are drawn from the Beacon to infuse a weapon with fire, which then acts as the instrument from which the Black Sigil channels flame, gathering the fire around the Enkindled weapon before it is shaped and released. This ability enables all others and while it is a passive infusion to any weapon enkindled, a Pyromancer is limited in how many weapons they may infuse and cannot remove an infusion without contact with the object. This fundamentally means that novice Pyromancers can be left vulnerable without a tool through which they might harness their abilities, and so it is incredibly important not to surrender one's weapon or be disarmed. An Enkindled weapon is naturally much more difficult to fracture, damage or break, and simmers with small fires and sparks of flame while drawn. Enkindled weapons are incredibly hot and can therefore cut through many objects with greater ease. Additionally, they seem to be immune to the negative effects of fire, and do not melt or corrode due to being used as a conduit for it. No one but the Pyromancer may use their Enkindled weapons.
 '''Flamelance''': Acquired at Novice, Flamelance is the formation of a fiery javelin that can be launched at an enemy as a high velocity projectile. It is formed in the Pyromancer's free hand, holding the Lance behind their shoulder with their arms raised before throwing it with great force. Its range and accuracy are based upon skill in Sigilic Pyromancy rather than Thrown Weapons, and the same goes for the Lance's speed and size. At Novice it is fairly meager at around four feet long and generally losing precision after around thirty feet of distance. At Apprentice this extends to six feet and seventy five feet of distance; Journeyman eight and a hundred twenty, Expert no longer increases length but the range increases dramatically to two hundred and fifty feet, and Master can precisely throw as far as the eye can see, with the lance even capable of shifting its trajectory during flight. Flamelance gains more and more explosive properties as the Pyromancer's skill develops, starting with a small explosive impact at Journeyman and extending to a forceful wide-radius explosion of around ten meters at mastery. The width of the Lance increases marginally with each rank of mastery.

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 ===Deathstalker Abilities===
-'''Miasmana:''' So attuned to the Dead Realm, the Deathstalker learns to harness miasma. Unlike most Ascended abilities, this ability can transform the way the Deathstalker interacts with the entire magic. A Deathstalker is capable of inhaling and exhaling miasma, and may infuse their weapon with miasma similar to Enkindling, which provides the infused object with a corrosive effect. They may also exhale this miasma en masse like a dragon's breath, can use it to regenerate wounds (as is listed in the Deathstalker section), and more importantly, can perform all of the abilities of Sigilic Pyromancy with miasma instead of flame.
+'''Miasmana:''' So attuned to the Dead Realm, the Deathstalker learns to harness miasma. Unlike most Ascended abilities, this ability can transform the way the Deathstalker interacts with the entire magic. A Deathstalker is capable of inhaling and exhaling miasma, and may infuse their weapon with miasma similar to Enkindling, which imbues the infused object with a corrosive effect. They may also exhale this miasma en masse like a dragon's breath, can use it to regenerate wounds (as is listed in the Deathstalker section), and more importantly, can perform all of the abilities of Sigilic Pyromancy with miasma instead of flame.
 Miasma can only be stored within a Deathstalker in limited quantities, but it is ethereally efficient, producing less radioactive waste when refined by the Deathstalker's Mark. This means a Deathstalker can wield miasma with less exertion (and therefore drawbacks) than with the basic abilities of their magic, so long as they contain adequate reserves. An ability that is performed with miasma will literally be miasma; it will not be fire or Shrivenflame. It tends to appear as a purplish-black, gas-like substance that spreads through the air and sticks to surfaces. Miasmana, the name of the Deathstalker's refined miasma, is similarly as lethal to [[Ghosts]], [[Dunash|undead]] and other undying as Shrivenflame is.