The mantle
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1. Introduction
The mantle is a mysterious tattoo that is passed down from monarchs to monarchs. Colloquially known as Sesei, and the wielder of the mantle, is called Risao.
Sesei grants the power of the 9 kingdoms and the knowledge of all the previous wielder. The symbol above is found on the inner wrist on the wielder.
2. Source of Magic
It was created by the first wielder, WielderOne.
Material
The magic requires innate ability. Only few people can wield the magic, and if not the right person, it would destroy the person.
Availability
There is only one of its kind.
Accessibility
It is accessible to only members of the royal family, from which the wielder can be chosen.
Reliability
The magic is an amalgamation of other magic system.
3. Rules
The power comes from the tattoo, although when the tattoo is removed, there may be a residual magic left in the previous wielder.
Limitation
Since this is an amalgamation of different powers, each power has its own limitation. On top of that, using the tattoo requires physical energy. Using it can be exhausting.
Weakness
- Fatigue: Using it makes the wielder physically weak and vulnerable to direct physical attacks
- Mental susceptibility: Each time it is used, WielderOne gets closer to taking over the current wielder's body and erase their mind. It was created by WielderOne as a means to stay alive, be immortal.
Consequence
- Secondary reaction: using it leads to a tear in dimension where a great evil comes through, and put the whole world in eternal night and sleep. This process takes around 100 years for the tear to become big enough. In the meantime, as the tear widens, smaller evil things comes through that causes all sorts of devastation, ranging from pests to pestilence. The only way to stop this is to destroy the mantle.
4. Mechanics
This depends on the individual power.
Sensory
When the magic is initiated, the tattoo glows briefly, like golden. The magical symbols is also apparent in some of the uses, like if they transform into an animal, the tattoo appear on the animal
Skill
Each abilities must be trained and mastered
5. Users of Magic
Only certain members of the royal family can use the tattoo.
Sociology
The wielder becomes the defacto ruler of the magical world
Institutions
The druids are the keepers of the mantle and responsible for extracting and passing the mantle between wielders.
While they do not select the next wielder, they determine from the list of contestant who can handle the mantle.
Physical effect
There is no physical changes except a glimmering tattoo on their hand, and certain physical adaptations that enables them to handle all their powers.
6. History and Lore
The history has been obscured and modified over centuries deliberately by WielderOne to facilitate his own reincarnation.
What the world knows
A tear in the world, all the species in the world came together to stop the great evil that came through it. They imbued their essence into the mantle through a lost art, and choose the weakest member of their society, humans to wield such powerful ability.
The first wielder, WielderOne, defeated the great evil but also predicted that the evil will come back, hence, it must be passed down.
The real story, as much as we can discern is that WielderOne my have been a druid who created the mantle using their druidic abilities and lots of experimentation and sacrificing of different species. Their goal was to be immortal, and that was the first part that they perfected, and only with time did they imbue themselves with the powers of other species.
The creation of the mantle also lead to the tear in the dimensions bring great evil to the world from a dimension beyond.
History and culture
There is a deep reverence for the wielder of the mantle.
Lost art
Attempts to maintain sanity It is possible to suppress WielderOne, and prevent them from taking over. This requires blood sacrifice from a loved one, and their soul kinds of merges with the mantle and holding the soul of the WielderOne back.
Second attempt
Alternatively, all the previous wielders are also in connected to the mantle and have been silenced for a long time. But the current wielder (Kenny) can draw them out, and they may even help him to hold back WielderOne, giving him freedom to use the mantle with zero risk of been taken over
Destroying the mantle
Destroying the mantle will destroy the evil one forever and close the tear. Perhaps, the evil one is ony interested in the mantle, maybe it was stolen from the alternate dimension.