Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170821224224

Oh boy this is going to be a semi-heavy subject I'm trying to tackle, how to explain and have a magic system within the Empire. well let's see where this goes...

Rin 'Magic' revolves around three core things: The Gods, Cyrus Crystals, and Psychic energy. The Gods in Rin belief and practice are the very core of magic with they themselves being the source of magical powers, it's the reasons the proper term for witches and sorcerers would be 'blessed or touched'. Now Cyrus Crystals are blue crystals found rarely on worlds spread out across the Empire, asteroids, and the heart of stars. They have the ability to both, in a sense, tear a hole between the psychic and material realm as well as being able to 'store' mass amounts of energy both material and magic in theory. Now Cyrus Crystals aren't the only way to use magic seeing as psychic power alone is enough Cyrus is more a enhancer or a well of energy for a touched individual to use.

Now uses for magic are varied although normally spiritual in nature I will list the common types within the Empire:

- Divination is the most common type of Magic it calls upon the Gods by use of chants, special scripts, or sacrifices and generally 'grant' the user in question some sort of temporary, ability, vision, or clarity of some sorts (normally manifesting itself in the later two). General Divination is used to see clarity within chaos, seek directions, or to peer into the future or ones mind (without use of a machine of sorts for the latter). Divination is usually practiced by Sooth Sayers or Seers who use a mix of chant and ritual.

- Words of Power are phrases thought to hold power or be used to 'summon' a god's power of some sort. They would look like and sound like the 'spells' of our world. They tend to be a form of 'lesser magic' carved unto buildings to protect from angry spirits and so on. Although some claim by use of certain phrases one can obtain unlimited power.

Now for things used within Magical rituals:

- Blood Script is a old 'art' within the Empire with it's symbols thought to be directly written by the Gods themselves. Blood Script is solely used within cult rituals and writings or 'holy' nature. As it's name implies blood is used within the ink of the letters.

- Chant is commonly used in all forms of magic with each sect, cult, and world having it's own 'Magic language' and magical words or phrases used to chant a God's power into existence.

- Wands/ relics, and other items are used in the context of ritual with the belief that if they are used they grant extra spiritual powers.

Now before you say, "This is a giant hoax!" sometimes it is totally faked, but actual magic does indeed exist and it exists because people believe it does. This power of belief is one of the few things of the material realm that affect the spiritual if enough people believe, for example, blood script carries power it will, if enough people think a phrase provides protection it will, and so on and so fourth. 