Emrylír

== Emrylír ==
Emrylír or magic is a power wielded by members of the Sigjrarir tribe, although it is possible for others to acquire it. Said to be passed down the line of Boltunri, emrylír allows the wielder to harness this ancestral power to creates intricate spells of beauty and wonder as diverse as the very elements themselves. However, this does not come without a cost, wielding this ancestral power is greatly taxing and an unskilled users may kill themselves trying to do the most mundane tasks. 
The most powerful Emrylírrar are often those with the highest concentration of blood passed down from the wanderer God Boltunri. Although, most members of the Sigjrarir are descent in some form from him, and even the smallest amount of blood can wield as great a power as any other with the right amount of training and attunement. Additionally, as the power is derived from the Gods, Emrylírrar are at their most powerful during an eclipse, followed by vinlǫrnookr (polar lights) and during the daytime. 
Some practitioners however, forsake the teachings passed down by the Gods and rather than using their own physical ability to wield emrylír, steal the essence from all-living things in nature. This practice has a corrupting effect on the the soul and physical appearance of the user, twisting it into a grotesque mockery of what it once was as it's very nature is in contrast to the sacrifice that was undertaken by the Gods. The energy that is stolen is tainted, and it's purity it lost forever. As such, users of this form of emrylír, or rather nunalír are exceedingly rare and often banished by the Sigjrarir. 
(Author's Note: For the purpose of explaining how the magic system works in practice, an example would be trying to run a marathon without doing any training beforehand, you would struggle to complete it and those that did may find they cause themselves serious harm. The same is the case for using emrylír. For nunalír, think of it as drinking twenty pints of beer every night, it's great at the time, but you wake up in the morning and you can feel the damage it has done, the more you do it, the more damage it does to you until your body gives up.)
Category:Sigjariahlæm
Category:Magic Systems