Vigourmancy

The casting art of Vigourmancy involves the study and application of essence to physically mend living entities, returning them to their vessel determined peak. Within the Spire Academy, theoretical Vigourmancy is taught to Apprentices as part of their early casting education; however, Vigourmancy, both practical and theoretical, is a major focus for Spires who choose to graduate to Evokers.

Within the casting art itself, there are a number of techniques, most of which Evokers will have some knowledge of to a degree, however during their education Evokers will eventually specialise into one of two major branches, shallow, or deep Vigourmancy, with shallow Vigourmancy focusing on skin and muscle systems, and deep Vigourmancy focusing on bone and internal systems.

Similarly, as anatomical knowledge of a patient requires a dedicated level of study, the branches are split into three further categories known as casting subjects; said subjects are Astorians, animals, or plants.

### **Universal Vigourmancy Techniques**

* **Pain Relief:** target and stop pains in the body, and reduce inflammation. (Astorian & animal only)
* **Diagnosis:** search the body to identify the cause and location of any problems.
* **Tissue incisions:** separate various types of tissue in the body cleanly.
* **Manual ventilation:** provide a steady flow of breathable air into the body.
* **Blood suspension:** pause the flow of blood to an area.
* **Blood transfusion:** manipulation of blood from a foreign source into the body to be used as a replacement.

### **Shallow Vigourmancy Techniques**

* **Skin & muscle mending:** regenerate new skin or muscle tissue and knit said tissues back together. (Astorian & animal only)
* **Scar removal:** removal of scar tissue within muscle or on the skin.
* **Tattoo removal:** remove tattoo inks from the skin or muscle tissues.
* **Skin preservation:** maintain and regenerate the skin to give it a youthful appearance.
* **External parasite removal:** removal of parasites found on the outside of the body.
* **Hair removal:** removal of hair on the skin at the root to prevent future natural regrowth. (Astorian & animal only)
* **Hair regeneration:** regenerate hair on the skin to set lengths. (Astorian & animal only)

### **Deep Vigourmancy Techniques**

* **Organ mending:** regenerate new organ tissue and knit said tissues back together.
* **Limb mending:** regenerate new replacement limbs and incorporate them back into the body.
* **Organ preservation:** maintain and regenerate organ tissues to allow it to perform at its peak.
* **Fat removal:** removal of fatty tissues found on the inside the body. (Astorian & animal only)
* **Bone resetting & mending:** manipulate, regenerate, and knit bone back together. (Astorian & animal only)
* **Blockage removal:** removal of objects local to the body which cause issues in healthy tissues.
* **Foreign object removal:** removal of foreign objects found on the inside of the body.
* **Internal parasite removal:** removal of parasites found on the inside of the body.
* **Pregnancy aid:** monitor and promote healthy foetal growth within the technique’s body. (Astorian & animal only)
* **Maturity aid:** monitor and promote healthy body growth.
* **Maturity acceleration:** speed up the aging process of the body. (Plants only)
* **Transitional aid:** monitor and promote healthy gender transition. (Astorian only)

## **Casting Practices**

At its core, Vigourmancy uses life essence as it’s casting source, meaning that to use this casting art requires a relatively calm and neutral frame of mind in order to increase effectiveness. Depending on the technique being applied, Vigourmancy can use a large number of casting flow techniques, with **penetration**, **manifestation**, **projection**, **separation**, and **unification** being the most commonly utilised.

If the patient is the caster, the effects of the Vigourmancy will be quicker than casting on a foreign patient. This is due to the nature of soul vessels acting as protection from external, or foreign sources of essence; a Vigourmancer is required to bypass this protection steadily, over time in order to be successful, if actions are done too quickly or forcefully, it can cause soul fracturing, or even soul shattering if severe enough. In order to reduce the risk of injury to a patient’s soul vessel, it is typical for Vigourmancers to utilise music-based soul harmonising both before, and during a Vigourmancy session.

Depending on the severity of an injury, or the type Vigourmancy technique being applied, a caster can spend a wide range of time, over multiple appointments before a patient is healthy again; for example, on average a paper cut can be mended in a matter of seconds, where as regenerating a limb can take over a year.

## **Trivia**

* As all Vigourmancy utilises a patient’s soul vessel as a template, it is impossible to use this casting art to correct genetic deformities/ailments.
* If a patient who has had their limb removed waits too long to have it be regenerated, their vessel will alter to reflect the change, meaning that regeneration of said removed limb is then impossible.
* The only technique within Vigourmancy to be forbidden to practice is maturity acceleration on both Astorians and Animals, as it leads to mental development issues, and potentially death.