Uabhas

**User(s)** | Eileen Ó Floinn

"*I certainly hope that it doesn't hurt them. But I don't know what goes on inside my opponent's head. I see it the same as everyone else, one minute we're staring each other down and the next they're on the ground shaking and wetting themselves.*"
—Eileen during an interview
**Uabhas** (恐怖, *Kyoufu*), often referred to as "Fear Magic", is a specialist type of magic similar to that of illusion magic. The user activating their magic against a single target, that target is then placed in a trance in which they will face the most horrific and terrifying thing the targets own mind can conjure. While those on the outside, including the user, see nothing but someone falling to the ground. That person may very well have spent the mental equivalent of several days facing their demons before finally passing out from either fear or exhaustion.

## Description

Uabhas is a specialist type of magic categorized as a form of illusion magic. Often referred to by others as a "fear" or "terror" magic, it is a magic which consists of a single spell with a radius of twenty feet in all directions of the user. A single target within that range can be chosen to be placed under a trance. Once the user is caught by the spell, they will cease moving and depending on the action they were currently taking may stand completely still with glassy, glazed eyes or fall to the ground in a heap. Injuries that may take place from the fall have a chance of snapping the target from the trance but only if the injury is grave enough to overpower the overwhelming feelings of fear the magic induces. Broken bones or deep cuts having the best chance of succeeding in triggering an awakening.

Once placed in a trance by the magic, a target will begin to dream of the most terrifying and horrific things that the target's own mind can conjure. Their own subconscious becoming their own worst enemy. The more experiences the target has the more memories and trauma the magic has to draw from. However, what is seen or experienced is not and cannot be decided by the user who, like a bystander, will simply see the target standing or lying on the ground.

Time within the trance is not the same as time within the real world, only a few seconds passed in the real world could be days within the magic-induced trance. The exact amount of time is dependent on the sharpness of the mind of the target. Someone quick-witted and sharp-minded will find that time within the trance moves much faster for them and thus they are most likely to experience multiple days within their own mind. Little is known about what exactly the people caught in the trance experiences but those who have been caught in it have varying levels of recovery after, all of which come out of the trance shaking with fear. The only difference being that some recover and others do not, making the magic extremely dangerous to the weakminded and frail.

Because the magic is only capable of inducing a trance on a single target, battles with multiple foes are this magic's greatest weakness. Not only due to the single target rule but also because people can wake up those within a trance much easier than one would be able to wake themselves up. A simple punch to the gut or face more often than not being a reliable way to break someone free of the trance. While this does not guarantee someone will wake up unshaken by their time in the trance, it is better than letting them stay within it the entire ten-second duration in which the spell lasts.