Fel Magic

Fel magic is a destructive type of magic that is frequently employed by powerful beings in the Nether. It's demonic, entropic, chaotic, and volatile. Its use by the wielder, or its effects on the victim, frequently results in a change in the individual, which is referred to colloquially as corruption. All Chaos practitioners carry the taint of Fel magic within their blood, allowing them to spread even more evil. While Fel is the language of Chaos and Disorder, arcane is the language of Order, and the two are seen as opposite ends of the same spectrum.

The Nether is surrounded by a powerful source of naturally occurring fel energy, but life continues to thrive in this one-of-a-kind world. However, due to the effects it has on all living beings, races and even florals of the Nether have been heavily corrupted by this evil power.

## **History**

### **Background**

Order is most commonly perceived in reality as arcane magic. Arcane energy is inherently volatile, and its use necessitates extreme precision and concentration. Disorder, on the other hand, manifests as highly destructive fel magic, a destructive and extremely addictive energy that arose from the battle of Light and Void on a cosmic scale in the early days of the universe.

## **Characteristic**

Fel is fueled by drawing life from living beings and consuming their souls, utterly destroying them in the process, despite still using mana as a base resource. It only takes a small sacrifice to fuel the magic, making it more potent than using only mana. Souls are typically stored in lanterns by warlocks and practitioners of Fel for preservation and ease of use.

Fel energy counters and is countered by arcane energy, its polar opposite. Fel acts like radiation, permeating an area and seeping into anything in its path. Anything in close proximity to a source of Fel energy will eventually show signs of minor corruption. It smells strongly of sulfur and brimstone. When Fel is in physical form, it can also pool into a blue goop. In some cases, practitioners' blood can turn into Fel goo. When their blood is drunk, it causes mutations such as the development of spikes, horns, scales, and wings. Hellfire is a flame created by Fel magic. It is lethal to touch, burns much hotter than normal fire, and cannot be extinguished with ordinary means, though enchanted water or holy water appears to be capable of doing so.

## **Effects and applications**

Fel typically appears as a blueish flame and is highly corruptive in all forms, twisting living beings and landscapes alike. Infusion with Fel magic, also known as Fel corruption, can have positive effects, in which case it is considered a gift or a blessing to some, or negative effects, in which case it is considered a curse to others. Physical transformation, such as a change in an individual's eyes or skin color, or heavy genetic mutations, such as the development of demonic traits like spikes, scales, and horns, is usually the result. Negative corruption often results in physical or mental deterioration, as with the Piglins and their obsession with gold, or as with pigs transformed into enraged Hoglins.

In either case, corruption increases an individual's strength and magical potential, and can lead to transformation into a demon. Practitioners who have had long exposure to or extensive use of fel magic age faster and become physically weaker over time. Fel appears to cloud one's judgment, or at the very least amplifies negative traits such as violence and impatience while suffocating positive ones such as empathy, allowing one to make decisions they would never have made before. A creature, willing or unwilling, can be transformed into a demon—the ultimate form of corruption.

Fel is primarily used to cause massive destruction by those who wield it. It can, however, be used to become invisible, scry, and build portals that are far more efficient, long-lasting, and simple to build than arcane magic. It can provide momentum and propel a boat, as well as power monstrous machines. Though it leaves a mark on non-fel-based creatures, Fel can also be used to heal. It can also be used to breathe life into constructs or to resurrect demons as undead in a necromantic manner.

Because fel is highly concentrated in demon's blood, when a weapon is forged in demon's blood, it becomes a "fel imbued," which glows with Hellfire and slowly corrupts the wielder's body and soul. As a result, Demon's blood is a valuable commodity among Warlocks, and many offer gruesome, twisted sacrifices in order to entice Demons to give them some of their blood

## **Practitioners**

### **Demons**

Demons and their souls are a fascinating topic. Demons born in the Nether have their soul bound to it. As a result, even if a demon dies in a realm other than their original realm, their spirit will return to the Nether and reform. To truly destroy a demon, it must be killed within the Nether, in areas where it bleeds into mortal worlds, or in areas saturated with fel energies. Demons typically take pleasure in inflicting pain, spreading corruption, and annihilating all that is good. Mortal beings can be transformed into demons by being infused with fel energy. Many warlocks are afraid of it, but the opposite is also true.

Denizens of the Nether are commonly referred to as demons.

### **Warlocks**

Warlocks are magical practitioners who study darker, fel-based magic and its destructive spells. While many warlocks willingly allow fel to consume and corrupt them, others work against it, using fel to fight evil. Warlocks have proven to be powerful allies as well as formidable foes. Warlocks turn life into fel, draining the victim for power.

## **Drawbacks**

As previously stated, fel energy has a negative impact on any living being that is affected by it. Some would consider it safe if taken in large amounts all at once (turning the consumer into a demon in the process), but wielding it cautiously causes withering from having your own body and soul corrupted. It has been demonstrated that it is capable of deteriorating the mind and body of an entire race, even in new generations. The piglins are the most obvious example of this. Even as children, these pig-like humanoid people have a gold obsession, and they will attack anyone who does not have any gold on their body. Practitioners of fel are always power-hungry in some way, and unlike arcane, they will go to any length to obtain ultimate power.