Aura Amulets

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## DESCRIPTION

The **Aura Amulets** are magical items worn by the characters in The Arcana. The amulets were once ordinary pieces of birthstone jewelry turned to be their bearer's own protective possessions powered by the bearer's own faith in magic. An amulet's main function is to strengthen the wearer's aura in order to help them manipulate and control their powers. They could trigger magic and would affect a mage (and sometimes a human)'s performance when it comes to Wicca.

There are twelve Aura Amulets in total, representing all twelve birthstones of every month, although we only see six of them in the story for the main characters; Kellan Xalvador owns an opal (October) earring, Diether Lozano has a diamond (April) and leather bracelet, Sapphire Chauvera has a topaz (November) ring, Illias Alnazar matches his peridot (August) necklace with Indirah's ruby (July), and Lucio Damaris owns a turquoise (December) circlet.

## POWERS & **Λ**BILITIES

* **Bearer Selection**- There are only twelve amulets in existence, which means the amulets themselves have the ability to choose its current bearer, which is how they became the main characters' paraphernalia despite the fact that no one knows what it was when people gave them to their current owners- even the owners themselves. The amulets will maintain under their wearer's possession unless they either die or they use their magic for something bad: which is the reason why Lucio doesn't have his circlet when he first appeared.
* **Aura and Magic Strengthening**- As mentioned before, the amulets' main function is to protect and strengthen their wearer's aura, which affects their magic strength.
* **Safeguard**- When an amulet is stolen from its current bearer, it will place a very powerful curse upon the thief, which can only be broken if the thief returns the amulet to its rightful owner. This unfortunately don't work on the Devil as it only works on mortals, and he knows this fact- that's why he wasn't affected at all when he stole the amulets from the mains.
* **Personalized Gift Granting**- The amulet senses the thing its current owner is good at and boosts that strength up to help them in combat (only applies to mages):
	+ **Core Strength (Kellan)**- To Kellan, magic isn't the most powerful magic of all and believes it's the strength and harmony of just being himself as a person.
	+ **Being True (Sapphire)**- Sapphire realizes that hiding under her disguise and façade as an ordinary human instead of a mage is an act of cowardice and would drop her disguise to face the real her.
	+ **Arcana Connection (Indirah)**- Her connection and bond with the Major Arcana gives her a helping hand everytime she needs them and would always lead and guide her to the correct path.
	+ **Breaking Free (Lucio)**- He knows he's no slave to anyone and is his own boss he should follow; Lucio breaks free from the restraints of his past and doesn't look back.
* **Protection Force Field**- The amulets can sense if their wearers are in the receiving end of a potentially deadly attack, and they will immediately emit a force field surrounding their wearer. When the amulets' wearers are together, it will create a bigger and stronger field.

## G**Λ**LLERY

Kellan's opal earringDiether's diamond braceletSapphire's topaz ringIllias' peridot necklaceIndirah's ruby necklaceLucio's turquoise circlet
## TRIVI**Λ**S

* When Indirah calls to the Magician and gets teleported into his realm with Lucio is a form of Indirah's ruby amulet sensing she needs help. It activated to help call the said Arcana out, although it wasn't enough because of the amulet's distance from her. Indirah summoning the Magician is most likely a gift on herself, and not the amulet's doing since it wasn't even working the first time she tried.
	+ This also means that in order for the amulet to work, it needs to be in close proximity to its wearer.
* The amulets seem to transform with their wearers to make them be worn more easily during animal transformations. The best examples of this are when Indirah's ruby necklace turns into a circlet when she's in her fox and snake forms, and Diether's diamond bracelet becomes a collar when Sapphire accidentally turned him into a cat.
* According to Kellan, there are fake amulets, likely created to trick the power-hungry, or those desiring the amulets for their beauty. The existence of fake amulets is supported by Sapphire having a mean duplicate of herself, Seraphine. When Indirah erases the existence of Seraphine, the topaz ring "amulet" didn't try to protect her, making Illias ask, "Is her amulet fake?" and Diether shrugging a response.
* Once an amulet is transferred from its owner, any powers given to the previous bearer do not apply to the new one, though if the previous bearer retrieves their amulet, they regain the powers they earned.
* The amulets are most likely indestructible.
* Even if the amulets grant protection to their bearers, both Kellan and Indirah were infected by the plague, with Kellan even ending up dying. The reason is that the amulets only protect them from magical threats, and not "generic" situations and danger. Even if the Devil was the one who triggered the plague outbreak in Belvoire, any place would have a plague and/or virus outbreak.