Ring Warlocks

'I am you, you are me'.

 The Other Me

**Ring Warlocks** are sentient beings who have used the four mythical Elements of Miracle, Enlightenment, Blasphemy and Whispering to advance to higher Ring Sequences in the Destiny Wheel Ring.

After Awakening the Ring Warlock will generate spirit runes belonging to the soul according to the characteristics of the soul, also known as "core runes". The core rune is engraved in the central hollow of the fate ring, not on the Destiny Wheel Ring, which is related to the advancement of the Ring Warlock.

## Awakening

After first hearing the 'Other Me' the Awakening begins. The general talent awakening time is 72 hours. For every individual person this time can fluctuate a bit.

From the first whispering in the ear to the complete disappearance of the sound, usually within 72 hours, and not every talented person can hear the sound frequently and realize the sound. It's not their own thoughts. They will just take it as hallucinations, or something wrong with their ears.

The symptoms of Awakening are similar to the manifestations of schizophrenia. Because of that a lot of people fail in their Awakening.

With no guidance during the awakening of the Ring Warlock's talent. There is a high probability of going crazy, and a small probability of head explosion. With a very small probability, it will turn into strange things, monsters piled up with flesh and blood, and spirits howling crazily. A terrifying existence that will cause nightmares at a glance.

### Collecting Elements

In the time of Awakening you have to witness the four mythical Elements of Miracle, Enlightenment, Blasphemy and Whispering.

"Collecting Elements" is only the first step, and then there are four steps of "Ringing the Bell", "Igniting the Fire", "Propelling" and "Singing Hymns". The complete five-step process is the most orthodox awakening process for Ring Warlocks, which is used by the Orthodox Church and the three major Thaumaturgy Colleges.

### Ringing the Bell

"Ringing the Bell" refers to shocking the soul and allowing the soul to undergo the initial sublimation. This step sounds complicated, but it is actually drinking the potion. The three major Thaumaturgy Colleges and the five Orthodox Churches have different formulas for the "Ringing the Bell potion". The potion from the Serkses Higher Medical School is said to be the best, it is orange-flavored and very sweet; and the potion of the Church of Nature and Evil Thoughts of the righteous God Lord Of All Things is the worst, it looks like dry chewing bark.

### Igniting the Fire

"Igniting the Fire" refers to igniting the collected four elements, so that the initial spark of the soul is ignited. This step only needs the assistance of Ring Warlocks with a third ring or above and some skills. After "Igniting the Fire" the thick white mist behind Ring Warlock becomes scorching hot, the steam became deeper, and there seemed to be countless possibilities inside the steam.

### Pushing

"Pushing" refers to allowing the soul to drive the ignited weak spark, so that the Ring Warlock can perceive the spirit and have the ability to manipulate the four elements. Specifically, this requires the Ring Warlock to feel power, to feel the idealistic power of mind affecting matter.

For Ring Warlocks, there are many ways to get in touch with the four elements. However, the way of engraving spiritual runes into one's Destiny Wheel Ring does not encourage contact with gods, mysteries, and weirdness. Although it is possible, it is quite dangerous. The orthodox way of cultivation is to read books and read stories from the past, other ways can be regarded as relying on luck.

### Singing Hymns

The last step is "Singing Hymns". You have to admit your identity and announce to the world that you are beyond the ordinary.

## Other Me

Every Ring Warlock has a 'Other Me'. After succeeding in the Awakening and becoming a Ring Warlock then one will be accompanied and help by this voice throughout ones life. That voice is 'Other Me' it's just a different vision, it will help you get in touch with this crazy and noisy world in a more real way, with secrets and weirdness. Knowledge, information and even words have dangerous power, and outside the safe world of ordinary people, Ring Warlocks cannot use their soul to directly approach those forces that can distort oneself.

The Other Me is the core of the Ring Warlock system. It is the back of your soul, it is you, but it is not you. He shares knowledge and memories with you. But he can feel and see more, so he can act as the Ring Warlock. It is a bridge for Ring Warlock to communicate with the world, preventing them from directly contacting knowledge and information that will pollute the soul. The Other Me has the same gender. He has the same memory as you, but he doesn't need sleep, so maybe he knows more about the night than you. But in essence, you are different from the other you, just with different ways of thinking and vision, so sometimes you hear inexplicable words , he can see more from the ordinary world.

## Thaumaturgy

The power developed by the spirit rune is called Thaumaturgy.

## Spells

The general power of Ring Warlocks is called Spells. It just uses spirit and doesn't need spirit runes. They are generally weaker than Thaumaturgy but can be used universally.

## Core Spirit Runes

The core spirit runes are generally less than three, but according to the college's data, there are probably more than two. After all, it is impossible for a soul to have only one outstanding characteristic, but there are also unusual situations. The highest record is about the universal at the beginning of the Sixth Era. In the 306th year of the calendar, there have been Ring Warlocks with 7 core spirit runes in Zarath College of Literature.

Generally speaking, the simpler the concept, the easier it is to interpret multiple meanings, and the more powerful it is to develop and create all-round thaumaturgy.

## Advancing

For each ring, at least one golden Miracle, silver Blasphemy, brass Enlightenment, and black iron Whispering spirit rune should be engraved on the Destiny Wheel Ring, so as to accumulate enough spirits to complete the sublimation of the number of rings. There is an upper limit to the accumulation of spirits in a certain ring, so engraving four spirit runes is no different from engraving four hundred spirit runes and then sublimating. Even engraving too many spiritual runes has its disadvantages, because the spiritual runes required for each level of advancement must be engraved at this level. Under normal circumstances, the engraving of spiritual runes is not a simple matter. It is also very important to correctly balance the contradiction between the number of spiritual runes and one's own research on thaumaturgy and incantations.

Warlocks with one to four rings are called low Ring Warlocks, middle rings from five to eight rings, and high Ring Warlocks above nine rings.
This kind of division is not because of the number, but when the fourth ring is sublimated and the eighth ring is sublimated, in addition to the necessary four spirit runes, it is also required that among all the sixteen spirit runes in this stage, one for each ring, and the ring The core runes of the Warlock themselves form a series of meanings, which is called the "Word of Sublimation".

## Word of Sublimation

There is no limit to the types of runes in the language of sublimation. And if you don't meet the conditions of the language of sublimation, you will never be able to promote from the fourth ring to the fifth ring, or from the eighth ring to the ninth ring.

And because the four spirit runes used come from different four rings, there is no chance to make up for it. As for the choice of sublimation words, you can use previous examples to form the Book of Sublimation with thousands of records. Ring Warlocks look for examples based on their own core runes, and prepare from the beginning of each stage, so each force regards their own Sublimation Code as their most important secret. In the three stages of low ring, middle ring, and high ring, you can use the same core spirit rune to connect the words of sublimation. Therefore, the large number of core spirit runes is just more options, and it does not have much impact on the difficulty of advancing. And if you don't want to rely on the experience of the "Word of Sublimation" in the past, or if the core spirit runes are really rare and there are no examples to refer to, then you can only try it yourself. If you are lucky, you can always meet the conditions for sublimation.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 11
2. ↑ Chapter 12
3. ↑ Chapter 16
4. ↑ Chapter 22
5. ↑ Chapter 23