Patrick Wayland

**Patrick Wayland** is an Elementalist attuned and retainer of Corin Cadence. https://wydds.wiki/info/Patrick\_Wayland

## Physical Description

Patrick is described by Corin as "thick, like a bear." Patrick has brown hair.

## Personality

Patrick is earnest, brave and excitable. He can be serious when facing down his opponents like when he fought in the survival match with Corin and when he fought Mizuchi. He is obsessed with magic swords.

## History

### Early Life

Patrick was a childhood friend of Corin Cadence, but lost contact with him over a period of three years after his father pulled him from school to train for his judgement.

His father is a carpenter.

### Sufficiently Advanced Magic

Patrick and Corin later reunited at the school where Patrick was called upon by Corin to help in a mock duel between Corin and Professor Teft. Through their time of being together at school they rekindled their friendship and before a formal dance Patrick asked Corin to make him a retainer for House Cadence, not only for the social status increase, but also because his better standing would give him a better chance at a relationship with Corin's adopted sister Sera Cadence.

## Skills and Abilities

### Attunements

* Elementalist

**Attunements**

As an Elementalist, Patrick has access to fire and air mana. These can be combined, with a little grey mana to form lightning. Unlike his mentor Professor Meltlake, he specializes in lightning. Patrick is developing an attunement specialisation for lightning mana because lightning mana acclimation helps increase reflexes. Patrick's attunement is on his hand meaning that he typically casts spells through gestures and maybe a word or two.

#### Fire Mana

Fire mana helps with protecting from extreme temperature changes. Patrick learned lots of fire spells from Meltlake.

**Fire Orb**

Patrick can create a weak sphere of flame. He used the chant "Extinguished fire in the night, I beseech you to Ignite."

**Fireball**

Patrick can throw fireballs.

**Flame Redirection**

Patrick can redirect flames with the wave of a hand.

**Flame Jet**

Patrick can create a jet of flame.

**Fire Shroud**

Patrick can charge his shroud with fire.

**Extinguish**

Patrick has a spell to extinguish fire. He says "extinguish" when casting the spell.

**Flame Reduction**

Patrick has demonstrated the ability to reduce the size of a flame sword to the size of a dagger.

**Compact Flame**

Patrick can create a compact sphere of flame which causes a massive detonation when air mana hits it.

**Fire Wall**

Patrick can create walls of flame.

**Flame Hands**

Patrick can wrap his hands in flame.

**Burning Brand**

Patrick can create flames from his hand that flow down his sword. He says "Burning Brand" when he casts this spell.

**Flame Column**

Patrick can create a column of flame that descends on his target.

#### Air Mana

**Permafrost Cascade**

Patrick was able to cooperatively cast Permafrost Cascade with Sera. Patrick supplied the air mana for the spell.

**Levitate**

Patrick can cast a spell that allows him to levitate off the ground. He says either "levitate" or "float" when he casts the spell.

**Gust**

Patrick can create a gust of wind with a wave of his hand.

**Compressed Air**

Patrick can launch blasts of compressed air.

**Air Shroud**

It was mentioned that Patrick could saturate his shroud with his air mana.

#### Lightning Mana

Lightning mana helps with reaction speed.

**Lightning Bolt**

Patrick can use lightning bolt spells.

**Splitting Bolt**

Patrick can throw bolts of lightning that split into three bolts. Alternatively, he can split the bolt into a half circle of lightning bolts.

**Lightning Storm**

Patrick knows a lightning spell that creates a storm that periodically hits enemies with lightning bolts.

**Weapon Electrification**

Patrick knows a spell that charges a weapon with lightning.

**Chain Lightning**

Patrick knows a chain lightning spell.

**Lightning Shroud**

Patrick can charge his shroud with lightning. The lightning can lash out at projectiles. The lightning makes it dangerous to attack Patrick in close combat.

**Lightning Wall**

Patrick can create a wall of lightning.

**Lightning Orb**

Patrick can form an orb of lightning that he can launch at his opponent. Patrick also has the option of splitting the sphere into multiple spheres and each sphere can fire lightning bolts. Patrick can also make his lightning spheres detonate.

**Lightning Hands**

Patrick can surround his hands with lightning.

**Lightning Redirection**

Patrick can shape lightning away from himself and redirect it to his target.

**Lightning Javelins**

Patrick can form javelins made of lightning in his hands.

#### Lightning Specialization

Patrick is using a technique to develop an attunement specialization for lightning mana.

## Possessions

Bright Reflection
A Dawnbringer replica made as a gift for Patrick by Corin and Keras. Bright Reflection has runes for fire, light, enhancement and transference mana. It also has spirit runes making it 'solid' to incorporeal entities. Bright Reflection has a number of abilities that Patrick can activate, sometimes by calling out the ability names and other times silently. The abilities of the sword are: "Bright Reflection", "Radiant Dawn", "Luminous Arc", "Body of Dawn" and "Resplendent Raiment".

**Bright Reflection**

'Bright Reflection' in ability which shares a name with the sword that causes the sword to glow and reflect spells that hit the blade.

**Radiant Dawn**

'Radiant Dawn' is a technique that launches a beam of light from the tip of the blade.

**Luminous Arc**

'Luminous Arc' is an ability which launches a compressed blast of light from Bright Reflection. When Patrick launched a blade of light against Saffron it was room-width and shredded everything in it's path.

**Body of Dawn**

'Body of Dawn' is a technique from the sword that enhances Patrick's speed and makes the world appear to slow down as he uses it. This power scales in strength with his attunement.

**Resplendent Raiment**

'Resplendent Raiment' is a technique that produces waves of light from the blade that merge with Patrick's shroud.

Ice Wand
Patrick has an enchanted ice wand that shoots a lance of ice when Patrick says "freeze."

Flying Boots
Patrick has a pair of boots that allow for flight. Patrick needs to recharge the boots after they have been used.

Null-Contract Gauntlet
The null-contract demi-gauntlet is an item designed and created by Corin. It acts like a summoner contract sending mana and exchanges it for spirit mana and this increases the rate of growth for an attunement. The demi-gauntlet gives Patrick access to spirit mana.

House Cadence Ring
An enchanted ring with the house Cadence symbol on it. Another item from Corin. It adds a little grey mana to every lightning spell Patrick casts enhancing them a little.

Messaging Necklace
The communication necklace is an item created by Corin. It has a low Citrine level of air mana which allows Patrick to send and receive messages from any of the other messaging necklaces Corin has made.

Shield Sigil
The basic issued shield sigil is silver pin from Lorian Heights Academy. It is about the size of a coin and when it detects an incoming attack it produces a barrier of grey mana.

Phoenix Sigil
The phoenix sigils are enchanted items made by Corin. A sigil in the shape of a phoenix about the same size of the shield sigils. The phoenix sigil is self-recharging and has a greater capacity than the regular shield sigil. It produces a barrier of grey mana much like the shield sigil. The phoenix sigil has functions for healing injuries Patrick takes and helping to recover his mana. The phoenix sigils have teleportation functions which connect to a specific 'anchor'. This sigil has more than 4 times the capacity of the school issued sigils.

## Relationships

### Sera Cadence

Patrick had a crush on Sera, he asked her to accompany him to the winter ball but she turned him down.

## Appearances

* AA1: Sufficiently Advanced Magic
* AA2: On the Shoulders of Titans
* AA3: The Torch that Ignites the Stars
* AA4: The Silence of Unworthy Gods

## Trivia

### Safe Mana Readings

#### The Torch that Ignites the Stars

* Chapter: III - Splitting The Party
	+ Source: Cecily's Mana Watch
		- Right Hand (Elementalist): 121 mana (Carnelian Rank C)
* Chapter: Epilogue - Home Sweet Home
	+ Source: Cecily's Mana Watch
		- Right Hand (Elementalist): 140 mana (Carnelian Rank C)

#### The Silence of Unworthy Gods

* Chapter: XXX - Old and New
	+ Source: Mana Watch
		- Right Hand (Elementalist): 254 mana (Carnelian Rank A)