Magyk

Magyk is the very essence of nature, harnessed into power which can be used in a multitude of ways, and for both good and evil. The Fae were the original practitioners of magyk, who in turn passed it onto humans, who infamously twisted it into a self-serving weapon against their own kind and the very race who bestowed the gift upon them.

Magyk is split into several types, and while magyk in itself is a neutral phenomenon, there have been magyks developed over the years that have been outlawed by both the Fae and humans.

### **Magyk in Fae Culture**

The originators of the power, magyk comes to the Fae as naturally as breathing. It is an integral source of all things in their lives and culture, from the smallest chore to sacred rituals that are practiced.

Though some may be stronger in their use, every Fae is gifted with the ability to wield magyk. Earth magyk is of the most commonplace use in their society, using it to warp the nature around them for anything as basic as traversal to maintenance of their environment. All types of magyk are used however, with the exception of forbidden magyks banned by Oberyn himself.

### **Magyk in Human Culture**

There was a time where humans were gifted the use of magyk by the Fae, and used it in abundance, but soon turned it against one another. During the Cleansing, many magic wielding humans were killed during Mab's massacre, and as a result, magyk is a rarity to be seen nowadays.

Whereas the Fae use magyk for everything in their daily lives, magyk is scarce in human culture. And despite the rare occurrence of it, magyk is looked upon as evil, denounced by the Christian church as the work of the Devil himself.

It is rare for a human to be able to wield magyk, with only one of two ways: They must either have Fae lineage in their blood, or they must have received a blessing from an individual Fae.

Humans who are shown to wield magyk are often treated as pariahs at best, and animals to be hunted under usual circumstances. As such, most who show signs of magyk, known as mages, live their lives concealing their ability.

## **The Six Elements**

### **Fire Magyk**

Fire magyk, one of the six elemental types, is the pyrokinetic ability to control fire. Used both in everyday occurrences and as an offensive magyk, fire magyk can be used for simple tasks such as cooking food or creating a blaze for a torch, but can also be used for terribly destructive purposes, as fire can engulf and consume with a burning hunger unlike any other element.

### **Water Magyk**

Water magyk, one of the six elemental types, is the hydrokinetic ability to control water. The life source of everything, water magyk can be used to stir off thirst, fill wells and nourish plantlife. While not as overtly destructive as its elemental opposite, water can be just as deadly, creating pools and waves to drown victims of one's target.

### **Earth Magyk**

Earth magyk, one of the six elemental types, is the geokinetic ability to control earth. A magyk used by far in most by the Fae in their realm of Avalon, it can be used to manipulate all aspects of nature, from foliage to the very ground itself. With uses in fields such as construction, it is also the most defensively-orientated magyk.

### **Air Magyk**

Air magyk, one of the six elemental types, is the aerokinetic ability to control air. Air magic can be used very practically, for tasks such as cleaning and drying out clothes with wind pressure, but like all magyk, can be used nefariously, to either cast great torrents of wind towards a target, or even starve them of the oxygen around them.

### **Light Magyk**

Light magyk, one of the six elemental types, is the photokinetic ability to control light. Practical for illuminating surrounding environments, it can be used to temporarily blind targets, render the user invisible by way of warping the light around them, and sent out bolts of pure light as an offensive tactic.

### **Dark Magyk**

Dark magyk, one of the six elemental types, is the umbrakinetic ability to control darkness. The user can plunge a space into darkness, limiting an opponent's field of vision, or cloak themselves so they blend into the natural black. They can also manipulate shadows to offensively strike, create doppelgangers of themselves and create shields of pure darkness around them.

## **Grey Magyk**

Grey magyk is a blanket term for magyks not associated with a particular element. Examples of this are:

* Enchantment magyk - Can be used to enchant a weapon or an item with a particular element or magykal ability.
* Healing magyk - Can be used to heal various injuries to the user or another.
* Illusion magyk - Can be used to cast illusions, such as cloaking oneself in the guise of another, or giving a target false visions.
* Telekinetic magyk - Can be used to move objects and beings with the user's mind alone.
* Telepathic magyk - Can be used to read a target's thoughts and discern information without physical extraction.

## **Forbidden Magyk**

### **Blood Magyk**

Blood magyk is one of the two forbidden magyks that was created by Mab during the Cleansing. By manipulating a target's blood, a user can effectively control them like a puppet, as well as use it as a method of torture. Engineered from the principals of telekinetic magyk, it can also be used to set a target's blood aflame, stop the flow of blood within or even crush veins and the heart.

### **Necromany Magyk**

Necromancy magyk is the second of the forbidden magyks created by Mab during the Cleansing. Borrowing from the principals of healing magyk, it takes a further step by reviving corpses of the dead, but rather than bringing them back from death, leaving them in a state of undeath itself, that the user can control. The target will become a mindless shell, and will obey the commands of the user without question.

### **Time Magyk**

Time magyk was accidentally created by a Fae scholar who was experimenting with the possibilities of cycles of nature. The result effectively erased several Fae from near existence, and was outlawed by Oberyn himself.