Escence Magic and Talismans

The Inquisitors.

Georges Sparre Arholte.

Christian Emanuel Ødenberg.

Emma Andricsson.

The Phantom Battalion.

## Essence powers

Essence powers are skills that are wielded by a range of people throughout the Kingdoms lore. Essence powers include the ability to use essence and souls to perform telekinesis, Draining living beings for essence to give the wielder energy and power, Greater precision and focus skills and in some cases the ability to warp to the phantom realm appearing like a phantom and having phantom like abilities. These Phantom abilities may include phasing through solid objects (if not to thick) floating for a short amount of time and even being able to take items from there, like a weapon, in case you lost yours (you would need to find a random sword in there or you could store them).

With essence powers a user has a reserve of Essence Energy also called stored essence which "Recharges" fairly quickly though it can be charged quicker by use of draining. Essence is used with every single ability except for maybe Phantom Form.

## Essence abilities

There are a number of abilities that come with these powers, here is a list of them and what they do:

### **Phantom strike**

This ability can be any form of physical contact with the intent of harming the opponent thats Punching, Kicking, head budding, etc. Any limb thats used will turn into a phantom version of itself (a sort of weaker version of phantom form only using one limb instead of the entire body) this Phantom form of the limb in use makes the user able to transfer more essence energy into the strike which will in turn cause more damage.

### **Dash**

Allows the user to dash in a specific direction with the at nearly the speed of sound, Oscar Ødenberg has mastered this ability, being able to use this in the most efficient manner while incorporating it into his fighting style.

### **Essence Blast**

An essence blast is an ability anyone is able to use only not everyone is guaranteed to survive. In an essence blast the user releases all their stored essence at once creating an explosion which usually kills the user alongside any by standers. Sargon used an Essence blast to kill the last two golems (and himself in the process).

### **Drain**

Allows the user to drain someones life essence, adding it to their reserve of essence (this can also be a way to quickly restore essence storage for the user to use).

### **Nerve attack**

When a user can touch his opponents skin they can induce a nerve attack which will temporarily paralyse the opponent by effecting their nerves.

### **Essence Manipulation**

Telekinesis , allows the user to pick up and use items with their mind.

### **Phantom Form:**

Allows the user to lose their physical form and enter the phantom form, making them semi-transparant and almost intangible with only being able to be touched at great speed, In phantom form the user is able to pass through their opponents and the environment as long as the object isn't thicker than 1 meter. Oscar Ødenberg is able to use this ability with relative ease incorporating it with other abilities.

### **Essence Summon:**

Despite the name and common belief you don't actually summon Phantoms but instead you release all phantom components that is the Soul and the essence from the body (is possible with long dead people) without damaging them.

### **Withering Touch:**

The ability to turn anyone to dust at the mere touch by channeling an overdose of souls into their body, destroying it from the inside.

### Phantom Rage

Whilst in Phantom form a user can perform a phantom rage. In a Phantom rage the user multiplies for a short amount of time, during this time all Phantom copies attack the opponent(s). This ability was discovered by Whindor the white and later perfected by Oscar Ødenberg. These two are the only known users of this ability

## Talismans

Usually a rock or crystal that is bound to a soul or essence energy the possession of such an item makes the wielder more powerful with Essence powers.

## Gems

Less powerful versions of a talisman. instead of carrying one like a talisman a user can use multiple. While a Talisman helps store essence energy, gems assist the user with guiding the essence to execute the essence abilities more precisely and efficiently. Gems need to be found by the user and a single gem can only assist with one ability. Because of this the user can be assisted by a gem with one ability while he performs the other abilities without a gem. These gems may also help to prevent any adverse health effects on the user. Not every gem works the same as some are better at guiding the Essence than others.

A gem isn't essential in using essence for example Sargon one of the greatest essence wielders of all time didn't use any gems to perform his magic. While Oscar III used one for every ability he had to maximise his efficiency.

The usage of the gem is quite strange as a user can incorporate it into a weapon or jewellery like a neckless or ring, Or it can be absorbed by the user. If absorbed the Gems will appear near the body of the user after death.

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 Protanian

## The Phantom battalion

The Phantom Battalions used of Essence magic together with the two other Magic forms is limited though still there. The only real abilities they're able to use are Essence strikes which is the only reason they're trained in essence Magic.