Purple Magic

The most powerful, rare, and dangerous variant of Magic. Purple Magic makes up reality itself; having full control over all of time and space. Those who harness this power can bend time to their will and shape reality however they please. That being said, these things come with a price. The timeline will do its absolute best to stay intact, even going as far to revert changes Mortals make in order to keep things running smoothly. Purple Magic could almost be considered an entity in and of itself. It’s the reason existence was able to happen at all, so naturally anything that puts that in jeopardy will have to be dealt with promptly.

If properly harnessed, someone using Purple Magic could speed up, slow down, or stop time entirely. Time travel is possible, although the deity in charge of this Magic has forbidden it due to the dangers it poses on the fabric of reality. It also has the capability to grant wishes, which is what it’s most commonly used for. Many people who’ve been lucky enough to consume Purple Magic in its purest form describe it as “feeling as if anything could happen”. A wish can bend reality, shaping it into whatever the caster desires. Or so they think.

Purple Magic is the most regulated by its creator. People are almost unable to use it without him knowing about it. At least in terms of granting wishes, it’s not actually the Mortals doing so. Rather it’s the deity in control of this Magic doing it for them. He’s taken it upon himself to do it this way to prevent anyone from accidentally shattering the fabric of reality for something stupid or mundane. Sure, someone of his power could easily prevent a Mortal from using it at all, but he wants his Magic to stay on the down low. If people sensed something as powerful as Purple Magic, only to find out it does nothing, they’d be more inclined to investigate it. The vast majority of people mistake Purple Magic for red or blue, so it’s easier to relent and let them continue believing this.

More often than not, if someone makes a change to time or reality to the point where either would break, reality will erase them entirely. Abusers of Purple Magic can rarely be seen inflicted with something known as a “Blight”. Blights are dark, black, bubbly scars that permanently eat away at the inflicted area. Minor Blights are just the discolouration of the skin, whereas major ones can eat away at the skin until it exposes the bone below. Blight is rare, because the vast majority of those who abuse this power don’t live to see it happen. Instead, they’re removed from the bounds of time and reality; getting turned into a creature called a Wraith. Technically speaking, Wraiths are an anomaly. They don’t exist in a technical sense. At least, they don’t exist enough to cause the shattering of reality. They do have minimal influence on the world around them, yes, but a Wraith is a million times safer than a mage abusing the power of Purple Magic.

Outside of the country of Barrowford, which was founded on the discovery of Purple Magic, Mortals and Demons alike are completely unaware of the existence of Purple Magic. As previously stated, people who encounter this power will not be able to identify it, and thus arbitrarily label it as either red or blue depending on how they want to use it. To Mortals, Purple Magic is just a stronger version of the two more common variants. This isn’t incorrect, as blue and red were made after splitting Purple Magic into time and reality respectively, but it’s not entirely accurate either.