Magic

Magic is a very important weapon within the world of the Grand Enmity, Magic is a very powerful force of nature that has been used by the ancient, the widespread magic caused by the "Great Old One" which claimed to be the creator of all creatures and the world, The Great old one blessed his disciples this would be first major ***Magus*** or ***Mage*** within the world. Magic is used in both military and also civilian activities but with the war going on new **apparatus** has been created to cause greater devastation.

## History of Magic

The History of Magic stems from the powers of the "Great One", his 12 disciples would be taught by Ancient Magic and also awaken their inner **Mana** and fluidity at Magic. The Disciples would travel around the world teaching each race how to use Ancient Magic. At some point during the **32 Solis Era**, the Great disaster where the ancient Magic Academy of "**Aciendo-Magie Conservatoire**" located on the Continent of Aerthuria suddenly had a disaster where the students were experimenting with an ancient artifact from the "Underworld" but sadly information about the event was wiped in History but many people claim especially mysterious Monastery within the Alpium mountains the students were turned into hideous creatures and started to kill anyone who they see.

### Dark Ages

During the world's Dark ages, Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, and Humans were constantly at war with each other. Each Nation combated each and also annexed each other's territories during this time. During the mid-Dark Ages, Mages invented **Esoteric** magic (the direct source of modern-day Magic), commonly used on the battlefield and in Civilians' Lives during the Dark Ages. During the late part of the dark ages, they would adopt the **Chronus** time Calender system.

### Era of Rejuvenation

During this time magic thrived, and new techniques, powers, and styles were created not just styles mainly for warfare but magic for entertainment and Medicine many magic Academies were also opened during this time such as the Oakwood Academy in the Albion Commonwealth, Institute of the Arcane arts in the Gallia Republic, Shkola charodeystva i magic within Volhynia, and Die Gesellschaft der Hexenmeister within Allemagne. During this time the Wa Dynasty would start traveling around the Oriental continent.

### Age of Colonialism

This is where most countries within the continent of Aerthuria would start Colonizing the Habesha, Oriental Continent and also the Aztezica continents, this is where they discover darker Mystic arts and also magic. Countries that colonize the tribes would either purge those arts and rarely integrated them into their militaries such as the Iberian Kingdom integrated the Martial Arts Kilap from the ancient tribes of the Oriental Seas Republic.

### The Ten Years' War

In the war that the Aerthurian countries would fight, mixed alliances were formed and many countries would rise up, and colonized would start to revolt against their oppressors during this time. In one major battle within the Land of the Mughals, Galliac soldiers would discover another form of dark magic that would cause them to temporarily turn the tide of the war until they were defeated by the Albions, this ruinous art would heavily influence gunpowder technology, and which later cause the creation of enhanced rifles and mana rifles.

### The Grand Aerthurian War (7th Century, 792 - 8th Century, 815)

The War caused the Emperor of the Gallian Empire to wage war against all the nations within the Aerthurian continent. The records of Aerial mages would be recorded from the Southern Allemagne Dynasty would fight to combat the Gallian Army, this would permanently change the tide of battle and the Gallian Emperor was ousted by the Coalition of Nations of the War.

### Freedomnian Civil War and the Taurica War (8th Century, 853-859/8th Century, year 860-865)

The Taurica War was a major war fought by the Volhynian Republic against the Albion Commonwealth, Gallian Forces, and the Turic Sultanate. The war was a major turning point within magic history due to the fact that major academies developed more techniques for healing the wounded and also more devastating magical artillery and this would later on develop magic cartridges.

The Freedomnian Civil War was a Civil war fought between the Freedomnian Unionists and also Confederacy of Freedomnian where the Confederacy tried to secede from the Union due to Union slavery abolitionist high activity within the government, this caused a 5-year civil war within the country but in the end, the Confederacy lost and relocated to the Northern part of the Azteca peninsula. During this war, wide-scale use of Mages and also newly developed magic Carthridge within the battlefield.

### Gallian-Allemagne War (8th Century, Year 871)

The Gallian-Allemagne war was fought between the Gallian Republic and the Allemagne Kingdom, this would be a major turning point for magus tactics and especially the development of aerial mages within the conflict.

### Freedomnian-Iberian War (8th Century, year 894 - 9th Century, 903)

The Freedomnian-Iberian War was a very important year of magic due to the fact wide-scale use of aerial mages and also the development of Magazine bolt action rifles, this would pave the way of advance Magus Artillery and also the Mana rifle.

### Grand Enmity (Current year)

The grand enmity is currently set in the 9th Century Century, the year 1910, and more, it is one of the major battles of the world and is currently fought by most countries in the world, new technologies are being made and each country's homefront is playing a major role.

## Strands of Magic

### Elemental Magic

Elemental magic is the oldest form of Magic and one of the original styles taught by the "Great old one" to his Disciples, one of his disciples named Amara, has fully mastered the art and Amara spread the art around the world. over time, art has developed into many sub-elements this would cause the martial art to deteriorate due to focusing on one element, it's considered rare to see someone practicing all forms of Elemental Magic.

* Fire Magic
* Aquatic Magic
* Aerial Magic
* Lightning Magic
* Earth Magic

Elemental Magic is widely used by Aerial Mage and also Ground Mages, Elemental Magic plays a big part within the society and also Grand Enmity's warfare, the styles are used devastatingly in trench warfare combat and other forms of combat.

### Healing Magic

In the world of Grand Enmity, healing magic has a long and storied history. It is said that the first practitioners of healing magic were disciples of the Great Old Ones, who were gifted with the knowledge and power of this magic by their masters, The Great Old One.

Over time, various civilizations and cultures added their own knowledge and techniques to healing magic, improving and refining it. During the Renaissance, healers began to focus on the use of natural remedies and medicines, and this knowledge was incorporated into healing magic.

During the Freedomnian Civil War, the use of anesthesia and surgical techniques became more advanced, and this knowledge was incorporated into healing magic as well. The Turica War saw the introduction of more advanced hygiene practices, such as hand washing and sterilization, which greatly improved the success rates of healing magic.

Today, healing magic is a powerful force on the battlefield, able to quickly and effectively treat even the most severe injuries. It is used by both sides in the Grand Enmity and has saved countless lives over the course of the conflict.

### Runic Magic

Runic Magic is a type of magic that has not altered significantly over the years. According to tradition, a strong race known as the Eryndorians, who were thought to have amazing magical talents, created Runic Magic. They produced strong things and endowed them with magical qualities using runic magic. But during that time they were thriving as disciples of the "Great Old One", who was tasked to wipe out the race with his army of Knights since they were deemed too "heretical" after that blueprints to produce Runic Magic is lost in history but artifacts or runic ores can still be found in highly magical concentrated areas, Runic magic plays a big part in the war because Runic Magic can enhance weapons that can greatly damage the opponent's side.

### Alchemy

Alchemy is not technically magic but it's still a core fundamental of its foundation, it is highly focused on crafting potents and tonics such as strength enhancers and healing tonics.

### Illusion Magic

Illusion magic in the Grand Enmity lore is a type of magic that focuses on manipulating the senses and perception of others. It is commonly used in warfare to confuse and mislead enemies, as well as for espionage and intelligence gathering.

## The Invention of mana rifles

The recent Invention of Mana rifles makes other forms of magic outdated, armies nowadays can mass recruit people with little mana inside of them into magus, nowadays mana rifles are typically assigned to aerial mages who are successfully dominating the field of GRand Enmity. Each country field their own models of the mana rifless