War Chain

**The War Chain**, also know as **War Shackle,** was a fixed, permanent solidifying Tactic. It was like a long chain, connecting the core Totems of everyone participating together. Anyone who wanted to leave the chain would have to pay the price of losing their core Totem. Basically used as a contract between Totem Masters to form an alliance - leaving the alliance = losing your Core Totem. The War Chain is like a synthetic organ, once placed in the body it is part of it.

To a Totem User, it was indeed a severe punishment. The higher the level of the Totem User, the more painful it was to him. Totem Users commonly devoted a lifetime of effort into their Core Totems.

Besides maintaining the stability of the alliance, the war chain brought other benefits. A war chain was like a special Totem, where it could be cultivated, and strengthened by embedding external components.

One has the ability to add a permanent Tactics to the War Chain.

The young man quickly drew a tactic symbol on the silver cylinder, the symbol glowed red and vanished, disappearing into the surface of the cylinder. He then passed it to Garen. Please take this, this is your blank shackle. This shackle is of the lowest level, with only two effects inset. Although so, you could choose to upgrade through a Forger in the future; a high leveled Forger is capable of transferring an inset permanent tactic into a new shackle. Of course, only Forgers of our guild have the technique for it.

He opened the cylinder straight, plucking out a silver *V shaped arrow* from inside, it was a like a thin *sheet of metal.* The surface has an abnormal shine to it, only tilting towards the light showed a layer of colored light swirling in the internal alchemy.

Garen checked it in detail, and pressed the metal sheet into his left arm. Ssssss… The metal sheet accompanied by a sizzling sound melted into Garen’s skin. After a cloud of green smoke, it looked like a *birthmark* gotten since birth, completely natural. There was nothing that gave it away to being unnatural. Under Garen’s field of vision, a horizontal bar appeared. Behind it were two pink boxes.

"**War shackle**: 2 permanent tactics can be added. Master the Forger’s technique, and its ability will level up.

**Effect**: Could be used to connect companions, allowing both to benefit from the effect of Permanent tactics. As to how much effect one benefits, it can be controlled by the shackle’s owner."

"This is the one." Garen nodded his head in satisfaction. He had used up the War shackle without any hesitation, and the greedy glances started to mind their own business. A used War shackle is not of much value.

## Types

Blank ones (no effects but the basic one), or one with effects.

The War Guild have two types of permanent tactic that can be added on.

* One **deepens your damage**, tearing the wound in a way that makes it harder to heal.
* The other is a **paralytic toxin**, a layer coated on totems would slightly interfere with the enemy’s attack.

* **Chain of Healing**, which benefits the members. Any injuries sustained by all totem users in the chain would activate the minor healing abilities in the chain. The power of the tactic would then heal the injured totem user.

**Used by Garen**

* Eye of Isaiah: Look like a Stone Ball and when Garen absorbed The Stone Ball started to melt quickly, and fused into Garen’s left arm. On the silver arrow shape near the front of his War Shackle, a new white-grey Stone Ball symbol had appeared.
 Garen felt like his whole body had gained an additional, mystical strength. This strength felt like a warm hot spring that flowed through his body from his head to toes, like a snake that continuously slithered down his body. Every inch of his body began to feel warm.
 He looked towards the War Shackle Pane at the bottom of his field of vision. On the first empty spot out of two, a Stone Ball symbol had appeared, ad below it was an explanation written in symbols and words.
* Original Eye
* Life Vine
* Black Wilted Flowers

## Links and References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 287
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Chapter 296
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 308
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 438