Spontaneous Phantomization
Necromancers have the very useful ability to temporarily turn their bodies into a non-solid, semi-translucent form, called a phantom form/body. However, while this ability is fairly easy to control during most of the time, this changes when exposed to a Veosian Full moon.
Manifestation
Spontaneous Phantomization is, as the name suggests, a very quick phenomenon, lasting no more than 2 to 5 seconds. A period of transition occurs at the start and end of the transformation from a human body to a phantom body, which lasts less than half a second. While transformed into a phantom, the Necromancer will find himself suddenly passing through solid objects, like walls, doors and even chairs, which in some cases, can lead to injury if they switch back to their human body mid-fall, or while inside an object. Fortunately for them, just like in a conscious phantom transformation, turning back into a human seems to automatically eliminate any foreign object or mass within their body. As it passes through these solid objects, their phantom body they will leave behind a layer of blue ectoplasm.
Cause
The cause of such a phenomenon is well understood to be a symptom of an overexposure to the light of Veos, to which Necromancers are particularly sensitive to. For them, being exposed to Veos's light for a prolonged amount of time (10+ minutes) triggers their mana core to one produce more mana, and two, take in more mana from their Etherial link. This saturates no only their cores with Mana energy, but their whole body as well, and once a critical level is reached, that surplus mana is spent all at once, in the most efficient way the body can, which just so happens to be a phantom transformation. According to Scholars, this is because it is already the most Mana-consuming ability a necromancer can deploy while also being a discharge and doesn't require any outside elements, like other necromantic abilities.Visualisation
Much like during a normal phantom transformation, the body of a necromancer turns into a semi-translucent form, bright blue in colour, and emitting a striking blue glow. Notably, this glow is much stronger during a spontaneous phantomization than during a normal phantom transformation. Scholars speculate that this may be due to the large amount of mana used at once during such event, compared to their usual counterpart.
Type
Metaphysical, Supernatural
Prevention
The transformation is involuntary, and done subconsciously, in a similar way to how some Shapeshifters sometimes also transform subconsciously. Thus, the only two ways to prevent spontaneous phantomization is to one, not stay outside for too long during night time when Veos is prominent, and two, wearing a silver Talismans of any kind will greatly delay and even prevent the phenomena from ever happening, even in the presence of the moon."I was just sitting there, chilling. Then, out of nowhere, i felt myself fall, and i saw myself pass through the chair. Then, i turned back to normal and broke it, so now i don't have a place to sit, and there's ectoplasm everywere. This fuckin' sucks..."-A slightly traumatised and annoyed Necromancer.
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